[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Check out the diverse traits that animals can have that put them into different Phyla to make it easier to classify them.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of classifying animals.

A visual showing how the animal kingdom is classified by traits.

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Background information about all of the classes of the animal kingdom, followed by four short lesson plan outlines.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces the five kingdoms of animal classification. It includes Activote questions to assess understanding of the topic.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to the animal kingdom, differentiating between vertebrates and invertebrates.

Use this lesson to help students understand the reasons for classifications and ways that different species are separated.

An interactive matching game from Quia dealing with animal classifications.

Info page of sea star inhabitants of tide pools.Includes excellent photography

In this instructional activity, students will discuss the classification of animals. They will work in groups to research and present classification information about a selected group of animals.

Decide whether an animal is an amphibian, insect, mammal or reptile with this interactive classification game.

What is the oldest living creature? What is the fastest animal on land? What is the biggest bug? Find that answer to these question and more with this fun and interesting resource.

Very systematic breakdown of the animal kingdom starting with the simplest type the sponge, all the way to the chordate or vertebrate. Each phylum has a link with information.

This unit contains interactive lessons on animal ecosystems, animal classification, adaptations, and food chains.

Animals have developed complex equipment and systems, specializing in performing the three functions: nutrition, relationship and reproduction. Learn more about the animal kingdom in this unit. It includes 16 interactive activities.

Students explore eight major phyla of the animal kingdom by comparing body plans, animal behavior, evolution, reproduction, and more. Includes a one-page reference to characteristics by phylum.

Learn about the animal kingdom including an in-depth look at body characteristics, reproduction, types of cells, ways they obtain food, and evolutionary relationships. Many illustrations and nine interactive activities are included.

Links to science quizzes about animals and birds. Topics include animal classification, butterfly, beetle and frog life cycles, spiders, bats, birds of prey, owls, birds of the jungle, rainforest, cold climates and migration.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the classification of animals into the phylum categories.

At this website you are given ten questions to answer and links to three websites where you can find those answers.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This K-2 flipchart is designed to make animal classification fun! Sort the animals into categories and think like a scientist!

Use this website to test your knowledge of which animals belong to which groups.

This site provides a very brief scenario about the similarities and differences of animals.