Resources

Laminated sheets:
Kingdoms (place around class)
Organisms (to hand out to pupils)

Worksheets:
Animal Classification worksheet
Plant Classification worksheet

• Hodder B
 Thursday, July 23, 2020

Classification
4
Aims mins
To describe and draw a range of food chains and webs.

To identify producers, consumers and predators within food

chains and webs.

Starter
What is the difference between living and non-living things?
Write down 3 examples of each.
Living things all do the seven life processes – MRS GREN.
Non-living things do not do all of the life processes.
 Classification
Success Criteria:
1. I can state what is meant by the term classification.
2. I can describe the difference between invertebrates and
vertebrates and their subdivisions using examples.
3. I can describe the differences between plants with vascular
tissues and waterproof cuticles and plants without.
 Classification
Success Criteria:
1. I can state what is meant by the term classification.
2. I can describe the difference between invertebrates and
vertebrates and their subdivisions using examples.
 3
Classification mins

What does classification mean? Why is it important?

Individual, pair and share

First, answer this question on

your own and then discuss it
with your partner, and then with
your class!
 3
Classifying Animals mins

In the front of your book make a list of as many different animals as

you can think of......you only have 1 minute!

Now, circle the vertebrates and underline the invertebrates.

and Vertebrate Invertebrate

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Vertebrates – animals with a backbone.

Invertebrates – animals without a backbone.
 The Classification System
All living things are classified into five main groups called
kingdoms.

living things

Bacteria
plants animals fungi Protoctists
(prokaryotes)

Most living things belong to the animal kingdom or the plant

kingdom.
 Animal Kingdom

Vertebrates Invertebrates

Cnidarians
Mammals
Flatworms
Fish
True worms
Reptiles
Molluscs
Amphibians Echinoderms
Birds Arthropods
 3
Classifying Vertebrates mins

You will be given a card with an animal on it. You

must decide whether that animal is a mammals, birds,
reptiles, amphibians or fish!
This should be a reminder from Year 7!

When you think you know what your animal is go

and stand by the correct sign around the classroom.

Fish Amphibians Mammals

Birds Reptiles
 Classifying Vertebrates
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7D Classification - Vertebrates
Classifying Vertebrates 5
mins
Vertebrates are classified into 5 groups.
Complete the table of features for each type of vertebrate.
mammals birds reptiles amphibians fish

hairy or tough skin soft, moist skin scales

body covering feathers
furry skin with scales (no scales)
how it lungs lungs lungs gills
lungs
breathes
mostly on mostly on on land and
where it lives on land in water
land land in water

how offspring most young lay eggs lay eggs lay eggs lay eggs
are produced born alive (in water)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/animalclassgame.htm
 Confidence Check
Show from 1-5 on how confident you are on each success
criteria.
1 is not at all confident, 5 is super confident

Success criteria
1. I can state what is meant by the term classification.
2. I can describe the difference between invertebrates and
vertebrates and their subdivisions using examples.
 Classification
Success Criteria:
3. I can describe the differences between plants with vascular
tissues and waterproof cuticles and plants without.
What differences can you see between
these plants?
Plant classification
 Plant Classification 8
mins

In pairs collect a worksheet each.

Use the information on the next 2 slides to fill in the blanks on
your worksheet on classifying plants.

You have 3 minutes

To answer Q 1 – 4.

You have 5 minutes

To answer Q 5 - 15
 Plant Classification 3
Plants are living organisms that cannot move around. mins
Most plants make their own food through photosynthesis.

Vascular Tissues are similar to animals

blood vessels. In plants they are called
xylem and phloem, they transport
nutrients and water to cells in the plant.

Seeds contain a baby plant

(embryonic plant) the outer
covering provides safety and
nutrients to the seedling.

Spores are a small single celled reproductive structure normally

spread by non-flowering plants like fungi.
 Plant classification 5
mins
Mosses: They have simple leaves and shallow roots, with no proper
vascular systems. The leaves are very small and are not covered
with a waterproof, waxy cuticle layer. Mosses, Angiosperm and Lichen
are often found in damp areas as they dry out easily. They reproduce
using spores.

Ferns: They have proper roots and stems, and leaf-like fronds. The
leaves are not covered in a waterproof, waxy cuticle layer and so they
dry out easily and are generally found in damp places. They do have a
vascular system. They reproduce using spores.

Algae: a simple, non-flowering, and typically aquatic plant of a

large group that includes the seaweeds and many single-celled
forms. Algae contain chlorophyll but lack true stems, roots,
leaves, and vascular tissue.
Conifers: They have vascular tissues. They are large plants with
proper roots and stems and needle-shaped leaves with a waxy cuticle.
They are good at surviving in dry or cold climates. They reproduce
using seeds found in cones.

Flowering Plants: They have vascular tissues. They have proper

roots and stems and have flowers. Their leaves are large and flat and
have a waxy cuticle. They reproduce using seeds found in fruits.

Game Time:

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/plant-with-seeds.htm
 Angiosperm

Monocot Dicot

https://www.carolina.com/teacher-resources/Interactive/exploring-monocots-and-dicot
s/tr40150.tr
 Plant Classification
Answers to Q 5 – 15:
5. Spores, vascular
tissue
6. Angiosperm, Mosses
Lichen
7. Spores, vascular
tissue
8. Ferns
9. Seeds, vascular
tissues
10. Cones
11. Conifers
12. Flowers
13. Flowering Plants.
 Confidence Check
Show from 1-5 on how confident you are on each success
criteria.
1 is not at all confident, 5 is super confident

Success criteria
3. I can describe the differences between plants with vascular
tissues and waterproof cuticles and plants without.
 Traffic Lights
Do you feel you have made progress in this lesson?

Red – No, I don’t feel like I have made any progress.

Yellow – Yes, I have made some progress.
Green – Yes, I have made lots of progress.
 Which group do I belong to?
Boys vs. Girls.
One boy and one girl will go head to
head in the ‘Which group do I
belong?’ to game show!

I will read out a number of clues; when you think you know
which group the animal (vertebrate) belongs to, you must call
out your buzzer noise!

Girls – bang! Boys – pop!

Then the whole class will be asked a question.

Then, we start again with a different boy and girl.
 Which
co r e group do I belong to?
S 4?
t of Duck –Billed Platypus
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1. I live mainly in water.
2. I feed my young on milk.
3. I am covered in brown fur.
4. My body temperature is around
30oC.
5. I have a beak that I search for
food with on the river bottom.
6. The males of my species have
a venomous spike on their hind Student Task!
legs.
Write down the numbers of
the features in the passage
I am a that make the Duck-Billed
Mammal! platypus a mammal.
 Which
co r e group do I belong to?
S 4?
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ogreen and brown moist Basilisk Lizard
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1. I have
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skin.
2. I can run on water.
3. I lay about 20 jelly covered
eggs at a time in water.
4. I am cold blooded.
5. I feed on both flowers and http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/
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small animals.
6. I live in trees and on river Student Task!
banks.
Write down the numbers of
the features in the passage
I am an that make the Basilisk
Amphibian! lizard an amphibian.
 Which
co r e group do I belong to?
S 4?
t f
o water and breathe Loggerhead Turtle
o u
1. I live in
through lungs.
2. My skin is covered in pale
brown dry scales.
3. I lay tough leathery eggs on
land.
4. I am cold blooded.
5. I feed on invertebrates like
crabs and clams. Student Task!
6. I can live for over 39 years.
Write down the numbers of
the features in the passage
I am a reptile! that make the Loggerhead
Turtle a reptile.
 Which
co r e group do I belong to?
S 2?
t of Vampire Bat
u
o in caves and dark places.
1. I live
2. I have a wing span of 18cm and I
can fly.
3. I give birth to live young and feed
them on milk.
4. I weigh 57 grams and my body is
covered in brown fur.
5. As an adult I only feed on blood.
Student Task!
6. I live up to 9 years.
Write down the numbers of
I am a the features in the passage
that make the Vampire bat
Mammal! a mammal.
 Which
co r e group do I belong to?
S 2?
t of Emu
1. I am
o u covered in brown feathers.
2. I can run at around 50 Km/hr.
3. I lay eggs with hard shells.
4. I eat stones that help me to
digest my food.
5. I eat plants and small insects.
6. I live up to 30years.

Student Task!

Write down the numbers of

the features in the passage
I am a Bird! that make the Emu a bird.
Which type of invertebrate?