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Siemens Science Day: Life Science: The Key to It All
In this hands-on science activity, students will create their own unique creatures as well as dichotomous keys so that classmates can identify the creature.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 6.10 Fungi Classification
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of fungi.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 10.4 Jawless Fish
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of jawless fish.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 10.3 Fish
Explore the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of fish.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 9.22 Importance of Echinoderms
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of echinoderms.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 9.20 Echinoderms
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of echinoderms.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 9.9 Importance of Mollusks
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of mollusks.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 9.8 Types of Mollusks
Understand the characteristics, diversity, and classification of mollusks.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 9.15 Insects
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of insects.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 9.14 Importance of Arthropods
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of arthropods.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 9.13 Arachnids
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of arachnids.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 9.3 Cnidarians
Explore the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of cnidarians.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 9.1 Invertebrate Diversity
Understand the biological diversity and classification of invertebrates.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 6.7 Fungi
Explore the characteristics and classification of fungi.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 11.9 Organization of Living Things
Learn the system that scientists use to classify living things.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 10.22 Mammal Classification
Understand how all mammals are divided into groups by similar characteristics.
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Ck 12: Life Science: Fungi Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Scientists used to think that fungi were members of the plant kingdom. They thought this because fungi had several similarities to plants. However, there are a...
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Ck 12: Life Science: Mammal Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Traditionally, mammals were divided into groups based on their characteristics. Scientists took into consideration their anatomy, their habitats, and their feeding...
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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...
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It's All About What's Inside. Classification and the Tree of Life [Pdf]
In this science lesson, young scholars 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 and look...
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Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: The Living World
This landing page includes learning modules on the following topics of: animals, plants, microorganisms, life cycles and reproductions, food chains, habits, humans and the environment, adaptation, inheritance, and evolution.
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Michigan Sea Grant: Teaching Great Lakes Science: Fish Identification
In this lesson, students examine the physical characteristics of fish that live in the Great Lakes and identify common features that help species to survive in that environment. Downloadable resources include a fish poster, fish family...
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Ck 12: Life Science: Plant Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Do all plants grow from seeds? No, there are actually a few plants that do not make seeds. Whether or not a plant makes seeds is one criteria used to classify...