Vertebrates & Invertebrates
The great divide in the animal kingdom: with a backbone, or without.
What this lesson covers
Vertebrates & Invertebrates is a 6-part Class 4 Science lesson. Each part makes one point and then hands over to the next, so it can be read in a sitting or picked up again at the part you stopped on. It defines the idea in plain words before using it, works through an example step by step, breaks the topic into its parts and compares them, ends with a recap of what to remember.
How it begins
Every animal is either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. The question is simple: does it have a backbone?
The 6 parts
- One question splits them all
- What a backbone does
- The five vertebrate groups
- Most animals are invertebrates
- Backbone detective!
- Watch one worked through
Practise Vertebrates & Invertebrates
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