Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Observe features of living things and sort them into different groups.
Activities
- Understand why it is useful to classify living things.
- Answer questions about the features of insects, arachnids and plants found in the local area.
- Create a branching database/dichotomous key to sort and identify local invertebrates.
- 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