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Sorting
Learners identify how objects can be sorted or classified for easy access. In this sorting activity, students will investigate how letters, numbers, and symbols are used in sorting and classifying.
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Animals and the Food Webs that Love Them
Students study the animals that Lewis and Clark would have encountered. In this animals lesson students study the food web and how human populations have affected them.
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Aim-- Use a Carroll Diagram to Sort Animals
In this science worksheet, students cut out pictures of 12 animals and paste them into the correct space on the Carroll diagram. Students classify animals as living in water or land and with or without legs.
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Dolphins or Sharks?
In this dolphins and sharks comparison worksheet, learners complete a web on each animal and choose from a list the attributes that fit each one. Students create a poster promoting conservation of our ocean friends.
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Taking Apart Owl Pellets
Students dissect an owl pellet. In this rodent and bone structure lesson plan, students work in groups to take apart an owl pellet. Students separate all the tiny bones from the fur and use the bones to reconstruct the rodent on a tag...
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The Eye; Structure and Function
Students research the structure and function of the eye. In this anatomy lesson, students write a report about the eye and draw an illustration. They research a particular animal's eye then present their findings to the class without...
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Gorilla Word Search
In this gorilla vocabulary words worksheet, students search for words that describe the gorilla's classification, environment, types, and other facts. Students word search sixteen gorilla vocabulary words.
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Touching Traits
Students describe objects using only their sense of touch. In this lesson plan on describing characteristics, students use only their sense of touch to describe an unseen object in a box. This lesson plan can be used an an introduction...
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ABC Wide World of Animals
Fifth graders use the software Wide World of Animals. This lesson is incorporated into a science unit on animals. The unit focuses on classifying animals into kingdoms and identifying the characteristics of animals within the different...
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Who's Who? Integrated Core
Student discuss names and nicknames for human and animal families and complete a worksheet, matching pictures of father, baby and mother animals.
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Classification of Animals
First graders investigate the characteristics of vertebrates. They classify each as mammal, fish, bird, and reptiles. Students explore the differences between various types of animals and classify each.
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Animals and Habitats of the Chesapeake Bay
Students work in small groups to discover the various habitats present in Chesapeake Bay and the animals that live in them. After investigating the habits and lives of the animals they will draw conclusions about other habitats the...
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Taxonomy Project
Students act as a taxonomist and, given a certain situation, classify existing organisms.
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Mollusks
Mollusks created every shell on Earth. Young scientists learn more about the phyllum mollusca in an informative presentation. It covers their characteristics, body plans, and relationships in the ecosystem. Then, it details each class of...
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The Living Environment
Ninth graders compare and contrast animals according to their four systems. In this living environment lesson plan students complete their assignment on the animal they were given and present their findings to the class.
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Animals Spiral Puzzle
In this animal puzzle worksheet, students use a set of 8 clues about animals to complete a spiral puzzle. A reference web site is included for additional activities.
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It's A Jungle Out There!
Students report on an animal according to its appearance, habitat, and characteristics.
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Kingdom Animalia
Learners are introduced to the basic characteristics of the animal kingdom. this lesson is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life. In this segment, students explore the the members of a few phyla of the animal kingdom.
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Geometry Fun
Students learn the basic definitions of a quadrilateral, parallelogram, rectangle and square and explain the relationship/classification process between them.
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Where Do I Go At Night?
Students describe the requirements of daytime and nightime animals for survival. They identify any behaviors that assist in the animal surviving. They create a representation for the class to view.
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City Animals
Students identify some of the most important native and introduced species of animals in the United States. They describe how animals populations of cities have changed over time, outline the benefits and problems associated with...
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Charlie and the Cell City
Middle schoolers investigate the major components of the cell and their function through an adventure inside the cell with an imaginary little guy named "Charlie." Through the use of the Internet and viewing a video, students identify...
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The Game of Life
Students describe what it means for a marine animal or fish to be threatened or endangered after playing game simulating extinction.
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Allosaur Survival Game
Students uses this game to see how difficult survival is even for a fierce predator, especially when it is young. It stresses: How much energy it takes to keep a large animal alive or a small one growing, The differences in the fauna...
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