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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Insects and Spiders

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners make either and insect or a spider using materials their teacher provides. They then draw of picture of their organism and defend why it is either a spider or an insect.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animals That Fly or Do Not Fly

For Teachers K
Students create a chart and classify animals according to if they can or cannot fly. They find and cut out pictures of the animals and glue them in the correct place on the chart.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Goals of the Diversity of Life Unit

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the unit on the importance of diversity of life and the role that interdependence plays in our worlds. this is part of a multi-lesson unit on the diversity of life.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plant Party

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students identify plant parts. In this plants lesson, students bring in a vegetable. Each student classifies which part of the plant their vegetable comes from (flower, root, ect.) Students identify the parts of their vegetable and later...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farm Babies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use flash cards to match the mother names to the baby names for farm animals. In a designated "barn" in the room, students simulate being mothers, fathers, and babies. The baby must find his mother and father. Students visit...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Alien Has Landed

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students identify animals within a species by using their observation skills to record information, such as behavioral characteristics.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Great Spoon Challenge: Form and Function

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students organize objects in terms of form and function. In this architecture lesson, students are introduced to the ideas of form and function by playing a game in which they organize spoons in different ways. Extension activities are...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Music in Us

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the origins of human music. Students watch a video and participate in a variety of activities. They examine evidence, conduct research on he various animals, and create a concept map.
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Interactive
Curated OER

All/The - class: making generalizations about the group

For Students 5th - 8th
In this generalizations worksheet, students change the form of the sentences to take the subject and change it into a group generalization. Students complete 8 sentences.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stop the Bleeding

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars explore various parts of the heart and blood vessels . They begin with an overview of the components of the cardiovascular system. They see a cross section of an artery and watch how a blood clot develops.
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Lesson Plan
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 3 Ls2 1: Animal Groups

For Teachers 3rd
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 3-LS2-1: animal groups.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What's Your Classification?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
After completing this activity, the students will understand that scientists group animals into categories. Students will understand that scientists use specific characteristics to group animals. They will also extend their knowledge of...
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Activity
My Science Site

Middle School Science: Shoe Classification Lab [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 7th
This concise worksheet site will enable students to learn how to create a classification system and to understand the reasons for classification in science. Requires Adobe Reader.
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Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biodiversity: Animals: Invertebrates

For Students 9th - 10th
See all the of the different animal phyla that represent invertebrates and how diverse they are with the help of short video clips.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: Why Do Young Grow Up to Look Like Their Parents?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Kevin and his grandfather, Omag are going to the zoo. Join them and learn all about animal classification and life cycles.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Animal Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to science quizzes about animals and birds. Topics include animal classification, butterfly, beetle and frog life cycles, spiders, bats, birds of prey, owls, birds of the jungle, rainforest, cold climates and migration.
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Lesson Plan
Other

It's All About What's Inside. Classification and the Tree of Life [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science instructional activity, students look at how animals have traditionally been classified in a tree of life diagram by examining the characteristics of plastic eggs. They then analyze the genetic code assigned for each egg...
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Handout
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biodiversity: Animals: Kingdom Animalia

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the characteristics that make Kingdom Animalia a distinct classification group. Explore photos and watch video clips about many species of animals.
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Animal Classification

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use this lesson to help students understand the reasons for classifications and ways that different species are separated.
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Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Animal Classification Game

For Students 1st - 5th
Decide whether an animal is an amphibian, insect, mammal or reptile with this interactive classification game.
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Handout
Extreme Science

Extreme Science: World Records of the Animal Kingdom

For Students 9th - 10th
What is the oldest living creature? What is the fastest animal on land? What is the biggest bug? Find that answer to these question and more with this fun and interesting resource.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Animals: Kingdoms of Life

For Students 2nd - 7th
A playful interactive introducing biology's five animal kingdoms. Watch the video, take a quiz, and review vocabulary.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: The Kingdoms of Life

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the topic of Kingdoms in the life classification system.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science

For Students 3rd
This customizable digital textbook covers topics related to third-grade science. It is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned.