Activity
South Gloucestershire Council

Animal Classification: A Collaborative Sorting Activity for Key Stages 2 & 3

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Introduce the logic behind a dichotomous key or administer a group performance assessment with a fun and challenging classification lesson. With explicit instructions for the teacher and for collaborative groups, as well as engaging...
Lesson Plan
MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Kingdom Animalia: Classifying Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Six lessons, extension activities, and an assessment make up a series of lessons curated to reinforce the concept of classifying animals. Each informative and interactive lesson attributes to the knowledge of the seven levels of...
Worksheet
Casimir Middle School

Biological Classification Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Classify living things with a set of worksheets that has pupils sorting and indentifying living and non-living things. Learners use the worksheets as a basis for finding their answers. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Modern Classification

For Students 9th
In this modern classification worksheet, 9th graders describe ways scientists determine an organism's phylogeny. Then they explain what the animal and fungi kingdoms have in common and how they differ. Students also classify some cells...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Newspaper

For Students 5th - 6th
In this journalism activity, students use a copy of their local newspaper to complete this page. Students answer questions about the publisher and staff of the paper, the weather, TV programming, comics and classified sections. There are...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Animal Classification

For Students 4th - 6th
In this animal classification worksheet, students read for information and comprehension. In this fill in the blank and multiple choice worksheet, students answer five questions.
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PBS

Categorizing Matter | UNC-TV Science

For Students 5th - 12th
Take the difficulty out of classifying matter with an easy-to-follow activity that makes distinguishing between pure substances and mixtures simple. Scholars explore how matter is grouped between two categories—pure substances and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Types of Behavior

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students analyze specific animal and human behaviors and classify them as innate or learned. Students answer 20 questions, identifying behaviors and explaining how they are helpful to the animal. Note: This...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Classifying Critters

For Students 4th - 5th
In this classifying critters worksheet, students read a 1 page article on classifying living organisms and then answer 10 true or false, short answer, multiple choice or fill in the blank questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Biodiversity

For Students 7th - 9th
In this biodiversity worksheet, learners sort and classify animals by their observable features using a dichotomous key. Students then respond to questions about complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Identifying Vertebrates

For Students 6th - 12th
In this biology learning exercise, learners look for the answers to how to classify animals. They specifically focus upon the vertebrates while differentiating the characteristics from other organisms.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Life Cycle: Diversity in a Balance 4th Grade Workbook

For Students 5th
In this life cycle workbook, 5th graders examine plant and animal cells, classification of organisms, human biology, photosynthesis, and natural environments. 21 different activities make up the Life Cycle Workbook.
Interactive
Curated OER

Amphibians Internet Activity

For Students 5th - 10th
In this amphibians worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about amphibians to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 10 questions total.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Invertebrate Chordates

For Students 7th - 12th
For this invertebrate worksheet, learners fill in the blank of four statements that focus on the characteristics of invertebrate chordates. Then students will number five statements in the order water flows through a tunicate. Then...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Biological Taxonomy

For Students 6th - 10th
In this biology activity, students read about biological taxonomy. They then use the information they learned to answer the 13 questions on the activity. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Ocean Life Zones

For Students 8th - 10th
In this ocean instructional activity, students answer questions about ocean life, the plants and animals of the ocean and their classification, the major life zones of the ocean and questions about an animal of their choice that lives in...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Ocean Life Zones

For Students 7th - 10th
In this ocean zones worksheet, learners determine the factors that influence life in the different zones. Students list and explain the major ocean life zones. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vertebrate Skeletons

For Students 6th - 8th
For this biology worksheet, learners examine the human skeleton and then classify animal bones according to their similar function.