Garden animals

Garden animals

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Overview
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Working with Students

During the summer months lots of different animals can be found in the garden. 

a) Draw a circle around the letters of the animals which are insects.
 

A        B        C        D        E        F        G
b) Write down two features that all insects have
 
 
i)  ____________________________________________________________________

ii) ____________________________________________________________________

 
c) What is one feature of animal F that you could use to put it in the group called spiders?

________________________________________________________________________
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Science, Knowledge, Living World
Keywords: 
evolution, classification, insects, spiders
Description of task: 
Students are provided with seven drawings of different animals and are asked to draw circles around those that are insects. Two features of insects are also required.
Making Better Sense: 
Insects
Answers/responses: 
  Y6 (11/98)
a) A, B, and C very difficult
b) Any 2 of:

  • Six legs.
  • Three parts to the body (or named).
  • Antennae/feelers.
  • Two pairs of wings (usually).
  • A pair of compound eyes.
  • A tracheal system.
 2 correct –
very difficult

1 correct –
difficult
c) Any 1 of:

  • Eight legs.
  • Two parts to the body.
 difficult
Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Analysis of Responses
a) Most common wrong patterns:

ACEF – answer given by 15% of students.
ABCEF – answer given by 10% of students.
ACE – answer given by 9% of students.

The percentage that each animal was selected as an insect was:

A – 88%        B – 46%        C – 82%        D – 18%
E – 53%        F – 47%         G – 15%
c) 23% of students answered "because of legs" or "long legs".