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Task: group pictures of animals under headings. Assessment focus: classification of mammals, birds, and insects.

Name the group various animals belong to. Assessment focus: classification.

Task: Identify the features of three animals, name their classification group, and answer two questions comparing features of the groups. Assessment focus: classification of animals.

Students classify a range of animals as mammals, birds, or fish.

Students are given four pictures, and are asked to draw a circle around the picture that is not a bird, and then give a reason for their choice. Similarly, they circle animals that are not mammals, fish, and molluscs.

Task: Describe on a chart how a duck's features help it to survive, then infer what might happen if these features were changed in some way. Assessment focus: how adaptations aid survival.

Task: identify two features that enable a sea lion to live in water. Assessment focus: adaptations.