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Play Living Things Sorter
Sort supplied named living things into selected fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, mammal, invertebrate and plant groups. Saving is off unless you choose it.
Sort named living things into supplied groups using group descriptions. Observing specimens, choosing your own grouping criteria and independently explaining classifications are not assessed.
Year 4 · Science
Grouping living things
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Focus on grouping animals as vertebrates or invertebrates. Open support for “Group Invertebrates”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 4 learners practise grouping animals as vertebrates or invertebrates.
The activities include Group Invertebrates, Group Plants and Animals, How to Group Living Things, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, interactive, lesson, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Group Invertebrates — support from Oak National Academy
- Group Plants and Animals — support from Oak National Academy
- How to Group Living Things — support from Oak National Academy
- Identify Animals from a Description — support from Oak National Academy
- Identify Differences and Similarities Between Animal Groups — support from Oak National Academy
- Know How to Group Animals — support from Oak National Academy
- Look at Invertebrate Groups — support from Oak National Academy
- Practise Grouping Invertebrates — support from Oak National Academy
- Sort Invertebrates into Groups — support from Oak National Academy
- Sort Plants into Groups — support from Oak National Academy
- Sort Vertebrates into Groups — support from Oak National Academy
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Grouping animals
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Introducing Observable Characteristics
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Grouping plants
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Science: Invertebrate Hunt Year 4 Lesson 3
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Science: Grouping Living Things Year 4 Lesson 1
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KS2 Plant Classification and Identification Science Investigation
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Science: Classifying Vertebrates Year 4 Lesson 2
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Grouping animals worksheet and quiz downloads
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Introducing Observable Characteristics: Worksheet and Quizzes
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Grouping plants worksheet and quiz downloads
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Vertebrate Binoculars Game
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Plant Classification Sorting Activity
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