You Will Need
Provided Resources
- Guess Who PowerPoint
- Guess Who resource sheet
Weblinks
Leaf ID PDF from www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
I'm thinking of a living thing...
Science Year 4
This unit is part of
Year 4 Science Name That Living Thing!
Objectives
Write a branching database for a variety of living things. Test your classification key by playing ‘Guess Who?' Demonstrate your learning to younger children.
Science Objectives
i) Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways.
ii) Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment.
Working Scientifically
- Use straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support findings.
Other Curriculum Areas
English
- Discuss what they are learning and develop wider skills in spoken language.
- Use language in a greater variety of situations, for a variety of audiences and purposes, including through drama, formal presentations and debate.
Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Create and use a classification key to name a variety of living things in the wider environment.
Activities
- Write a branching database for a variety of living things from the wider world.
- Test their classification key by playing ‘Guess Who?’
- Demonstrate an understanding of their learning by explaining it to others.
Investigation - researching and analysing secondary sources, classifying and identifying
Write a branching database for a variety of living things in the wider environment.
Vocabulary
Question, classify, group, teach