Sorting animals 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about classifying animals as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, or fish Question 1Change answer Write the name of each animal in one of the lists below to show the larger group it belongs to. Write the name of each animal in one of the lists below to show the larger group it belongs to. Mammals Birds Reptiles Amphibians Fish Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online. Level: 3 Curriculum info: Science, Knowledge, Living World Keywords: evolution, classification, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish Description of task: Task: Sort vertebrate animals according to given classification groups. Assessment focus: classification of animals. Making Better Sense: Vertebrates Answers/responses: Y6 (06/1998) Mammals – human, orca, seal Birds – rooster, penguin Reptiles – lizard, turtle Amphibians – frog Fish – trout, shark 10 correct – very difficult 8 correct – difficult 6 correct – very easy 4 correct – very easy 2 correct – very easy Diagnostic and formative information: Percentage of correct classification for each animal Human (70%) Lizard (87%) Orca (61%) Turtle (52%) Seal (50%) Frog (34%) Rooster (91%) Trout (98%) Penguin (81%) Shark (66%) Common error Animals most likely to be wrongly classified as mammals were: Shark (18%) Turtle (13%) Animal wrongly classified as reptiles: Frog (50%) Animals wrongly classified as amphibians: Human (27%) Turtle (26%) Seal (22%) Animals wrongly classified as fish: Orca (30%) Seal (14%) Sienna's spider Insects and mammals Name its group Classifying animals Is a wētā a spider or insect? Similarities and differences Bats are mammals Powders and crystals Garden animals Things about insects Birds' egg detective Comparing animals What is the animal? Investigating properties Sea mammals and fish What animal group? Animal groups What do they have in common? 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 Classifying leaves Classifying fruit
