Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Why Are Some Animal Groups So Successful?
Using squirrels as an example, students will understand that some animal groups' inherited traits enable them to adapt and spread into many environments. Included in this lesson are videos showing the lesson in action, discussion...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Animal Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of classifying animals.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's Your Classification?
After completing this activity, the young scholars will understand that scientists group animals into categories. Students will understand that scientists use specific characteristics to group animals. They will also extend their...
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Lesson Plan: Classifying Animals
Pupils classify animals according to whether or not they can fly. The lesson plan includes instructions and materials.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Animal Groups Benefits and Disadvantages
Third graders read short passages about animals that live in groups and participate in a discussion about how groups benefit some (but not all) animals.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Animal Classification
In this lesson, students will discuss the classification of animals. They will work in groups to research and present classification information about a selected group of animals.
Indiana University
Is Classification Arbitrary or Not?
Students transition from classifying furniture to an understanding of classification of living organisms in this thorough lesson plan site.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Animal Ecosystems, Adaptations and Food Chains
This unit contains interactive lessons on animal ecosystems, animal classification, adaptations, and food chains.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Animal Kingdom
Background information about all of the classes of the animal kingdom, followed by four short lesson plan outlines.
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It's All About What's Inside. Classification and the Tree of Life [Pdf]
In this science lesson, students look at how animals have traditionally been classified in a tree of life diagram by examining the characteristics of plastic eggs. They then analyze the genetic code assigned for each egg and look for...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Animal Classification
Use this lesson to help students understand the reasons for classifications and ways that different species are separated.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Animal Life Cycles Introduction
Third graders will explain commonalities in animal life cycles as well and to compare life cycles of different animal groups.
Read Works
Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 1: Adding to Sorted Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to sort items into existing categories using the book My Big Animal Book by Roger Priddy.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Cannibalism in the Animal Kingdom
Until recently, scientists thought cannibalism was a rare response to starvation or other extreme stress. Well-known cannibals like the praying mantis and black widow were considered bizarre exceptions. But now, we know they more or less...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Meet the Tardigrade, the Toughest Animal on Earth
This 1-millimeter animal can survive both the hottest and coldest environments on earth, and can even withstand high levels of radiation. Thomas Boothby introduces us to the tardigrade, one of the toughest creatures on Earth. [4:10]
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Categorizing & Classifying Animals
Teach your learners about categorizing and classifying with this high thinking level unit. It features many downloads and resources. It also provides bulletin board ideas.
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Categorizing & Classifying Animals
Teach your students about categorizing and classifying with this high thinking level unit. It features many downloads and resources. It also provides bulletin board ideas.
PBS
Pbs: Mathline Creature Feature Lesson Plan [Pdf]
An interdisciplinary math, science, and language arts lesson plan that engages students in an exploration of statistics. Through a study of various forest climates, students utilize data collection and analysis, classification, and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Classification
This lesson will explain the reasons that society groups and classifies. The lesson has a hands-on component that helps students connect everyday grouping with the way that scientists group and classify all living organisms.
Other
Illinois Wesleyan Univ.: Tardigrade Species Distribution Project: Lesson Plan
This lesson plan was for classes that participated in a research project on tardigrades that took place in 1999. Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are fascinating, tiny creatures that can survive under the most extreme conditions....
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Evolution of Animal Genitalia
Genitals are the fastest-evolving organs in the animal kingdom. Menno Schilthuizen explains how the evolutionary biology of nature's nether regions uncovers a hidden world of seduction, conflict, and rivalry.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Animal Characteristics
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of animals.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Magic Rocks [Pdf]
In this lesson, students work in groups with each acting as a predator, prey, or family member in a particular habitat. They present their habitat performance to the class and students identify the habitat and animal relationships. Then,...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Inside the Ant Colony
Ants have one of the most complex social organizations in the animal kingdom; they live in structured colonies that contain different types of members who perform specific roles. Deborah M. Gordon explains the way these incredible...