Not an insect 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about insects and animals that are not insects. Question Which animal is not an insect? How can you tell that this animal is not an insect? Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online. Level: 2 Curriculum info: Science, Knowledge, Living World Keywords: evolution, classification, insects, spiders Description of task: Students identify which one of the four drawn animals is not an insect, and then give a reason for their choice. Making Better Sense: Insects Answers/responses: Y5 (03/1999) a) Spider easy b) Any 1 of: Because it has eight legs/more than six legs. Two body parts/not three body parts No antennae. A specific statement of insect characteristics, e.g., insects have six legs/three body parts. moderate Diagnostic and formative information: Analysis of Response Of the students who selected the spider in part a), 66% could correctly explain why. Of the correct answers given, 92% mentioned eight legs/more than six legs. Of those who selected the spider but couldn't correctly explain why, 32% gave an answer similar to: "because I know, because it is a spider". Insects and mammals Classifying animals Is a wētā a spider or insect? Insects and other animals A fly is not a spider Garden animals Things about insects Insect or spider? Classifying animals II Moths and butterflies
