1. Classifying Living things and Species
LO: - to be able to classify organisms into related groups
- to be able to define and explain species
From antelopes to zebras - each type of animal is a species. There are more than two million species.
CHALLENGE: Can you and your partner write down an animal/plant species for every letter of the alphabet
Eg. Antelope

2. orang-utan (a type of ape) cheetah panda dog elephant rhinoceros fox
4.1 Life on Earth
antelope
newt
bear
orang-utan (a type of ape)
cheetah
panda
dog
quokka (similar to a kangaroo)
elephant
rhinoceros
fox
snake
giraffe
tiger
hippopotamus
urutu (a type of snake)
iguana
viper (another type of snake)
jaguar
wolf
koala
Xantu’s hummingbird
lion
yak (similar to a cow)
meerkat
zebra

3. The range of species in one place is the place's biodiversity.
Why is the worlds biodiversity decreasing?

4. Variety of life

5. You are an alien and you have just landed on Earth
You are an alien and you have just landed on Earth. You see many strange life forms around you. Discuss with your alien partner, how would you group (classify) all these strange creatures?
Animals/plants, vertebrates/inverte, flowering and non flowering plants

6. Invertebrate subgroups
Molluscs
e.g.__________
Arthropods
e.g. beetle, hard outer skeleton, jointed legs
Cnidarians
Echinoderms
Flatworms
Annelids
Insects e.g. fly, legs, wings, part body
Crustaceans e.g.__________
Myriapods e.g.__________
Arachnids e.g

7. Tree of Life intro video

8. Yangtze river-dolphin
Extinct?????

10. critically endangered
There are 32 species of dolphin
4.1 Different species
Spotted dolphin
not endangered
Animals that produce fertile offspring belong to the same species
Some closely related species can interbreed but the offspring or not fertile
Bottlenose dolphin
not endangered
White-sided dolphin
not endangered
Maui's dolphin
critically endangered
Fishing and pollution have brought some species close to extinction
Why are these dolphins different species?

11. Cama- camel and lima Jaglion Liger Leopon- Lion and leopard
Grolar- Grizzly and polar bear
Cama- camel and lima

12. Wolphin- killer whale and dolphin

13. Zorse - video
zonkey
zony

14. Discuss and make a list of organisms that humans have made it easier for to survive?

15. Humans have made it easier for some species to survive
4.1 Rats
Humans have made it easier for some species to survive

16. Are these animals endangered

17. 4.1 Rats
Rats will eat anything and have many natural predators

18. Read text page
Q answer in full sentences