🐌🕷️🦋 Invertebrates! 🐌🕷️🦋
In Science this week, Year 6 learnt about invertebrates as part of our topic on classifying living things.
We started by recapping vertebrates – animals with backbones like mammals, birds, and fish.
Then we discovered that most animals are actually invertebrates, which means they don’t have a backbone! We were amazed to discover that around 97% of all animal species are invertebrates! We learnt about different types, including insects, arachnids, molluscs, crustaceans, annelids, echinoderms, and cnidarians. We used pictures and classification keys to help us identify different invertebrates. Independently, we also researched two invertebrates of our choice. Some groups looked at bees and butterflies, while others explored jellyfish and octopuses. We found out amazing facts – like how an octopus has three hearts and how bees communicate by dancing!
It was a fun and fascinating lesson, and we can’t wait to celebrate our learning next week in our assessment! — Year 6 Scientists 🧬
