Classification of animals | Biology – Life Lessons

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. With beautiful wildlife images and simple summary graphics, this clip explains how fish, reptiles, mammals and birds are classified into groups based on shared characteristics.

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How do we know a fish is a fish? This clip summarises how we classify animals into groups based on shared characteristics and the work of Carl Linnaeus. Using stunning wildlife film and simple graphics, we take a journey through the animal kingdom discussing how we know a fish is a fish, even though they can all look different. We move on to look at reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals. But some animals, such as dolphins, don’t always go into a group that we would expect.

This clip is from the BBC series Life Lessons. This series looks at seven important lessons from the natural world for Key Stage 2 and Second Level (Scotland) students.

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Teaching Primary Science or Biology?

Pause the clip at the graphics to discuss the characteristics of the group shown. Pupils could be asked to identify further animals that share those characteristics.

Discuss if there are any further classifications not covered in the clip. Pupils could complete an activity on grouping other objects based on shared characteristics. When you get to the section about the dolphin, pause and ask pupils to try and classify it before the answer is given at the end.

This clip will be relevant for teaching Key Stage 2 or Second Level (Scotland) primary science.

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