This differentiated science lesson focuses on sorting animals into groups using different criteria; e.g. nutrition (omnivore, carnivore or herbivore; animal group (fish, amphibian etc); Vertebrate/invertebrate.. The file contains the following resources:
– an editable lesson plan
– editable presentation
– editable stop and jot activity
– editable differentiated independent activities
-  animals to sort photo pack
-  an 'animals by category' teachers' resource list
National curriculum objectives:
Science: Year 6:
Pupils should be taught to:

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; give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.

Updated to the Grammarsaurus Curriculum 2.0...