Animal Groups — Year 1 Science

This lesson helps Year 1 children sort animals into the five groups: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Children learn the key features of each group — fur, feathers, scales and damp skin — and meet tricky surprises like the whale and the penguin. It is a ready-to-teach PowerPoint scaffold for an hour-long lesson on animal classification, aligned to the KS1 science curriculum. Includes an animal sorting safari and a “Guess my group!” questioning game, plus a bat mystery worked example.