This Science scheme of work video introduces teachers to the skills needed to help Key Stage 2 pupils group and classify living things based on shared characteristics. Pupils explore vertebrate and invertebrate groups, flowering and non-flowering plants, and learn how taxonomists use specific features to sort organisms. The video addresses common misconceptions and models how to use tools like Carroll diagrams, Venn diagrams, pictograms, and classification keys to organise data effectively.

This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Science Animal resources. It simplifies the process, ensuring teachers feel confident and prepared to support pupils in developing their classification skills and scientific thinking in lessons like the ones below.

Science, Lower key stage 2, Year 4, Living things: Classification and changing habitats, Lesson 1: Grouping living things: Vertebrates and invertebrates