Pupils look at a range of living creatures and explain how they could they be separated into different groups?
Learning Objectives:
PoS - describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals
NaG - pupils should build on their learning about grouping living things in Year 4 by looking at the classification system in more detail
WS - pupils might work scientifically by: devising classification systems and keys to identify some animals and plants in the immediate environment