Lesson 4: Habitats and seasonal change

Arrange the class into groups of three and distribute three sticky notes and one set of the Resource: Vertebrate cards from Lesson 1: Grouping living things: Vertebrates and invertebrates to each group.

Instruct each group member to secretly write the name of one of the vertebrates from the cards onto their sticky note and stick it to another member's forehead. Each group member should have an unknown vertebrate stuck to their forehead.

Explain that they should then take turns to ask their group one yes or no question until they can correctly guess the vertebrate written on their sticky note. The questions should start broad to rule out large groups (e.g. do I have legs?) and become more specific (e.g. do I have black paws?) to identify the specific animal. The cards can be used to help them formulate questions and recall the potential animals for their guesses. Display the Presentation: Vertebrate classification questions if the groups struggle to think of their own.