Title: Classify this – Deep Sea
Key stage: Key stage 2 and 3
Summary: This activity introduces the major classification of animals which are found on the Deep Sea. Work out which invertebrate
Activity 1. Lay out 10 images of Deep Sea creatures (see below for examples) images out flat on a table. 2. Brief the children on the key features of each group of animals (see descriptions below). 3. In pairs children should try to name the animal, work out which group it scientific group it belongs to and how it feeds (i.e. Predator, grazer or filter feeder). 4. Correct the children’s answers.
Resources needed Good pictures (or preserved examples) of the following creatures, number the pictures 1 to 10. . Anglerfish (Lophius Piscatorius) . Sea Cucumber (Holothuroidea) . Acorn Worm (Saccoglossus . giant isopod bathynomus kowaleskii) giganteus) . Basket Star (Gorgonocephalus . Barrel Eye Fish (Macropinna eucnemis) microstoma) . Spiny King Crab (Paralithodes . Stalked Barnacle (Lepas rathbuni) anatifera) . Sea Angel (Gymnosomata) . The red paper lantern medusa (Pandea rubra)
Answers to quiz
Animal Name Scientific Group Feeding method
Anglerfish Fish Predator Basket Star Echinoderm Predator/filter feeder Acorn Worm Annelid Filter Feeder Spiny King Crab Crustacean Predator Sea Angel Mollusc Predator Sea Cucumber Echinoderm Scavenger Giant Isopod Crustacean Scavenger Barrel Eye Fish Fish Predator Stalked Barnacle Crustacean Filter Feeder Red paper lantern medusa Cnidarian Filter Feeder/Predator
Classify this
Animal Name Scientific Group Feeding method
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Identifying the Scientific Group
A B C D E F
Scientific Annelids Mollusc Echinoderm Cnidaria Crustacea Fish Group
-Segmented worms -Usually a well developed -Five part body plan -Jellyfish group -Hard shell - Gills head -Tube feet -Soft body -Antenna - Fins -Soft body Description -No obvious head -Specialized feeding -Segmented legs -Usually hard shell tentacles