Identifying living things (non-statutory)
I can ask and answer yes/no questions to identify and name different things.
Identifying living things (non-statutory)
I can ask and answer yes/no questions to identify and name different things.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Humans ask questions to help them to understand the world, including how things work and why things happen.
- Some questions require an answer of only yes or no.
- Yes/no questions often begin with ‘Do’, ‘Are’, ‘Is’, ‘Have’ or 'Can'.
- We can use answers to yes/no questions to help us to identify and name unknown things.
Keywords
Question - A question is a type of sentence that asks something.
Name - A name is a word by which a person or thing is known.
Identify - To identify something is to be able to name it correctly.
Common misconception
Pupils may believe that all questions need a full explanation to answer.
By working through the examples on the slide deck and completing the tasks, pupils will see that some questions can be answered with a simple yes or no. This is an important skill when using and creating identification keys for classification.
To help you plan your year 4 science lesson on: Identifying living things (non-statutory), download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 4 science lesson on: Identifying living things (non-statutory), download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 2 science lessons from the Living things and the environment unit, dive into the full secondary science curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Sticky notes and sticky tape.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
In the ocean.
Yes it does.
It is yellow.
Eight.
Exit quiz
6 Questions
you like going to school?
your hair long?
you seven years old?
we fly a kite on a windy day?
you got brown eyes?
