View source for Classifying and organising living things using images/activity


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| | Subject
| | Science

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| | Activity Name
| | Classifying and organising living things using images

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| | Learning Objectives
| | * To have experience of and develop confidence with the different ways in which living things can be classified into groups
* To develop knowledge of and use some of the characteristics of living things and ways to classify and organise them.



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| | Outline of activity
| | Using photo organization/slideshow software (Picissa) students organise images that have been provided into various groups or categories. They may also add labels and/or descriptions where appropriate.

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| | Technology requirements and skills
| | * Computer with slideshow/photo organisation software installed (suggested to be Picassa)
* Set of photographs (all contained in [https://zamideas.wikispaces.com/file/view/Images+of+Living+Things.zip Images of Living Things.zip]) but could use other images if available



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| | Equipment requirements
| | This activity is designed to be purely computer based. If working with a class with only one computer or set of images in order to provide the rest of the class with a comparable task they will need to be provided with either a photograph/image of an assortment of animals or draw a picture (see second supplementary activity below) so that they can engage with a similar activity.

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| | Possible extension or supplementary activities
| | * Using digital cameras or those included in some netbooks, students take their own photographs 
* Students could be encouraged to drawn an animal or plant of their choice on a mini whiteboard and then arrange themselves and/or their images into various
* Using a wiki reader or similar digital encyclopaedia, students can search for supplementary information about the animals/plants or search for other appropriate examples 
* Students may well use other features of the software to arrange and organise the images in alternative ways.



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| | Suggestions of what ‘successful’ student understanding or work might look like
| | * Students will have created slideshows or photo albums that organise/classify living things into various groups. 
* This may vary from a simple animal/plant to more complex ones including specific vocabulary

Students will have demonstrated how some groups of images/living things can be organised in different ways, depending upon what characteristics you choose.

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