Lesson Planning

Teaching

Activities

  1. Understand why it is useful to classify living things.
  2. Answer questions about the features of insects, arachnids and plants found in the local area.
  3. Create a branching database/dichotomous key to sort and identify local invertebrates.
  4. Understand why it is important to make accurate observations when describing features of living things.

Investigation - sorting, classifying and identifying
Create a branching database to sort and identify local invertebrates.

Vocabulary
Classify, sort, group, similar, different, branching database, identify, variety, question, explore, key