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A series of demonstration, practice, extension and testing activities on animal classification including mammals, amphibians, birds, reptiles, insects, carnivores, omnivores, herbivores, vertebrates, invertebrates and minibeasts. The differences between plants and animals.
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A Touch of Class Before the game starts there is an explanation of how to determine an animals particular classification which may be useful.	Animal Odd One Out A simple activity at 2 levels where learners have to identify the Odd One Out.	Fact Files Lots of information about animals within each classification. Suitable for project work.	A Touch of Class An excellent activity in which learners have to identify which of the animals within a grid of pictures belong to a particular grouping. The answers are marked on screen
Adventures of Herman One of those sites with lots of uses. Herman's Family Tree seems a good way to explain classification.	Alive and Not Alive A 'drag and drop' activity putting the 'alive' and 'not alive' items in their category.	Identification Key Pond An excellent site for able learners perhaps doing project work. Very detailed in content but all text.	Animal Classification Quiz Learners will need a fair bit of animal knowledge and vocabulary to crack this.
Animal Groups A series of photographs and information about the characteristics of each animal category.	Bug Word Match Learners match the correct picture and name of each of the minibeasts.	Insect Hunt Land An activity in which learners find living creatures with an animated screen and then decide whether these are insects or not.	Bony or Boneless An 8 picture quiz on animals with bones or without.
Animal Photographs A series of photographs of the main animal groupings.	Group these animals Learners have to identify which of a group of animals is in the same category as the one identified.	Insect Hunt Pond An activity in which learners find living creatures with an animated screen and then decide whether these are insects or not.	Carni/Herbi/Omnivore An online quiz in which earners have to decide whether a number of animals are herbivore, carnivores or omnivores.
Let's Talk About Insects An animation which explains what insects are and why they are what they are.	In the Local environment An excellent activity in which learners identify all the living things in the picture. Then sort these items to two different criteria and finally is a short 5 question quiz.	Interdependence/Adaptn 8 living things identified in woodland. Sorter 1 these have to be put into a food web. In Sorter 2 some have to be identified by an animal classification chart. The microscope gives information. A quiz checks understanding of food webs.	Classification Sort An excellent activity in which learners have to identify which of the items in the grid belong to the group named at the top of the screen. The computer then marks the results.
Living Things A series of slides, some which include activities, which consider the similarities and differences between plants and animals.	Living Things Where? In countryside find 12 things then categorize into 'living', 'non-living' or 'once living'. At the beach find 10 things then categorize into 'vertebrate' or 'non-vertebrate'. In the vet's surgery find 10 items categorize into 'fur', feathers' or 'scales'.	Key to insect orders A series of 48 questions which would help more able learners work out what type of an insect a specimen was.	Insect Quiz A 10 question quiz marked online.
Variation A series of screens covering all aspects of this part of the curriculum.	Sorting Animals A 'drag and drop' sorting activity where learners can decide whether to sort into 2 or 3 groups. In each case they identify the criteria for their sort.	Name that bug A series of clues are given for learners to identify which of four bugs are being described. American terminology and spelling but a good format as a quiz.	Millionaire Classification Learners will need a great deal of background knowledge to make the top prize.
	Sorting Living/Non-Living A 'drag and drop' activity sorting pictures which are of living and non-living things.	Plant Life A 'drag and drop' activity identifying the different varieties of plants. The language is for the more able learner.	Taxonomy Part 1 A difficult online quiz. Learners would need all round knowledge to answer some of the questions.
	Sorting Minibeast A simple drag and drop activity in which learners sort minibeasts into spiders, crustaceans, molluscs and insects.		Taxonomy Part 2 Learners are introduced to a mnemonic to remember how living things are classified. There is an associated quiz linked.
	Variation Activity An activity of sorting a series of plants, birds, insects and mammals into their correct groupings. A quiz checks the understanding of this knowledge.		Things that have..... Learners to identify which of the 16 animals and plants have...... backbones, poison, etc. An excellent activity which marks itself after each round.
	What has a skeleton? A drag and drop activity in which learners have to decide which objects on the table have skeletons. As labels are placed on the objects they 'move' into the X ray scanner to reveal all.		Variation Quiz A 10 question interactive quiz marked online.
			Walk, Swim or Fly A 'drag and drop' activity placing animals in their habitat.
			What am I? A series of statements for learners to read and then decide which of the animals is being described.


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Animal Classification What makes a mammal a mammal, or a bird a bird. A series of colourful diagrams with information.	Sorting Plants and Animals 1 A drag and drop activity where learners sort pictures of animals and plants into their correct section.	Producer Consumer Decomposer Decide whether each of the pictures is of a producer, consumer or decomposer. Click on the correct label button and the Next button.	Minibeast What am I? A 6 question multi-choice quiz marked online.
	Sorting Animals with legs and without A drag and drop activity where learners sort pictures of animals with and without legs into their correct section.	Animal Diet When an animal appears click on the correct button herbivore, omnivore or carnivore. An excellent activity.	Classification Game Drag and drop each characteristic into the bin it fits the best. You'll know when each bin is full. An excellent way to check understanding of animal classification.
	Sorting Animals by how they move A drag and drop activity where learners sort pictures of animals by how they move into their correct section.
	Sorting Plants and Animals 2 A drag and drop activity where learners sort pictures of animals and plants into their correct section.
	Sorting Animals A drag and drop activity where learners sort pictures of animals after choosing their own 2 or 3 criteria.
	Identifying Similarities and Differences Answer the questions asked about the similarities and differences between animals and humans.
	What kind of animal is this? 1 An excellent activity to test understanding of this concept. As the Ocean animals appear click on the category button you think it belongs to. If you are correct the name appears below the button.
	What kind of animal is this? 2 An excellent activity to test understanding of this concept. As the Forest animals appear click on the category button you think it belongs to. If you are correct the name appears below the button.
	What kind of animal is this? 3 An excellent activity to test understanding of this concept. As the African Grassland animals appear click on the category button you think it belongs to. If you are correct the name appears below the button.
	What kind of animal is this? 4 An excellent activity to test understanding of this concept. As the African River animals appear click on the category button you think it belongs to. If you are correct the name appears below the button.
	What kind of animal is this? 5 An excellent activity to test understanding of this concept. As the Backyard animals appear click on the category button you think it belongs to. If you are correct the name appears below the button.