Carl Linnaeus Research – Year 6 Science Be sure to watch Miss L’s YouTube lesson to go along with this!
Bronze: Complete research and fill in the blanks of the worksheet below Silver/Gold: Complete research to create your own report using one of the following: 1. Paper – create your own report using two pieces of paper, pencils pens and whatever else you’d like! You can draw or print out pictures/diagrams to supplement your information. 2. Microsoft Publisher – this can also be great practice using a program you are perhaps not the most confident with. Add photos and diagrams where appropriate 3. Microsoft PowerPoint – create a new slide for each topic and add photos and diagrams where appropriate.
Links for Carl Linnaeus Research: (hold down CTL button to click the links) https://kids.kiddle.co/Carolus_Linnaeus https://easyscienceforkids.com/carl-linnaeus/ https://www.famousscientists.org/carolus-linnaeus/ https://study.com/academy/lesson/carl-linnaeus-lesson-for-kids.html (Video) https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/science-ks2-the-work-of-carl-linnaeus/zhnjf4j (video)
Bronze Activity:
Carl Linnaeus Who was Carl Linnaeus?
Carl Linnaeus was a ______(work with animals) and ______(work with plants) who changed the face of science with his research. Carl's understanding of ______and ______helped people understand the environment around them.
Swedish zoologist animals botanist plants
When and where did Carl live?
Carl was born in ______on 23rd May, ______. He lived in the village of ______, in southern Sweden. This was a rural part of Sweden, and did not have a large population. He grew up in the ______and was surrounded by gardens, full of plants, which inspired him to become a botanist.
Rashult Sweden countryside 1707
Carl's Family
Carl came from a middle class family and was the ______of five children. His father was
______, who was a church minister an amateur botanist, whilst his mother's name was
Christina Brodersonia. His father believed that the best thing he could offer his children was a high level of ______and taught Carl about ______and to speak ______before the young boy could walk.
education religion eldest Nils Linnaeus Latin
How did Carl learn about plants and animals?
Carl paid close attention to his ______activities. He soon picked up his father’s love of plants and botany. Carl Linnaeus started school at the age of _____. He continued to work hard on his own private ______studies. Fortunately, one of his school teachers, ______
Rothman recognised the boy’s talents and advised his father that Carl should aim for a career in medicine. By the age of 21, Linnaeus was ready for university and studied at
______University. Here he fueled his passion for botany and eventually became a
______at the university.
10 lecturer botanical Johan father’s Uppsala
Travel and Taxonomy
Carl began travelling across ______to study plants and through his ______he met several scientists. During his travels he discovered hundreds of new plants but found it difficult to distinguish them from one another. This is when he decided to create a ______
______, so it would be easier to group the different plants. This system is known as the
______, whereby each species of plant and animal is given a genus name followed by a specific name.
Classification system Europe travels binomial system
The End
Carolus Linnaeus was knighted by the King of Sweden in 1761 and took the nobleman’s name of
Carl von Linné. He died at the age of ______, on 10 January, 1778, after suffering a ______.
Linnaeus died on his farm about 6 miles (10 km) from ______. He had bought the farm 20 years before his death. The farm was called ______and was buried in Uppsala.
stroke 70 Uppsala Hammarby