Classification

Aims & Learning Outcomes

Pupils should gain an understanding of:

• The use of keys to identify animals and plants;
• How living things can be classified into major taxonomic groups.
• How groups of animals are classified by their different characteristics;
• How skin type is a good indication of the type of vertebrate;
• The facts that all vertebrates have a backbone, some mammals live in water, animals breathe in different ways and humans are in the same group of animals as seals;
• How reptiles are different from amphibians.