1
Animal Group Matching
Match each animal to its scientific group.
Match each animal with the correct animal group.
Green Iguana
Bald Eagle
Great White Shark
Tiger
Toad
2
Animal Group Sorting
Sort the animals into vertebrates and invertebrates.
Part A — Drag the animals into the correct group.
🐾 Animal Bank
🐶 Dog
🕷️ Spider
🦜 Parrot
🐟 Fish
🦋 Butterfly
🦴 Vertebrates
🐌 Invertebrates
Part B — Could you have sorted them another way?
Hint: Think about things such as where animals live,
whether they can fly, or how many legs they have.
3
Plant Classification Lab
Sort the plants into flowering and non-flowering plants.
Drag each plant into the correct column.
Moss
Rose
Fern
Lily
🌸 Flowering Plants
🌿 Non-Flowering Plants
4
Animal Clue Detective
Read each clue and identify the animal group.
Choose the animal group described by each explorer.
👦
Mo:
“This animal has a backbone, fins and lives in water.”
👧
Whitney:
“This animal has fur on its body and is feeding its young with milk.”
👦
Dexter:
“This animal has feathers, wings and a beak.”
👦
Max:
“This animal has a backbone and dry scales on its body.”
👧
Rosie:
“This animal lives on both land and water.”
👧
Annie:
“This animal does not have a spine.”
5
Invertebrate Investigation
Study the animals and discover what they have in common.
Spider
Ladybird
Worm
Part A — What group do these animals belong to?
Part B — Which feature do they all share?
Part C — Choose three differences you could use to describe them.
Select any three sensible differences.
6
True or False — Plant Grouping
Think carefully like a scientist.
🌱 “Plants can only be grouped by their leaf colour.”