Natural Science Primary 3

unit 6 Invertebrates

Dear Parent/Carer

Thank you for making your child’s experience with Natural Science as enjoyable and successful as
possible. We hope that you and your child enjoy this unit and the whole course.

UNIT SUMMARY

In this unit your child will explore the world of invertebrates. They begin by refreshing what
they learned in previous years about invertebrates. The opening pages focus on observing
how invertebrates move and classifying them as land or aquatic invertebrates. The concept of
classification is then broadened to include invertebrate groups and subgroups.

The main content pages cover a lot of new information and vocabulary. Depending on your
child’s ability, these pages can be studied in detail or used to provoke interest in the complexity
and importance of invertebrates. It may be that the animals in this group provoke negative
reactions from some children but you can stress the importance of each living thing and the role
invertebrates play. Remind them that on the farm we discovered Carla doesn’t like worms very
much but she learned that worms play a vital role.

Much of the vocabulary in this unit builds on the basic concepts children have studied about
animal groups and classification. In this unit they will continue to develop their observation and
classification skills, and discover how classification keys are used to help scientists identify animal
species.

A full list of the key vocabulary in the unit, with translations, is available as a Word List.

VALUES AND ATTITUDES

In this unit your child will learn the importance of invertebrates and how even the smallest
creatures are important. They are asked to investigate invertebrates in their local area. Throughout
the unit, try to encourage your child to think about:

• how every living thing is important.

• how our careless actions can disrupt the natural habitat of other living things.
• how we can observe wildlife in our local area.

Have fun and good luck!

With best wishes,

The ByME team

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