Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Develop classification keys.
- Test out classification key, identifying potential flaws.
Activities
- Create a feature-led sweet classification system.
- Design and test out a classification key for birds, bees or butterflies.
Investigation - sorting and classifying
Make a classification system for sweets.
Group animals, microorganisms and plants and identify ‘odd ones out’.
Vocabulary
Classification, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, Linnaeus, branching classification key, opinion, similarities, differences, group, observations, support, refute