This concise worksheet site will enable students to learn how to create a classification system and to understand the reasons for classification in science. Requires Adobe Reader.

For this fourth grade performance assessment task, students sort candies according to their properties and demonstrate their understanding of binary classification principles.

In this multi-media module students derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems.

In this hands-on science activity, young scholars will create their own unique creatures as well as dichotomous keys so that classmates can identify the creature.

In this science activity, 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...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Scientists used to think that fungi were members of the plant kingdom. They thought this because fungi had several similarities to plants. However, there are a...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Traditionally, mammals were divided into groups based on their characteristics. Scientists took into consideration their anatomy, their habitats, and their feeding...

This activity directs students to set up a two step classification scheme based on the physical traits of color and shape.

Sedimentary rock forms in layers that are deposited one after the other over long periods of time. Oftentimes, sedimentary rock contains fossils and other debris that are deposited within the layers. Use this experiment to investigate...

In this lesson, learners examine the physical characteristics of fish that live in the Great Lakes and identify common features that help species to survive in that environment. Downloadable resources include a fish poster, fish family...

This outdoor instructional activity helps students better understand ecological and geographical classifications by teaching it simultaneously in science and geography class. Presenting the two classifications together will help...

A video, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the topic of Kingdoms in the life classification system.

Montgomery is a true Scot, and even wears a kilt. He works in his dad's store and needs help learning about materials.

Welcome to Hideaway Island where five pirates need to find crews for their ships. Join in and learn about animals with backbones.

Aggie lives in a cottage near Loch Ness in Scotland. Help her identify shadows and match different objects with their shadows.

Drawing evidence from informational text and using it to compose text for ABA form in music, 5th graders will add onto a poem about vertebrates and how they are classified.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Do all plants grow from seeds? No, there are actually a few plants that do not make seeds. Whether or not a plant makes seeds is one criteria used to classify...

This lesson introduces classification papers.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When you see an organism that you have never seen before, you probably put it into a group without even thinking. If it is green and leafy, you probably call it a...

After completing this activity, the students will understand that scientists group animals into categories. Students will understand that scientists use specific characteristics to group animals. They will also extend their knowledge of...

Use the scientific reasoning and critical thinking to take an in-depth look at the basics of biology.

This site displays information about a tardigrades research study that students were involved in. Tardigrades are fascinating, tiny creatures that can survive under the most extreme conditions. The structure of the project is there for...

While this 10-question multiple choice quiz is published to accompany Glencoe's Physical Science textbook, it covers the basics of matter classification taught in any course. Written in standardized test style, learners can take the...

Fourth graders will play a review memory game with Utah's Grade 4 Science Standard V vocabulary words during this lesson. Words associated with living things and classifications of living things are included in this lesson.