Mammal, bird or fish 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about identifying animals that are mammals, birds or fish. Question Choose all the animals you think are mammals. How do you know they are mammals? Question Choose all the animals you think are birds. How do you know they are birds? Question Choose all the animals you think are fish. How do you know they are fish? Question e) Which of these groups does the penguin belong to? Mammals Birds Fish None of these groups Question f) Which of these groups does the bat belong to? Mammals Birds Fish None of these groups Question g) Which of these groups does the whale belong to? Mammals Birds Fish None of these groups Question h) Which of these groups does the lizard belong to? Mammals Birds Fish None of these groups Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online with some auto-marking. Level: 2 Curriculum info: Science, Knowledge, Living World Keywords: evolution, classification, animals, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles Description of task: Students classify a range of animals as mammals, birds, or fish. Making Better Sense: Generic/Mixture Answers/responses: a) Mammals: Cat, Mouse, Horse and Warm blood Fur or hair Live young Feed young (milk) b) Birds: Duck, Sparrow, Rooster and Feathers Beak Lay eggs Wings (flies) c) Fish: Trout, Sole, Shark and Gills Scales Fins Lay eggs d) Birds e) Mammals f) Mammals g) Reptiles Sienna's spider Insects and mammals Name its group Classifying animals Is a wētā a spider or insect? Similarities and differences Insects and other animals Sorting animals Bats are mammals Powders and crystals Which doesn't belong? Not an insect Birds' egg detective What is the animal? Comparing animals Investigating properties Grouping animals Which is hardest? Sea mammals and fish Fish and birds What animal group? Animal groups What do they have in common? Which group does it belong to? Animal groups II Animal picture cards What makes a fish a fish? Footprints Is it a fish? Is it a fish? II Is it a mammal, bird, or reptile? Meat-eating and plant-eating dinosaurs Insect or spider? Investigating plastic What makes a reptile a reptile? Classifying animals II Moths and butterflies Classifying leaves Classifying fruit
