Which group does it belong to?

Which group does it belong to?

Pencil and paper
Overview
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Working with Students
a) Draw a line to match the animal to its best description. The first one has been done for you.
 
   
b) Use the words in the box to finish each sentence below. Some words are needed more than once.

Fish          Amphibian          Bird          Mammal          Reptile

 
 
i)
 
ii)
 
iii)
 
iv)
 
v)
 
vi)
 
vii)
 
A sparrow is a ___________________
 
A lizard is a ____________________
 
A trout is a ____________________
 
A dog is a ____________________
 
A frog is a ___________________
 
A mallard duck is a ___________________
 
A seal is a ___________________
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Science, Knowledge, Living World
Keywords: 
evolution, classification
Description of task: 
For this task students match animals to a description that has characteristics of that animal group. Then students use keywords to identify the larger animal group a number of different animals belong to.
Making Better Sense: 
Generic/Mixture
Answers/responses: 

 

Y5 (03/03)
a)
  • Frog: Has legs. Produces tadpoles. Lives in water and on land.
  • Sparrow: Has legs and feathers. Lays eggs.
  • Trout: Has fins and scales. Lives in water.
  • Dog: Has legs and hair. Makes milk for young.
 easy
b) i) Bird
ii) Reptile
iii) Fish
iv) Mammal
v) Amphibian
vi) Bird
vii) Mammal		 very easy
very easy
very easy
easy
moderate
moderate
moderate
Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Analysis of Responses
a) 88% or more students correctly matched the drawing of each animal to its description.
b)  The larger group that each animal belonged to was correctly identified by 90% of students except: dog (79%), frog (55%), mallard duck (52%), and seal (54%).