Animal Classification Activity + Worksheets

A great whole class teaching activity or group activity – children use labels and pictures to sort animals into vertebrates and invertebrates, mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and insects, and match key features while cooperatively making decisions and discussing the different possibilities. Also includes animals which belong to ‘other’ classification groups!

The set has instructions, posters (text) to introduce different groups of animals, animal pictures, group and features labels, recording worksheets and posters to check answers.

Follow up activities – worksheets:
• Complete a table - match each feature with an animal group
• Complete a table – which group does each animal belong to?
• Circle around in different colours mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and insects
• Classification keys – use a series of questions to identify each animal
• Complete a Venn Diagram – list key features to compare reptiles and fish
• Name the group (crustacean, mollusc, arachnid, annelid, arthropod,
echinoderm, coelenterate) to which each ‘other’ animal belongs to – use posters (text) as reference

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