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Biology In Elementary Schools
Students classify animals into six major animal groups and describe the characteristics of the animals found within each group. In this living and non-living animals instructional activity, students observe a variety of animals, both...
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Classifying Vertebrates
Second graders study animal characteristics and classification. In this animal characteristics and classifications activity, 2nd graders determine how to classify vertebrates which include mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and fish....
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Create a Critter Collage
Young scholars create a collage. In this animal classification instructional activity, students discuss why and how scientists classify animals. Young scholars view pictures of different animals and decide which class each animal belongs...
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Classifying
In this classifying activity, students are given 8 rows of illustrations of animals. Students try out various ways to organize the animals in a classification system following the directions. They try a 2 groups system and a 3-5 group...
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Clearly Classified
Young scholars review the classification system for living organisms and apply it the classification of insects and flowers in the still life by Ambrosius Bosschaert. They create a chart classifying the animals and plants in the painting...
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The Kingdoms
Students review the various categories in taxonomy. In groups, they identify the characteristics of each kingdom and compare and contrast them. They define the terms binomial nomenclature and morphology. To end the lesson, they create...
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Organizing Life
In this taxonomy activity, students learn about Linnaeus' system for classifying living things. Students complete 2 fill in the blank and 2 short answer questions based on what they read.
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What Animals Need to Live
Fourth graders read "Habitat: What Animals Need to Live" then create a Venn diagram for herbivore, omnivore, and carnivore. In this animal survival lesson, 4th graders determine where different animals need to live depending on what they...
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Invertebrates
Students examine invertebrates. In this animal classification instructional activity, students discuss invertebrates and bilateral symmetry. They discuss the importance of horse shoe crabs in medical science.
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The Five Kingdoms
An overview of the five kingdoms within the biological classification system is presented in this set of five slides. The first lists the objectives of the slide show, and the second gives general characteristics of plant, animal, and...
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Animal Classification
Students classify animals. In this animal classification instructional activity, students identify characteristics from each of the 5 categories of vertebrates. Students group animals by categories.
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Animal Classifications
Third graders work in small groups to investigate how to sort a variety of items into groups and subgroups. They work on a class chart based on the activity which show how the items are classified based on commonalities. Upon completion...
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Classifying Animals
Second graders identify different types of animals on a two charts titled "Mammals" and "Not Mammals." They listen as the book, "They Call Me Wooly," by Keith DuQuette is read to them. Students are asked what is different about the...
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The Animal Kingdom of Vertebrates
Seventh graders classify fish according to their characteristics. In this classification lesson students learn how to group animals including birds, reptiles and amphibians.
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Animals
Students explore biology by participating in a science vocabulary activity. In this animal species activity, students define a list of animal vocabulary terms as well as practice using them in sentences with the appropriate adjectives...
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Creature Jeopardy!
After conducting research on a given scientific animal name, group members take a walk around their school and look for the specified animals in that classification. Then, they come back to their worksheets and create five creative clues...
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Animals Vocabulary List and Definitions
In this animal words worksheet, students match 15 words pertaining to animals to their definitions in another column. These definitions are related to the general animal kingdom.
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Animals and the Food Webs that Love Them
Students study the animals that Lewis and Clark would have encountered. In this animals activity students study the food web and how human populations have affected them.
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Six Kingdom System of Classification
In this classification worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer comparing and contrasting the characteristics of the 6 different kingdoms.
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Aim-- Use a Carroll Diagram to Sort Animals
For this science worksheet, students cut out pictures of 12 animals and paste them into the correct space on the Carroll diagram. Students classify animals as living in water or land and with or without legs.
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Evolution
Explore the concept of evolution and cell biology; your class can work in groups to use the internet to view websites on evolution, take a quiz, and complete a lab activity.
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Is There Room for Everybody?
Third graders examine the capacity of animals able to live in one habitat. For this habitat lesson, 3rd graders play a game that shows the food chain and the interactions between animals in an area. Students discover that food is a major...
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Animal Phyla and Plant Divisions
Searched hours for an activity that allows individuals the ability to use multiple resources to learn about both plant and animal kingdoms? This discussion and activity provide pupils with the ability to visualize each organism before...
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Protists and Fungi
It's alive, but what is it? Protists share similarities with plants, animals, and fungi without being classified as any of those three. Learn more about protists and the kingdom fungi with a short presentation. It describes the parts of...