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: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Classification'''
: Plural [[Noun]]: '''Classifications'''
: [[Verb]]: '''ClassifyTo classify'''
===About Classification===
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|A builder '''classifies''' their bricks by [[colour]] and puts them into piles.
|A child '''classified''' their blocks by shape and colour and arranged them in [[Row|rows]] and [[Column|columns]].
|A student '''classified''' animals by the sounds they made.
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==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
To '''classify''' is to put [[Object|objects]], [[Material|materials]] and [[Alive|living things]] into groups with similar [[Feature|features]] or [[Property|properties]].
===About Classification===
: '''Classification''' helps us organise the world into meaningful groups. If I wanted to make a sword I might use [[Iron]], but if I didn't have any [[Iron]] I couldn't make a sword out of brick, so I would look for another [[material]] that is '''classified''' as a '[[metal]]' because it has similar [[Property|properties]] to [[Iron]].
: '''Classifying''' things helps us [[identify]] them. If I'm not sure what something is, I can look at its features or [[Property|properties]] to classify it.
===Examples===
Which is the correct '''classification''' of a Bat?
[[File:Bat.png|left|400px|thumb|This Bat has wings, fur, feeds its young with milk and does not lay eggs.]]
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|[[File:Robin.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Frog.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[Bird|Birds]] have feathers and lay eggs.
| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[Amphibian|Amphibians]] can survive under water and on land and lay soft eggs.
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|[[File:Reptile.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Fox.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[Reptile|Reptiles]] has dry scales and lay eggs.
| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[Mammal|Mammals]] have fur and feed their young with milk.
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How would you '''classify''' the material that this sword is made from?
[[File:MetalSword.png|left|400px|thumb|This sword is hard, shiny and opaque.]]
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|[[File:TyreRubber.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Wood.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[Rubber]] is a stretchy, bendy, opaque and waterproof material.
| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[Wood]] is a hard, opaque and bendy material that grows inside trees.
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|[[File:Metal.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:CupGlass.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[Metal]] is a hard, smooth, shiny, bendy and opaque material.
| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[Glass]] is a hard, smooth, shiny, transparent, firm and stiff material.
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