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Lesson 4: Invertebrates

Learning about the characteristics of invertebrate groups and classifying them using a number key.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Display slide 1 of the Presentation: Comparing warm-blooded vertebrates. Hand out the children's copies of the Activity: Vertebrate characteristics table from Lesson 3: Warm-blooded vertebratesand ask the children to tick the characteristics of birds and mammals. Reveal the answers using slide 2 and allow the children to mark their answers.

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