This term, as part of our learning in Science, we are finding out about living and non living things. Children are learning to explain the difference between living and non-living things, taking into consideration movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, excretion and feeding.
This week we started to learn about animal classifications. Animals are divided into two main groups – animals that have a backbone are called vertebrates and animals that don’t have a backbone are called invertebrates. We found out about the six animal groups: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, insects and amphibians and identified what the animals in each group have in common.
Karlie – Amphibians live on land and water.
Jessica – Fish have fins to move around and gills to breathe.
Damon – Humans are mammals.
Bella – Birds have got feathers, wings and a beak. Some birds are really big and some are small.
Ellie – Reptiles have dry skin and scales and they can lay eggs too.
Cody – I liked sorting the animals.
Alexander – Frogs and toads are amphibians.
