Living Things & Habitats Year 6 Science Booklet | KS2 Science | Classification & Microorganisms

Living Things & Habitats Year 6 Science Booklet | KS2 Science | Classification & Microorganisms

Help your child understand how scientists organise every living thing on Earth — from oak trees to bacteria to the puzzling Euglena.

This booklet takes your child through the classification of animals, plants and microorganisms, explores the tricky cases that don't fit neatly into any category, and introduces the scientist who gave every species its two-part name: Carl Linnaeus.

• Classifying animals: vertebrates, invertebrates and adaptation
• Classifying plants: conifers, ferns, moss and spores
• Microorganisms: algae, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses
• Tricky classifications: Euglena and what a taxonomist does
• Carl Linnaeus, binomial nomenclature (Homo sapiens, Felis catus, Canis lupus) and studying a local habitat with a pooter.

Pairs well with Living Things and Their Habitats Year 6 Science Workbook