You Will Need
Provided resources
- Classification guidance
- Bees, birds and butterfly images
Additional resources
- Sweet selection
- Bowl
- A2 paper
- Glue
Weblinks
Guess zoo (download from link)
The sweetness of classification
Science Year 6
This unit is part of
Year 6 Science Classification Connoisseurs
Objectives
Have a go at coming up with your own feature-led sweets classification system then apply your classification knowledge and skills as you start creating more challenging zoological classification keys.
Science Objectives
i) Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants and animals.
ii) Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.
Working Scientifically
- Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary.
- Record data and results of increasing complexity using classification keys.
- Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations.
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