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- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students use potato chips to classify observable characteristics, and prepare a "key" showing their classification system. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students explore different animal classifications. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students work in pairs to group various items according to their similarities in order to explore classification. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students study the twenty-one classes of the Library of Congress Classification System by completing two online tutorials. They complete matching activities using the call numbers and placing them in the correct order. They use the knowledge to visit a university library to select a book for a research project. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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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. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students choose a book from the non-fiction section of the library and write a summary of one paragraph from the book. They illustrate one section of the book and add their drawing to a classroom mural that shows the sections of the Dewey Decimal Classification system. They visit assigned web sites to complete online activities. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students research and present information about the classification of animals. They participate in a teacher-led discussion, and in small groups devise their own way of classifying everyday objects in class, developing two-part names for several objects in the room. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students solve math problems using the problem solving process and explain how they solve the problem. They read the problem together, underline the key words and generate questions, use manipulatives to solve the problem, and draw a picture and label the parts on their paper. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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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 »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students practice their classification skills through hands-on practice. Working in groups, students identify various ways in which similar items can be classified. Given a kit of similar items, students classify objects in multiples ways by changing one characteristic of their classification scheme. Full Review »
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