Classification | Primary science student learning resource
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We are learning how to group and classify non living and living things.
We are learning how to group and classify non living and living things.
This Stage 2 science resource helps students learn how and why we classify things. Through ten activities with supporting videos and resources, students create groups of similar objects, collect and classify invertebrates, use the iNaturalist app to identify living things and develop their own classification keys.
Lesson 1 - Grouping things
Students explore why and how we classify by watching a short video, examining examples of classification keys and grouping leaves and everyday objects based on observable features.
Lesson 2 - Classification keys
Students learn how to construct and use simple branching classification keys, then create their own key to classify a collection of everyday items.
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