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Subject Science
Activity Name Classifying and organising living things using images
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.


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.
Technology requirements and skills * Computer with slideshow/photo organisation software installed (suggested to be Picassa)


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.
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.


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.