Activities in this teaching pack include an assessment test to assess understanding of the species and characteristics of different plants and animals complete with a marking scheme and matching record sheet and a worksheet to help the children assess their own progress for the National Curriculum programmes of study about identifying, grouping and comparing different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world.

This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to identify, group and compare some of the different plants and animals that live in a variety of habitats around the world. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.