{"id":9181,"date":"2020-01-07T17:50:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T17:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grammarsaurus.co.uk\/portal\/?p=9181"},"modified":"2025-11-12T13:24:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:24:56","slug":"year-6-science-living-things-and-their-habitats-lesson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grammarsaurus.co.uk\/portal\/2020\/01\/year-6-science-living-things-and-their-habitats-lesson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 6 Science &#8211; Living Things and their Habitats &#8211; What is a Classification Key? Lesson 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p>This differentiated science lesson questions how you might identify unknown organisms. It explores different ways to sort and group shapes in order to classify them and links this to animal classification. We are introduced to a taxonomic classification key for animals and look how vertebrates and invertebrates are classified. The main activity encourages children to observe invertebrates closely in order to classify them. An alternative activity suggestion is included.\n\u2013 an editable lesson plan\n\u2013 editable presentation\n\u2013 editable stop and jot activity\n\u2013 editable differentiated independent activities if needed\n-\u00a0 editable pond invertebrates sheet if required for alternative activity\n-\u00a0 editable garden invertebrates sheet if required for alternative activity-National curriculum objectives:\nScience: Year 6:\nPupils should be taught to:<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Updated to the Grammarsaurus Curriculum 2.0...<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Hello,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Downloads are for members of <span 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<option\n                    value=\"AQ\" >Antarctica<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AG\" >Antigua and Barbuda<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AR\" >Argentina<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AM\" >Armenia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AW\" >Aruba<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AU\" >Australia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AT\" >Austria<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AZ\" >Azerbaijan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BS\" >Bahamas<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BH\" >Bahrain<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BD\" >Bangladesh<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BB\" >Barbados<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BY\" >Belarus<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BE\" >Belgium<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PW\" >Belau<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BZ\" >Belize<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BJ\" >Benin<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BM\" >Bermuda<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BT\" >Bhutan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BO\" >Bolivia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BQ\" >Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BA\" >Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BW\" >Botswana<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BV\" >Bouvet Island<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BR\" >Brazil<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IO\" >British Indian Ocean Territory<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"VG\" >British Virgin Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BN\" >Brunei<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BG\" >Bulgaria<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BF\" >Burkina Faso<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BI\" >Burundi<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KH\" >Cambodia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CM\" >Cameroon<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CA\" >Canada<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CV\" >Cape Verde<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KY\" >Cayman Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CF\" >Central African Republic<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TD\" >Chad<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CL\" >Chile<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CN\" >China<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CX\" >Christmas Island<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CC\" >Cocos (Keeling) Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CO\" >Colombia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KM\" >Comoros<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CG\" >Congo (Brazzaville)<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CD\" >Congo (Kinshasa)<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CK\" >Cook Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CR\" >Costa Rica<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HR\" >Croatia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CU\" >Cuba<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CW\" >Cura&Ccedil;ao<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CY\" >Cyprus<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CZ\" >Czech Republic<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"DK\" >Denmark<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"DJ\" >Djibouti<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"DM\" >Dominica<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"DO\" >Dominican Republic<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"EC\" >Ecuador<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"EG\" >Egypt<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SV\" >El Salvador<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GQ\" >Equatorial Guinea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ER\" >Eritrea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"EE\" >Estonia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ET\" >Ethiopia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FK\" >Falkland Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FO\" >Faroe Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FJ\" >Fiji<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FI\" >Finland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FR\" >France<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GF\" >French Guiana<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PF\" >French Polynesia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TF\" >French Southern Territories<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GA\" >Gabon<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GM\" >Gambia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GE\" >Georgia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"DE\" >Germany<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GH\" >Ghana<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GI\" >Gibraltar<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GR\" >Greece<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GL\" >Greenland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GD\" >Grenada<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GP\" >Guadeloupe<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GT\" >Guatemala<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GG\" >Guernsey<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GN\" >Guinea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GW\" >Guinea-Bissau<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GY\" >Guyana<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HT\" >Haiti<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HM\" >Heard Island and McDonald Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HN\" >Honduras<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HK\" >Hong Kong<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"HU\" >Hungary<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IS\" >Iceland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IN\" >India<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ID\" >Indonesia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IR\" >Iran<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IQ\" >Iraq<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IE\" >Republic of Ireland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IM\" >Isle of Man<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IL\" >Israel<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"IT\" >Italy<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CI\" >Ivory Coast<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"JM\" >Jamaica<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"JP\" >Japan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"JE\" >Jersey<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"JO\" >Jordan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KZ\" >Kazakhstan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KE\" >Kenya<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KI\" >Kiribati<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KW\" >Kuwait<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KG\" >Kyrgyzstan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LA\" >Laos<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LV\" >Latvia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LB\" >Lebanon<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LS\" >Lesotho<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LR\" >Liberia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LY\" >Libya<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LI\" >Liechtenstein<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LT\" >Lithuania<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LU\" >Luxembourg<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MO\" >Macao S.A.R., China<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MK\" >Macedonia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MG\" >Madagascar<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MW\" >Malawi<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MY\" >Malaysia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MV\" >Maldives<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ML\" >Mali<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MT\" >Malta<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MH\" >Marshall Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MQ\" >Martinique<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MR\" >Mauritania<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MU\" >Mauritius<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"YT\" >Mayotte<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MX\" >Mexico<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"FM\" >Micronesia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MD\" >Moldova<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MC\" >Monaco<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MN\" >Mongolia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ME\" >Montenegro<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MS\" >Montserrat<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MA\" >Morocco<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MZ\" >Mozambique<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MM\" >Myanmar<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NA\" >Namibia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NR\" >Nauru<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NP\" >Nepal<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NL\" >Netherlands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AN\" >Netherlands Antilles<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NC\" >New Caledonia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NZ\" >New Zealand<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NI\" >Nicaragua<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NE\" >Niger<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NG\" >Nigeria<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NU\" >Niue<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NF\" >Norfolk Island<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KP\" >North Korea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"NO\" >Norway<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"OM\" >Oman<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PK\" >Pakistan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PS\" >Palestinian Territory<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PA\" >Panama<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PG\" >Papua New Guinea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PY\" >Paraguay<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PE\" >Peru<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PH\" >Philippines<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PN\" >Pitcairn<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PL\" >Poland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PT\" >Portugal<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PR\" >Puerto Rico<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"QA\" >Qatar<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"RE\" >Reunion<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"RO\" >Romania<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"RU\" >Russia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"RW\" >Rwanda<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"BL\" >Saint Barth&eacute;lemy<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SH\" >Saint Helena<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KN\" >Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LC\" >Saint Lucia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"MF\" >Saint Martin (French part)<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SX\" >Saint Martin (Dutch part)<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"PM\" >Saint Pierre and Miquelon<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"VC\" >Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SM\" >San Marino<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ST\" >S&atilde;o Tom&eacute; and Pr&iacute;ncipe<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SA\" >Saudi Arabia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SN\" >Senegal<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"RS\" >Serbia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SC\" >Seychelles<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SL\" >Sierra Leone<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SG\" >Singapore<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SK\" >Slovakia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SI\" >Slovenia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SB\" >Solomon Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SO\" >Somalia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ZA\" >South Africa<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"GS\" >South Georgia\/Sandwich Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"KR\" >South Korea<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SS\" >South Sudan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"ES\" >Spain<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"LK\" >Sri Lanka<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SD\" >Sudan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SR\" >Suriname<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SJ\" >Svalbard and Jan Mayen<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SZ\" >Swaziland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SE\" >Sweden<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"CH\" >Switzerland<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"SY\" >Syria<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TW\" >Taiwan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TJ\" >Tajikistan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TZ\" >Tanzania<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TH\" >Thailand<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TL\" >Timor-Leste<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TG\" >Togo<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TK\" >Tokelau<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TO\" >Tonga<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TT\" >Trinidad and Tobago<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TN\" >Tunisia<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TR\" >Turkey<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TM\" >Turkmenistan<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TC\" >Turks and Caicos Islands<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"TV\" >Tuvalu<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"UG\" >Uganda<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"UA\" >Ukraine<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"AE\" >United Arab Emirates<\/option>\n                            <option\n                    value=\"US\" >United States (US)<\/option>\n              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