Learners explore animal habitats.  In this cross curriculum animal survival and writing lesson, students view a website about wild horses on Shackelford Island and discuss ways in which the horses have changed to this...

Students play the role of a Ranger with the Department of Forestry.  In this forest fires instructional activity, students examine data on biomes and images to determine high risk areas for forest fires to develop.  

Reebops are cute, marshmallow-based creatures that can be used to teach inheritance. Beginning biologists draw strips of paper that represent chromosomes from two envelopes, one for the father, and one for the mother. Each parent...

Alive or not? After viewing this presentation, life science learners will know how to answer this question. They are introduced to the seven processes of living systems and the classification hierarchy. Because it only covers...

Seventh graders classify fish according to their characteristics. For this classification lesson students learn how to group animals including birds, reptiles and amphibians.

Students classify objects based on their attributes. They explain how archaeologists use classification to help answer research questions.

Sixth graders learn the classification system of living organisms. They identify general body parts of an insect, learn insect classification into orders, families, genus and species, and classify given insects by using a scientific...

Students determine which animals belong to the vertebrate phyla.  In this classification lesson plan, students are given large papers with the names of the phyla of vertebrates. They must work together to place organisms into their...

Young scholars study starfish through dissection. For this biology lesson plan, students explore the lives of starfish as they view a slide show, observe parts of echinoderms, and compare the classification of the starfish with other...

Students participate in a series of activities in order to explore the diversity of insects. They explore how insects are grouped and categorized.

In this scientific classification worksheet, students read about classification and the questions scientists ask in order to classify, then read about features of different classifications of animals. Worksheet is informational, no...

In this bluebird classification worksheet, learners click on the link to find information about the lineage of bluebirds and create a step by step classification chart. Students complete 8 spaces in the chart.

Students examine Hubble Deep Field images. In this galaxy classification lesson, students research galaxy classification. Students view and classify Hubble Deep field images of galaxies.

Students investigate how to classify items based on similar characteristics. They study the scientific system of classification.

In this animal kingdom worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing in the phylum and body symmetry for the 12 animals listed.

In this bird classification worksheet, students are given a group of birds and then are to determine how they are similar or different from each other. Students read about 14 birds.

In this owl cartoon worksheet, students enjoy a wordless cartoon story about an owl mother and her babies. It is somewhat difficult to understand the moral. There are no directions.

In this owl cartoon worksheet, students color and examine a cartoon depicting a mother owl and her two baby owls who are taking a bath. No directions are given.

Students study the use of trees in art.  In this investigative instructional activity students create art using leaf rubbings and develop a classification method for trees. 

In this review of general science activity, students classify examples of matter as mixtures or substances, homogeneous or heterogeneous mixtures, or elements or compounds. Students also convert several examples using the standard units...

Students use a Palm loaded with botany software to assist them in deciding if items are produced from trees. They identify local deciduous and coniferous trees.

In this classification worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer comparing and contrasting the characteristics of the 6 different kingdoms.

Students use a Palm loaded with chemistry software to assist them in gaining information presented in a lesson about basic chemistry principles. They perform a basic chemistry demonstration for their class using information from received...

Students discuss how scientists classify organisms. In pairs, they analyze and label "specimens" of breakfast cereals in order to classify them into the correct group. They create a dichotomous key for several species of animals.