Animal picture cards

Animal picture cards

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
This task is about what features animals have and what groups they belong to.

Your teacher will give you instructions about this actvity.

Animal Picture Cards

     
     

Larger Animal Groups


 

 

Features of the Larger Animal Groups

 

Task administration: 
Equipment:
Scissors; coloured copies of Animal Picture Cards; Larger Animal Group Labels; and Features of the Larger Animal Groups.
  • Students work in pairs or small groups and identify the larger animal group that their animal picture card belongs to, and the features that place that animal in that group.
  • Colour copies of animal picture cards are needed. These could be made into a class set and laminated. The labels could also be prepared for students prior to the task and also made into class sets. Separate sets of feature labels will be needed for each animal cards.
  • It is probably best if students do one animal at a time.
  • NOTE: Not all the labels are needed.

Instructions to be read to students

  • Cut out the Animal Cards (if they haven't been pre-cut).
  • Cut out the Larger Animal Groups labels and put the correct Larger Animal Group under each Animal Card.
  • Cut out the Features of the Larger Animal Groups and for the animal you have a picture of, place four of these features under this picture.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Science, Knowledge, Living World
Keywords: 
evolution, classification, ducks, possums, weta, frogs, practical
Description of task: 
This practical task assesses students' ability to identify the larger group that four animals belong to and then to identify the features that those groups have using animal cards and labels.
Making Better Sense: 
Generic/Mixture
Answers/responses: 

Animal Groups:
Duck – Bird
Possum – Mammal
Weta – Insect
Frog – Amphibian
Features of the Animal Groups: The main features that students are expected to identify. Any 4 of:

Duck – has feathers

  • has wings
  • lays eggs
  • warm blooded
  • has a beak

Possum – has fur/hair

  • young born alive
  • young feed on milk
  • has teeth
  • warm blooded

Weta – has 6 legs

  • has 3 body parts
  • has antennae
  • lays eggs

Frog – lays eggs

  • can breathe through the skin
  • live on both land and in water
  • has 2 stages: larval and adult

NOTE: Students may also mention secondary features for example: scales on the ducks legs, etc.