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The perfect activity to follow a class field trip to the zoo! Young scientists use photos of different animals to observe their characteristics and sort them into appropriate categories. Learners can come up with all kinds of categories as long as they justify their thinking. informational texts can act as good supplemental materials for this exercise as well as good texts to share with older reading buddies. Finally, learners will create animal classification collages!
Students explore animal classifications. In this Science lesson, students classify animals within a zoo. Students make a presentation about an animal from the zoo.
Students classify animals. In this animal classification lesson, students identify characteristics from each of the 5 categories of vertebrates. Students group animals by categories.
First graders examine classifications of animals and their place in the food chain. They discuss key vocabulary words, simulate a food chain pyramid, create a paper food chain, conduct a photosynthesis experiment, and create a class mural.
After completing a unit on animal classification and attending a field trip students e-mail a trusted adult with some information about animal classification. They detail what they have learned about classifications of animals, insects and birds.
Students explore animal characteristics. In this animal classification lesson, students research 10 animals native to their area and classify each of the animals using their attributes and habits. Students create drawings and poems that feature the animals and create a stem and leaf plot with the classification data they collected.
Third graders complete a unit of lessons on the distinguishing characteristics of five classes of vertebrates. They differentiate between vertebrates and invertebrates, assemble a rodent skeleton, observe an experiment, and compose a poem.
Third graders differentiate between vertebrates and invertebrates, and identify the main characteristics of mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. They sort and categorize different types of balls, discuss the characteristics of five types of vertebrates, and participate in a characteristic identification game.
Students recognize the six groups of animals (Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and arthropods) and their characteristics. In this animal characteristics lesson, students sort animals by their traits. Students cut and paste pictures into animal groups.
Third graders are introduced to short report writing. They identify the elements in an effective paragraph and analyze written examples. They plan and write paragraphs and short reports about animal classification, explorers and the solar system.