Backbone evidence lab

Lesson overviewBUILD · Week 3

Look inside the evidence.

I can justify a classification and improve a clue.

Simplified beetle with six legs and a hard outer body case.

Backbone evidence labSlide 1 of 11

StarterBUILD · Week 3

Return to Monday’s rule

Find your saved animal sort.

Name or point to the backbone rule.

Choose: read, point, move cards or direct.

Backbone evidence labSlide 2 of 11

You Do · practiseBUILD · Week 3

Goldfish and bat: use body clues

GOLDFISH	BAT
Bones inside its body. Those bones include a backbone.	Wings on the outside. An internal backbone.

Simplified fish diagram showing a row of internal backbone bones.

Backbone evidence labSlide 3 of 11

You Do · practiseBUILD · Week 3

Beetle and earthworm: compare

BEETLE	EARTHWORM
Hard outer case. No internal backbone.	Muscles act against fluid inside. Skin rings are not bones.

Simplified earthworm with a soft, elongated body.

Backbone evidence labSlide 4 of 11

You Do · practiseBUILD · Week 3

Make a two-clue mystery card

Choose one animal from Monday.

Hide its name.

Write or dictate two true body clues.

Make at least one clue about its support.

Backbone evidence labSlide 5 of 11

You Do · practiseBUILD · Week 3

Test the clue, then explain

Read the clues to an adult or partner.

Ask: which group, and why?

You can check the card on your own.

Does a clue prove the group?

Backbone evidence labSlide 6 of 11

You Do · practiseBUILD · Week 3

Pause and check the rule

Look at one first idea and final choice.

Point to the clue that decided it.

Check: a skin ring is not a backbone.

Backbone evidence labSlide 7 of 11

You Do · practiseBUILD · Week 3

Improve one clue and save it

Make one clue more precise.

Keep your first and improved version.

Explain which animal group it supports.

Backbone evidence labSlide 8 of 11

You Do · practiseBUILD · Week 3

Leave the evidence ready

Keep the sort, clue and explanation together.

Label your work.

Return labels and clear the table.

Backbone evidence labSlide 9 of 11

Lundy Loop · pupil voiceBUILD · Week 3

Your voice can change the lesson

What helped you join in?

What could make the next activity easier?

Point, sign, speak, write or pass privately.

Adult: agree one change and explain any limit.

Backbone evidence labSlide 10 of 11

Exit checkBUILD · Week 3

Show the science you can explain

Supported: choose an animal with a backbone.

Standard: explain why a crab is invertebrate.

Stretch: why is body size a poor test?

Backbone evidence labSlide 11 of 11

Use the controls or left and right arrow keys. Printing includes pupil content; model answers remain separate.