"Plants for Primary Pupils" teachers' book - Book 5: Grouping and classification

One of a series of 6 booklets, supporting you in teaching about science and plants, through hands-on activities for science, literacy and numeracy. The booklet includes full teaching resources and ideas, together with background notes for teachers.
As the fifth theme in the series, this booklet includes activities that encourage children to explore the nature of living things. The activities help children understand how we can group objects (both living and not living) leading on to how we classify living things and why we give them names. It enables children to make simple keys based on similarities and differences between objects (including parts of plants) and to use keys to identify certain plants.
The activities are suitable for Year 1, Year 2 and Year 6.
Download the accompanying resources from the SAPS website.