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==Key Stage 1==
===Meaning===
To '''classify''' is to things put objects into groups of with similar things[[Property|properties]].
: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Classification'''
: Plural [[Noun]]: '''Classifications'''
: [[Verb]]: '''ClassifyTo classify'''
===About Classification===
: When we put things in groups we are '''classifying''' them. : We put things in groups because it helps us organise the world.
===Examples===
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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.
|}
: A ==Key Stage 2=====Meaning===To '''classify''' is to put [[scientistObject|objects]] puts all of their red , [[BrickMaterial|bricksmaterials]] in one pile and all of their blue bricks in another pile[[Alive|living things]] into groups with similar features or [[Property|properties]].===About Classification===: A '''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 [[scientistIron]] puts all their triangle blocks in one pile and all I couldn't make a sword out of their brick, so I would look for another [[squarematerial]] blocks in another.: A that is '''classified''' as a '[[scientistmetal]] writes down lists of ' because it has similar [[AnimalProperty|animalsproperties]] to [[Iron]] naming all the ones with .: '''Classifying''' things helps us [[furidentify]] in one list and all the ones that donthem. If I't have m not sure what something is, I can look at its features or [[furProperty|properties]] in another listto classify it.
===Used in Examples===Which is the correct '''classification''' of a SentenceBat?[[File:Bat.png|left|400px|thumb|This Bat has wings, fur, feeds its young with milk and does not lay eggs.]] {| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:Robin.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Frog.png|center|200px]]|-| 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.|-|[[File: A Reptile.png|center|200px]]|[[scientistFile:Fox.png|center|200px]] '''classifies''' their bricks by |-| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[colourReptile|Reptiles]]has dry scales and lay eggs.| style="height: A 20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[scientistMammal|Mammals]] have fur and feed their young with milk.|} How would you '''classifiedclassify''' their bricks by the material that this sword is made from?[[File:MetalSword.png|left|400px|thumb|This sword is hard, shiny and opaque.]] {| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:TyreRubber.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Wood.png|center|200px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[shapeRubber]]is a stretchy, bendy, opaque and waterproof material.| style="height:20px; width: A 100px; text-align:center;" | [[Wood]] is a hard, opaque and bendy material that grows inside trees.|-|[[scientistFile:Metal.png|center|200px]] used '''classification''' by |[[textureFile:CupGlass.png|center|200px]] to arrange |-| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | [[AnimalMetal]] is a hard, smooth, shiny, bendy and opaque material.| style="height:20px; width:100px; text-align:center;" |animals[[Glass]] into two listsis a hard, smooth, shiny, transparent, firm and stiff material.|}