Interactive Primary Newsletter 30 Late developers, classification & model lungs

Classification & Clipart Thankfully we call most things by their common name and few of us would say “Oh look, there’s a Trogdolytes trogdolytes” when we see a wren in the garden. Fig.1 White clover How about Trifolium repens for white clover (above) or the poor song thrush (left) which is lumbered with the name Turdus philomelos. Fig.2 Thrush - Thanks, Emerald Primary School, Victoria, Australia Suggestions for classification exercises Scientists are not the only ones who classify objects. We all do it :- when we put the knives and forks in the cutlery drawer or cups and saucers in the cupboard we are carrying out classification. This simply means that we are sorting objects and putting them in a specific category or group. One Two Button my Shoe P1/P2 classes could practice classification with a box of buttons or LEGO® bricks. Buttons can be classified by colour, size, number of holes etc. LEGO bricks may already be classified, by size, shape or colour, in the kit box but if not this may be an excellent opportunity to tidy the kit. See the ISE 5-14 Clip art collections for graphics of LEGO, ladybird (Fig.3), minibeasts and much, much more. Using these, cards depicting various objects can easily be made and used for classification exercises. Students can be asked to classify or sort the cards into various categories such as animate & inanimate objects or insects/animals/plants etc.

Fig.3 Ladybirds from the ISE 5-14 Clip-Art Collections

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