Learning objective

  • To classify invertebrates.

Success criteria

  • I can define

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National curriculum

Science

Living things and their habitats

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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 work in pairs to make their invertebrate models, alternating between modelling the clay and adding the labels each round.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could create a table (similar to the Activity: Vertebrate characteristics table) to compare the characteristics of the invertebrates. 

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining invertebrates; naming,

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Vocabulary definitions

  • classification key

    A diagram used to sort organisms using their similarities and differences.

  • exoskeleton

    A skeleton on the outside of the body.

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