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 one of the animals you identified as a mammal. How do you know this is a mammal? Question Choose one of the animals you identified as a bird. How do you know this is a bird? Question Choose one of the animals you identified as a fish. How do you know this is a 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. Level: 2 Curriculum info: Science, Knowledge, Living World Keywords: evolution, classification, 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) Any 1 of: Mammals: Cat, Mouse, Horse and Warm blood Fur or hair Live young Feed young (milk) b) Any 1 of: Birds: Duck, Sparrow, Rooster and Feathers Beak Lay eggs Wings (flies) c) Any 1 of: Fish: Trout, Sole, Shark and Gills Scales Fins Lay eggs d) Yes, birds. e) Yes, mammals. f) Yes, mammals. g) No, 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 Animal features A fly is not a spider Which doesn't belong? Sorting animals II Not an insect Garden animals Things about insects Birds' egg detective Comparing animals What is the animal? Investigating properties Grouping animals Which is hardest? Sea mammals and fish Circle the mammals Which are mammals? Fish and birds What animal group? Animal groups What do they have in common? Animal dominoes Which group does it belong to? Animal picture cards Animal groups II Invertebrate animal groups Vertebrate animal groups Which are birds? What makes a fish a fish? Is it a fish? Is it a mammal, bird, or reptile? Is it a fish? II Footprints 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
