Add some excitement to a basic life science worksheet by using this simple word puzzle! Scholars read 8 definitions and write the correct animal-related vocabulary word in the boxes provided. The boxes for each definition show the...

Students create books about their favorite animals using graphic organizers.

Students play CD-ROM game My Amazing Human Body, and participate in relay game in Phys. Ed. where they put together skeleton on which body parts are labeled.

Young scholars, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through...

Students are taken on a simulated "voyage" backward in time, to the beginning of our planet. They "witness" that beginning, the origin of life, and a number of key events from then to the present.

Students understand what it means when an animal is extinct. In this dinosaur lesson, students create dinosaur dioramas showing their habitat and what in their environment might make them become extinct. students pay particular attention...

In this animal vocabulary instructional activity, students complete multiple choice questions where they define the animal terms given to them. Students complete 7 questions.

In this animal vocabulary worksheet, students read the clue and answer it with an animal vocabulary word and then find the word in the maze. Students complete 14 questions.

In this animals spelling instructional activity, students are given definitions related to animals and their habitat, then fill in missing letters in words to complete the matching animal spelling word. 

In this animals vocabulary worksheet, students write the animal vocabulary word that goes with the definition. Students complete this for 15 words.

Students identify the characteristics common to all animals. In groups, they compare the characteristics between the animals and how they are divided. To end the lesson, they compare the eight phyla of invertebrates and review the...

Young scholars read about categories of mammals and their features. Students then construct a marine animal, using given print outs in the instructional activity. Young scholars then create adaptations for their mammal, using a web site...

Students use the Animal Diversity E-Sheet to access the Where Can Animals Live? online book.

Students examine plants and animals for their similarties and differences. They are read stories and note how the animals in the stories do not have the qualities that real animals have. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.

In this birds worksheet, students click on the links to learn about the birds of the Wetlands and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 7 questions total.

Students explore biology by completing science worksheets in class. In this animal anatomy lesson plan, students read the book The Adventures of Marco and Polo and identify the animals mentioned in it. Students examine a real life animal...

In this animal puzzle activity, students use a set of 8 clues about animals to complete a spiral puzzle. A reference web site is included for additional activities. 

Students explain what a habitat is and describe its four elements. They see how an area's habitat suitability varies with different species of wildlife. They name factors that affect habitat suitability.

Third graders review the basic structure of a bilbliography and its importance in writing. They create a bibliography of materials used to complete a written report, and power point slide show and use the computer lab to create a final...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the nine classes of vertebrates and their distinguishing traits.

Explains the features of animals defined as vertebrates, how they evolved, and their taxonomy. (Published: April 29, 2010)

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Vertebrates are animals with backbones. These include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Learn more about vertebrate characteristics in this learning...

This lesson plan serves as an introduction to classification. The learners will place animals into its proper vertebrate group according to certain characteristics that the animals have in common.

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.