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Classifying Living Organisms into Kingdoms Lesson PlanClassifying Living Organisms into Kingdoms Lesson Plan
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9th - 12th
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Classifying Living Organisms into Kingdoms

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Students create a flip book that describes the basic characteristics of the five main animal kingdoms. They research the animal kingdoms, include examples of organisms for each kingdom and illustrate the finished text.

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animal classification, taxonomy

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animal classification, animal kingdoms, science

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