You Will Need
Provided Resources
- Genus arguments for the Hog-Nosed Shrew Rat
- Horse/unicorn classification route/s and pictures
- Animalia classes/classification system
Weblinks
Snapshot Safari wildlife identification project
New creature feature
Science Year 6
This unit is part of
Year 6 Science Classification Connoisseurs
Objectives
This is your opportunity to apply your skills and develop your drawing skills further to complement your classification skills. Can you push your qualification to distinction level as you design your own ‘new’ creatures to fit into the Animalia classification system?
Science Objectives
i) Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants and animals.
ii) Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.
Working Scientifically
- Record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, and classification keys.
- Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations.
- Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.
Other Curriculum Areas
Art
- Improve mastery of drawing using pencils
Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Design, describe and name a new creature that characteristically sits within the Animalia classification.
- Sort ‘new’ creatures within the Animalia taxonomy.
- Sketch a detailed creature based on known characteristics and imagination.
Activities
- Design, describe, name and sketch a new creature that sits within a known classification route.
- Sort ‘new’ creatures within the Animalia classification system.
Investigation - sorting and classifying
Design a ‘new’ creature that fits within a specific classification.
Debate reasons for classifying living things as we do.
Vocabulary
Classification, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, taxonomy, opinion, similarities, differences, group, observations