Learning objective
- To explain how organisms are classified using the Linnaean system.
Success criteria
- I can define
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National curriculum
Science
Living things and their habitats
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Cross-curricular links
British values
- Mutual respect.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could read the part of one of the naturalists on the Activity: Carl Linnaeus role play when acting out how he developed the Linnaean classification system.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could write additional lines for the Activity: Carl Linnaeus role play to explain how modern science has further developed the Linnaean system.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining the term
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Vocabulary definitions
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binomial system
A system used to give living things a two-part Latin name.
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characteristic
A feature that allows something to be sorted into a group.
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In this unit
Assessment - Science Y6: Classifying big and small
Lesson 1: Carl Linnaeus and classification
Lesson 2: Cold-blooded vertebrates
Lesson 3: Warm-blooded vertebrates
Lesson 4: Invertebrates
Lesson 5: Plants
Lesson 6: Micro-organisms
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 18th December, 2023
