Kingdom Lesson Plans

Students explore the five kingdoms of living organisms. In this living organisms instructional activity, students investigate a farm environment and discover the five kingdoms within this environment.

Second graders compare and contrast animate and inanimate objects. In this environmental science instructional activity, 2nd graders create simple food webs. They observe their environment and create a collage about it.

Seventh graders examine the ways that animals are classified.  In this animal characteristics lesson plan students complete a scavenger hunt with animal characteristics.

Fourth graders create an animal slide show. In this classification lesson students research one particular animal. The students rely upon computer skills to produce a slide show on the animal that they researched.

Students examine the concept of taxonomy. They research an animal and how they are classified. They present their material to the class using technology. They are to include illustrations with their presentation.

Students create a computer database to discover relationships present in the Animal Kingdom. For this classification lesson, students enter data into a Microsoft Access database. They answer questions on a worksheet and create a visual class presentation.

Students explore life science by classifying animals. In this organism characteristic lesson plan, students define the differences between a vertebrate or invertebrate and create a diagram displaying different animal structures. Students utilize Microsoft Word to create a table which they place data in order to classify birds, reptiles, amphibians, etc.

Students use taxonomy in practical setting of the zoo. They practice identifying animals using their knowledge and understanding of taxonomy, phylum characteristics, and binomial nomenclature.

Students gain insight into the unusual, solitary world of Beatrix Potter's Victorian childhood and can compare/contrast it with their own world to explain why Potter wrote such simple stories and why she wrote about animals rather than people.

Students are introduced to the classification system of animals. In groups, they set up an aquarium in which they must maintain throughout the year. They also observe earthworms and how they react to various stimuli and research the characteristics of arthropods. To end the lesson, they focus on one phylum of animals and present their information to the class.