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Curated OER
The Iditarod Race Compared with the Movie, Iron Will
Feel the freezing rush of an Alaskan sled dog race in this reading lesson plan. Using research about the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, seventh graders compare and contrast the depiction in the movie Iron Will. The lesson plan lasts for...
Curated OER
Strategy Script #4
This lesson is designed for college students who are having anxiety regarding public speaking. In it, the speech givers go through a process of using imagery in order to reduce anxiety. The instructor guides the pupils in visualizing how...
Curated OER
Whale of a Web Site
Students compare and contrast differences and likeness of whales/fish and toothed/baleen whales and discuss what they know about whales and what they would like to study about whales. They then describe the characteristics of a mammal.
Curated OER
Creating TAKS Handout with WebCCAT
Students will use the lesson will integrate WebCCAT a TAKS prep software. The software will be extensions for helping the middle school teachers prepare their students for the upcoming TAKS test.
Curated OER
Zoology Word Search Puzzle
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers look for the words that are related to the concept of zoology that is reviewed in the sheet. They also acquire new vocabulary.
Curated OER
Whale of a Web Site
Learners research the characteristics of toothed/baleen whales in books and on the internet. The students participate in whale projects, quizzes, and activities on the internet sites provided.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Taxonomy: Major Groups
Do you know that organisms are classified into different categories? This tutorial will show you how organisms are classified into three different groups called domains. Then see how those domains are broken down into kingdoms!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Domains of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Humans are in the same domain as trees and algae. What could they possibly have in common? It is the location of their DNA inside their cells. Their cells all have a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Linnaean Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An introduction to the method of biological classification developed by Carl Linnaean.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy: Lesson 1
This lesson presents the organizational categories of living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Linnaean Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces Linnaean classification.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Classification Quiz
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over classification of organisms, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Domains and Kingdoms: Self Check Quiz
This multiple-choice quiz on domains and kingdoms of living things allows students to get hints for each question and check their answers after submitting.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Biological Classification: Organization of All Living Things
All living things can be identified by their placement in a biological classification table. Young scholars will investigate the organization of all living things and learn how to classify through the process of classifying their own...
Other
Southwest Tennessee Community College: Classification of Organisms
College-level instructor's notes describing taxonomy. Explanations and images give a chronological history of the science of classifying organisms.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Classification of Organisms Quiz
Take an interactive quiz over the classification of living things. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Taxonomy
In this multi-media module students derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Prokaryote Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of classifying prokaryotes and prokaryotic domains.
Intel Corporation
Intel: Teach Program Designing Effective Projects: Marzano's New Taxonomy [Pdf]
Learn about Marzano's New Taxonomy, made up of three systems and the Knowledge Domain, all of which are essential for thinking and learning. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy: Lesson 3
This lesson presents the organizational categories of living things. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy: Lesson 2
This lesson presents the organizational categories of living things. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Three Domains/ Five Kingdoms /Taxonomy."
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Three Domains of Life
Describes the characteristics of Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya, the three domains of life.
Other
Bloom's Taxonomy
Learn more about Bloom's Taxonomy by checking out this website. Following the 1948 Convention of the American Psychological Association, B.S. Bloom took a lead in formulating a classification of "The goals of the educational process."
Donald Clark
Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains
This article--in text and charts--explains the three learning domains devised by Benjamin Bloom.