Resources Laminated sheets: Kingdoms (place around class) Organisms (to hand out to pupils) Worksheets: Animal Classification worksheet Plant Classification worksheet Hodder B

Classification Aims To describe and draw a range of food chains and webs. To identify producers, consumers and predators within food chains and webs. Starter What is the difference between living and non-living things? Write down 3 examples of each. Living things all do the seven life processes – MRS GREN. Non-living things do not do all of the life processes. 9 September, mins

Classification Success Criteria: 1.I can state what is meant by the term classification. 2.I can describe the difference between invertebrates and vertebrates and their subdivisions using examples. 3.I can describe the differences between plants with vascular tissues and waterproof cuticles and plants without.

Classification Success Criteria: 1.I can state what is meant by the term classification. 2.I can describe the difference between invertebrates and vertebrates and their subdivisions using examples.

Classification What does classification mean? Why is it important? Individual, pair and share First, answer this question on your own and then discuss it with your partner, and then with your class! 3 mins

All living things are classified into five main groups called kingdoms. Most living things belong to the animal kingdom or the plant kingdom. The Classification System plants Protoctists animals Bacteria (prokaryotes) fungi living things

Classifying Animals Vertebrates – animals with a backbone. Invertebrates – animals without a backbone. VertebrateInvertebrate In the front of your book make a list of as many different animals as you can think of......you only have 1 minute! Now, circle the vertebrates and underline the invertebrates. 3 mins Put 4 vertebrates and 4 invertebrates in the table on the board! Are they right?

Animal Kingdom VertebratesInvertebrates Mammals Fish Reptiles Amphibians Birds Flatworms True worms Molluscs Echinoderms Cnidarians Arthropods

Classifying Vertebrates You will be given a card with an animal on it. You must decide whether that animal is a mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians or fish! This should be a reminder from Year 7! When you think you know what your animal is go and stand by the correct sign around the classroom. MammalsFish Reptiles Amphibians Birds 3 mins

Mammals Fish Classifying Vertebrates

Reptiles Birds Amphibians Who correctly classified their vertebrate?

7D Classification - Vertebrates Vertebrates are classified into 5 groups. Complete the table of features for each type of vertebrate. mammals birdsreptilesamphibiansfish body covering how it breathes where it lives how offspring are produced hairy or furry skin soft, moist skin (no scales) lungs mostly on land lay eggs (in water) lungs gills feathers tough skin with scales scales mostly on land on land on land and in water in water most young born alive lay eggs Classifying Vertebrates 5 mins

Confidence Check Show from 1-5 on how confident you are on each success criteria. 1 is not at all confident, 5 is super confident Success criteria 1.I can state what is meant by the term classification. 2.I can describe the difference between invertebrates and vertebrates and their subdivisions using examples.

Traffic Lights Do you feel you have made progress in this lesson? Red – No, I dont feel like I have made any progress. Yellow – Yes, I have made some progress. Green – Yes, I have made lots of progress.

Which group do I belong to? Boys vs. Girls. One boy and one girl will go head to head in the Which group do I belong? to game show! I will read out a number of clues; when you think you know which group the animal (vertebrate) belongs to, you must call out your buzzer noise! Girls – bang!Boys – pop! Then the whole class will be asked a question. Then, we start again with a different boy and girl.

1.I live mainly in water. 2.I feed my young on milk. 3.I am covered in brown fur. 4.My body temperature is around 30 o C. 5.I have a beak that I search for food with on the river bottom. 6.The males of my species have a venomous spike on their hind legs. Duck –Billed Platypus Write down the numbers of the features in the passage that make the Duck-Billed platypus a mammal. I am a Mammal! Student Task! Which group do I belong to? Score out of 4?

1.I have green and brown moist skin. 2.I can run on water. 3.I lay about 20 jelly covered eggs at a time in water. 4.I am cold blooded. 5.I feed on both flowers and small animals. 6.I live in trees and on river banks. Basilisk Lizard Write down the numbers of the features in the passage that make the Basilisk lizard an amphibian. I am an Amphibian! Student Task! news/newsid_ / stm Which group do I belong to? Score out of 4?

1.I live in water and breathe through lungs. 2.My skin is covered in pale brown dry scales. 3.I lay tough leathery eggs on land. 4.I am cold blooded. 5.I feed on invertebrates like crabs and clams. 6.I can live for over 39 years. Loggerhead Turtle Write down the numbers of the features in the passage that make the Loggerhead Turtle a reptile. I am a reptile! Student Task! Which group do I belong to? Score out of 4?

1.I live in caves and dark places. 2.I have a wing span of 18cm and I can fly. 3.I give birth to live young and feed them on milk. 4.I weigh 57 grams and my body is covered in brown fur. 5.As an adult I only feed on blood. 6.I live up to 9 years. Vampire Bat Write down the numbers of the features in the passage that make the Vampire bat a mammal. I am a Mammal! Student Task! Which group do I belong to? Score out of 2?

1.I am covered in brown feathers. 2.I can run at around 50 Km/hr. 3.I lay eggs with hard shells. 4.I eat stones that help me to digest my food. 5.I eat plants and small insects. 6.I live up to 30years. Emu Write down the numbers of the features in the passage that make the Emu a bird. I am a Bird! Student Task! Which group do I belong to? Score out of 2?

Which type of invertebrate?