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Grade Range
4th - 6th
Rating
4 Stars

Students explore the process of classification by classifying animals using a taxonomy guide. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th - 6th
Rating
3 Stars

Students classifying animals into meaningful categories, explain what kind of classification system biologists use, create dichotomous keys, and identify animals from classmates' keys. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 8th
Rating
4 Stars

Students, working on their own or in groups, use iPhoto to produce a leaf classification photo book. First, students gather different shapes and types of leaves, indoors and out. Full Review »

Grade Range
1st
Rating
3 Stars

Students explore different animal classifications. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students investigate animal classifications. They determine the classes of vertebrates after brainstorming a list of animals. They study the characteristics of other classes of animals. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd - 5th
Rating
3 Stars

Students develop a classification system of their own and describe their method to the class. They relate this activity to how the animal kingdom is classified. Students, after researching a variety of resources, choose one animal to study in depth. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students list characteristics and features of animals found in their community. They then group the animals according to how they are similar and different and create names for each group. They then create a chart of their classification system. Full Review »

Grade Range
8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students classify rocks into three categories: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. They explore the characteristics of a dichotomous key and explain its use in classification. They create a dichotomous key to further identify unknown samples of rocks after classifying in the initial three categories. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 10th
Rating
3 Stars

Students investigate the classification process and nomenclatures used for classifying organisms. They study dichotomous keys to identify organisms with 90% accuracy. Students organize information regarding the relatedness of species. Full Review »

Grade Range
10th
Rating
3 Stars

Students review the groups of classification in order. As a class, they classify their own town into each group and view a PowerPoint presentation in which different classifications are compared and differences are noted. They provide an example of a analogous structure between the two organisms and discuss as a class. Full Review »