Young scholars examine how to conduct simple investigations and use simple equipment to gather data.  In this magnet lesson students decide what types of objects are attracted to magnets. 

Fourth graders observe, plan, research, and create a field guide for the trees that are in their schoolyard. In this trees lesson plan, 4th graders make careful observations of what they see around their school and create a guide.

Learners role play weather forecasting activities. They investigate weather forecasting processes such as equations, data analysis, announcing by role playing in a large lecture hall.

Fifth graders investigate the nature of matter and of the scientific processes associated with them in this series of lessons.

In this plant worksheet, high schoolers will review plant classification by comparing plant characteristics. Students will determine what is needed for photosynthesis to occur. High schoolers will also explore plant transpiration and the...

In this plant classification worksheet, students compare plants with flowers and plants with cones by filling in the blank of 7 statements.

In this classification worksheet, students write in examples of the 6 kingdoms: archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.

Third graders practice using dichotomous keys. They discover why scientists use them and why it is important to classify animals. They use candy to practice classifying objects and move on to classifying animals.

In this kingdom animalia activity, students fill out examples of the phylums chordata, arthropoda, and mollusca and write the meaning of prefixes and suffixes. Students complete 9 problems.

If used as a center activity, this short presentation could be a motivating way for learners to review material relating to plants, the circulatory system, and more. However, there are only nine questions. It would be more useful if...

Students discuss a variety of teacher led discussion questions about what makes an animal endangered. They take a short field trip to an open area and set a boundary for each child for them to either write or draw about how the location...

Students create a classification tree based on grouping candy with eight different properties. This allows students to understand how living things are classified.

In this animal classification worksheet, students describe the animal kingdom including invertebrates, vertebrates, birds, and mammals. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.

In this biology worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to classifying living things. There are 24 biology terms located in the word search.

Fifth graders define words. They create a dichotomous key. After carefully examining pill bugs, 5th graders record observations. They compare and contrast habitats of pillbugs.

Young geologists utilize Moh's hardness scale to help them correctly sort and classify different types of rocks. This lesson has everything you need, including an excellent example of the Mohs' Hardness Test, to successfully implement...