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What's the Difference?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze the similarities in different species. This lesson is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life. For this segment, students classify shoes to mimic the scientific categories of the classification system.
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Biodiversity

For Students 7th - 9th
In this biodiversity worksheet, students sort and classify animals by their observable features using a dichotomous key. Students then respond to questions about complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
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Jurassic Park Debate

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars research behavior, phsyiology, and ecology of dinoaurs. Students role-play as scientific specialists such as geneticists and ecologists. They present their research findings in a research paper.
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Birds

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Birds adapted to almost every climate on the planet, from the Arctic to the rain forests. A presentation focused on birds covers their similarities and differences. It starts with their evolution from reptiles, their many physical...
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Is It Slimy? Does It Have Fur? Is It Really a Bird?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify the different types of vertebrate animals based upon their major characteristics, as they create collages in groups. Collages show pictures of vertebrate animals labeled with the appropriate structural...
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Where Do I Belong?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups. They are given magazines. Students cut pictures of five mamals, five birds, five reptiles, five amphibians, and five fish. They place the pictures in a plastic bag. Students switch bags. They are explained...
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Making Cladograms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct cladograms (evolutionary trees), showing how shared derived characters can be used to reveal degrees of relationship. They interpret and analyze cladograms, and determine where unclassified vertebrates would fit on a...
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Animals Multiple Choice Words Worksheet

For Students 4th - 8th
Looking for some simple multiple-choice questions for an upcoming biology unit on animals? This instructional activity features 7 clearly worded questions, each with 4 possible answers. Topics include adaptation, camouflage, ecosystems,...
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Animals Galore

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use structural characteristics to sort and classify animals into groups.
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It's All Relative

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students find pictures of living things and arrange them in collages, categorizing them according to which they think are more closely related to which.
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Diversity of Life

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils explore the diversity of life forms and the role that interdependency plays in our world through a mult-segmented unit. This segment introduces the unit.
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Diversity And Adaptations Of Organisms

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study how and why animals are classified into eight groups in the animal kingdom. They work together to identify organisms. They use the key to determine the phylum for the included problems.
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Classify That!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students get acquainted with diverse forms of life by using modern biological classification systems to group animals that are related. They explore basic scientific groupings like genus, species, mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, and...
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Animals Vocabulary List and Definitions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this animal words instructional activity, students match 15 words pertaining to animals to their definitions in another column. These definitions are related to the general animal kingdom.
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Create a Creature

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students design, build, draw, or bake a creature of their choice and present to the class. They write a paper including the creature's habitat, method of getting energy, their creature as a producer or consumer, predator or prey species...
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Coqui Frog Camouflage

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the concept of the coqui frog of Puerto Rico. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students explain in oral or written form some of the characteristics to that identify the frog. The lesson includes...
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Review And Testing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson in order to review some of the basic concepts of kingdoms and classification. They use research methods in order to find some of the information initially an use the notes to review for the test. Students...
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The Great Spider Debate

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study about the survival and hunting strategies of several different kinds of spiders. They also be introduced to scientific classification of spiders and write a brief report about one of the spider families they observe.
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Classifying Critters

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
In this classification worksheet, students describe the characteristics of the 5 groups of vertebrates and then complete 2 short answer questions.
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Pheed the World: Edible Phyla

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss the contributions of different organisms to our world. In this biology lesson, students research countries with limited food supply. They create an improvement plan for a fictitious country assigned to them.
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Circulatory Systems

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Excellent diagrams, labels and summaries make this resource be valuable to your students throughout the topic of circulation. All types of circulation vessels are explained, their structure and function is detailed, and the overall...
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Circulatory Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A slideshow that covers the all-important details related to basic human circulation. The reasoning for exchange of material methods is presented and then labeled diagrams of the main human transfer systems are shown, along with...
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Dive In: Biology At The Beach

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Continue the spirit of summer by studying marine life in your classrooms.
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The Great Spider Debate

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Poor, misunderstood spiders! They are feared, disrespected, and detested by many people, yet they do so many positive things. A great addition to any insect unit, learn about some of the more common spiders, while hopefully dispelling...