Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Make a classification key for living things using group labels and drinking straws.
• Discover the features of different groups of vertebrates, researching fish and amphibians in more detail.

Activities

1. Make a classification key for living things using group labels and drinking straws (Yr3&4).
2. Research key facts about amphibians and fish (Yr3 3-4 fact boxes, Yr4 5-6 fact boxes).
3. Design and make a pop-up pond showing fish and amphibians to display their facts (Yr3&4).

Investigation - classifying and identifying, analysing secondary sources
Create a page on Fish and Amphibians using spring-out creatures. Learn about the large group called vertebrates. Discover what’s special about fish and amphibians. Begin to make a class mobile key on vertebrates.
Year 3 - Create 2 different spring-out fish and amphibians and write 2 “Who am I?” facts for each.
Year 4 - Create 2 different spring-out fish and amphibians and write a short paragraph on each.

Vocabulary
Vertebrates, invertebrates, classify, classification, kingdom, insects, molluscs, annelids, arthropods, crustaceans, arachnids, fish, amphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals, warm blooded, cold blooded