MINISTRY OF EDUCTION

SECONDARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME

INTEGRATED SCIENCE

GRADE 7

WEEK 8 LESSON 1

Topic: Kingdoms Of Living Things

Sub-topic: Classification of Animals – Vertebrates
Objective: Given pictures of animal’s students will:
- state correctly the group to which specific animals belong.
- give at least 2 examples of other animals belonging to the groups.
Content
Mammals
 give birth to their young and feed them with milk.
 have hair on at least part of their body.
 have four limbs with digits ending in claws, nails, or
hooves (except whales).
 breathe with lungs.
 are warm-blooded.
Birds
 lay eggs with a hard shell.
 are covered with feathers.
 have a beak and two legs.
 have two wings used for flying (ostriches and penguins are
flightless).
 have hollow bones.
 are warm-blooded.

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Reptiles
 lay eggs with leathery shells or give birth to fully-formed
young.
 breathe with lungs.
 are covered with scales.
 have no legs or four legs with clawed toes.
 are cold-blooded.

Amphibians
 lay eggs, usually in a jelly-like mass in water.
 breathe with lungs, gills, and/or their skin.
 have smooth skin without coverings.
 have four legs without claws or nails on toes.
 are cold-blooded.

Fish
 lay eggs without shells in water
 breathe with gills.
 are covered with scales or smooth, leathery skin.
 have fins but no legs or toes.
 are cold-blooded.

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Referance
1. https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/14-characteristics-of-living-things
2. https://assets.cambridge.org/97805216/80547/excerpt/9780521680547_excerpt.pdf
3. https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/biology/biology/the-science-of-biology/characteristics-of-
living-things
4. http://sc6thgradescience.weebly.com/6l4b1-common-characteristics-of-
vertebratesinvertebrates.html1.

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