Lesson Two – Taxonomy
This science teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify and define the correct vocabulary words that can be used to classify and order animals into different groups by their matching characteristics.
The class can learn and use the correct classification groups for taxonomy to identify and describe different species of living things to indicate what makes them unique.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and define the correct vocabulary words that can be used to classify and order animals into different groups by their matching characteristics
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to learn vocabulary that can be used to classify animals into different groups and a template to identify and classify different animals by their broad matching characteristics using the correct taxonomy vocabulary words.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to use the correct vocabulary words to classify animals into different matching groups.
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.
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