Living things: Classifying big and small

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Carl Linnaeus and classification

Knowledge

  • To explain how organisms are classified using the Linnaean system.

Lesson 2: Cold-blooded vertebrates

Knowledge

  • To classify the cold-blooded vertebrate groups using their common characteristics.

Working scientifically

  • To use a classification key to classify frog species.

Lesson 3: Warm-blooded vertebrates

Knowledge

  • To classify the warm-blooded vertebrate groups using their common characteristics.

Working scientifically

  • To use a classification key to classify vertebrates.

Lesson 4: Invertebrates

Knowledge

  • To classify invertebrates using their characteristics.

Working scientifically

  • To use a classification key to classify invertebrates.

Lesson 5: Plants

Knowledge

  • To describe how the plant kingdom is organised (based on shared characteristics).

Working scientifically

  • To produce a working classification key.

Lesson 6: Micro-organisms

Knowledge

  • To describe and classify micro-organisms.

Working scientifically

  • To use a classification key to classify bacteria.

Key skills

Grouping and classifying

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Key vocabulary

classification key (LKS2)

classify (LKS2)

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