Classification of living things Lesson Plans

Ninth graders identify the characteristics of living things. In this biology lesson, 9th graders explain how they are classified scientifically. They research the answers to posted questions and share their findings in class.

Students examine how to classify living things by effects, environment, and activity. They explore various websites, develop a list of facts they learn about classifications, and participate in a distance online learning session with the Cincinnati Zoo.

By sorting objects your students discuss the characteristics of a living thing and then interact with a SMART Board to play a game. Observation skills and grouping are practiced by drawing and labelling needs of a living thing in their journals. 

Students explore characteristics of living things. In this characteristics of living things lesson, students investigate characteristics of living things on a farm. Students classify living things from a picture into three different groups.

Students observe how nail polish on a fingernail and petals on a flower grow over time. In this change and grow lesson plan, students observe, discuss, and draw how living things change and grow.

Students explore the concept of classification. In this classification lesson, students collaborate to create lists of living thing similarities in order to differentiate between living and non-living things. Students create a list of characteristics and use it classify types of living things.

Learners identify how to classify living things. They classify various concepts including family members, kinds of clothing, numbers, shapes, and vocabulary words. They discuss how to classify various concepts and classify pictures of animals.

First graders identify the characteristics of living and non living things. In this living and non living things lesson plan, 1st graders look through bags and categorize items that they see.

Young scholars participate in an interactive game to review how living things are classified.

Third graders read What is a Living Thing? In this science classification/ guided reading lesson, 3rd graders examine the difference between living and non-living things in an environment. They create main ideas and support those ideas with information obtained from the book. In this lesson there is a list of vocabulary and suggestions for assessment and an activity.