Year 7 ‘Classification’ key concepts
Key Concept
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Vocab
What are living things and what can they do?
What Kingdoms do species come from?
How do we use a dichotomous key?
How do we classify animals
The difference between vertebrate and invertebrate.
6. The difference between vascular plants and bryophytes.
Suggested activity
Characteristics
Heterotrophs
Endothermic
Ectothermic
Photosynthesis
Autotroph
Response
Stomata
Vertebrate
respiration
SCIENCE DIMENSIONS 1
TEXTBOOK
SCIENCE DIMENSIONS 1
PRACTICALS / ACTIVITIES
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6.1 Being alive p.151 - 155
Revision: Q.1 – 17
Thinking: Q18
Prac 2: Mustard Seeds (p.157)
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6.2 From Kingdom to species p.158 – 162
Thinking: Q.23 – 24.
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6.2 From Kingdom to species cont...
Revision: Q.1 – 16.
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6.3 Animal classification p.164 – 171.
Revision: Q.1 – 9.
Thinking: Q.10 - 14
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6.3 Animal classification cont...
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COMPUTER ROOM BOOKING
‘ICT Task’
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6.4 Plants and other Kingdoms p.175 – 180.
Revision: Q.1- 8.
Thinking: Q.9 – 12.
Prac 1: Dichotomous key of plants
(p.181)
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6.5 More on Keys p.182 – 186.
Revision: Q.1 – 6.
Thinking: Q. 7
Revision
Summary questions p.60
Test
Prac 1: Constructing keys (p.186)
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Invertebrates
Dichotomous
key
Classification
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Fish
Mammals
Exoskeleton
Prac 1: Making a pasta key (p.163)
Prac 2: Classifying your pencil case
(p.163)
Cnidarians
Arthropods
Molluscs
Worms
Fungi
Monera
Protists
Organism
Exoskeleton
SCIENCE DIMENSIONS 1
HOMEWORK BOOK
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Personal learning goal for this topic
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OTHER ACTIVITIES/RESOURCES
Worksheet 1: “Is it alive?”
Activity 6.1. p.56 & 57
Sifting and sorting
Worksheet 2: “5 Kingdom handout”
Worksheet 3: “Creepy Critters”
Activity 6.2 p.59
Scientific naming
Worksheet 4: “Using Keys”
Activity 6.3 p.61 – 63.
Sorting animals
Worksheet 5: Grouping animals (work in small
groups)
Prac:
“What animal is that?” (animals in jars)
Worksheet 6: Vertebrates sheet
Worksheet 7: Classifying things
Virtual fish dissection online
1. http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00548/
DissectionGame.html
2. http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/student
s/dissect2/index.htm
Worksheet 8: Research on an invertebrate
Activity 6.4. p.64.
Classification crossword
Activity 6.5 p.187.
Sci-words
Worksheet 9: classification crossword
Worksheet 10: Test & word find
Worksheet 11: Word find
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