Classification –
what am I?
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What am I?
m multicellular.
do not photosynthesise.
m a vertebrate.
ay eggs in water.
have smooth, moist skin.
An amphibian
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What am I?
rely on other organisms for food.
do not have a backbone.
have a soft body.
My body is long and thin.
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An annelid
(a segmented worm)
My body is divided into segments.
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What am I?
have cells, tissues and organs.
have special vessels to transport fluids.
have chloroplasts.
do not have leaves.
reproduce using seed-bearing cones.
A conifer
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What am I?
I have a backbone.
I live in and around water.
I lay eggs.
I have a duck-like bill.
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I have fur and webbed feet.
My name rhymes with ‘ponderous’.
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A duck billed
platypus
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Which kingdom do I belong to?
do not make my own food.
can cause disease.
am microscopic.
Some species are visible
under a light microscope.
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have a cell wall.
Prokaryotes
do not have a proper nucleus.
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Which kingdom do I belong to?
obtain nourishment from
ther organisms.
can be very small or very large.
Humans eat some species.
ome species are responsible
or making bread rise.
Fungi
ome species cause disease.
reproduce using spores.
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Which kingdom do I belong to?
I use chlorophyll for
photosynthesis.
I live in water.
I move around my environment
with a thread-like flagellum.
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I am about 10µm long.
Protoctists
I am called Euglena.
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eaching notes
s activity can be used as a starter to generate discussion and as an introduction to a home learning task.
ow one line at a time and ask for suggestions of what the organism or group might be, trying to narrow it down to o
wer with the last line.
veral examples could be gone through or use just one as a stimulus to encourage pupils to design their own example
ich they can test on each other.
ange of home learning tasks can be generated from them, a few are suggested below:
Research another plant group e.g. algae, mosses, ferns or flowering plants and write a ‘What am I?’ for it. (slide 4)
Research the platypus or another example of an organism which does not quite fit its group e.g. kiwi, octopus, echid
haeopteryx and write a 5 – 10 line poem about its unusual features. (slide 5)
ttp://www.platypus.org.uk/ has information and poems including ‘The Platypus’ by Ogden Nash)
Research Euglena and explain why it could be classified as a plant or animal. (slide 8)
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