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Out and About: Minibeasts
Students get up close and personal with invertebrates. In this mini-beasts lesson, students may visit the Natural History Museum, the Bramley Frith Education Centre, the Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World online or in-person to...
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Biology Trivia
In this biology trivia activity, students write short answers to 101 questions about animal classification, human anatomy, animal facts, and attributes of organisms.
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Observing Compost Invertebrates
Second graders examine compost piles and what invertebrates help decompose the organic matter. In this compost invertebrates lesson students collect invertebrates found in a compost pile and examine them.Â
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Watch the Screen!
Students explore screening processes for biological activity. In this deep sea lesson students complete a lab activity.Â
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Richmond Nature Park Field Trip
Students identify different plants and their uses by attending a field trip. In this Canadian plant lesson, students explore the great outdoors of Vancouver, B.C. and discuss the uses of plants by the Native Americans that once resided...
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Are You One of Us?
Students investigate how scientists sort and classify organisms. In this sorting and classifying activity, students examine what systematics are as tools that scientists use. They examine images of invertebrates and sort them while...
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Classifying Animals
Students classify animals into vertebrates and invertebrates. For this animal classification lesson, students complete the online activity by dragging the animals into the correct groups. Students classify animals as vertebrates or...
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Eyewitness Insect Video Quiz
In this insect instructional activity, students answer 12 multiple choice questions after watching a video about insects. Topics include structures of insects, characteristics of insects, termites, crickets and beetles and the process of...
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Biodiversity
In this biodiversity worksheet, students sort and classify animals by their observable features using a dichotomous key. Students then respond to questions about complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
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Lake Word Search
In this lake word search, students find 13 different vocabulary words associated with lakes such as habitat, oxygen, pollution, invertebrates, and turbidity.
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Major Phyla of the Animal Kingdom
In this animal kingdom worksheet, students compare and contrast the 10 different phyla including the description and approximate number of species found in each one. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Animal Classification
In this animal classification worksheet, students will write in 5 examples of vertebrate animals and 6 examples of invertebrates. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Oddball Out
In this science worksheet, students examine 4 pictures in a row and circle the invertebrate that is different from the others. There are 4 rows of pictures. Answers are provided upside down on the page.
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Who Am I? Invertebrates
In this science worksheet, students examine 16 detailed pictures of different species of invertebrates. Students identify each animal without a backbone. There is no room to write the name under the picture. It is assumed this is an oral...
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Quiz: Invertebrates
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will focus on invertebrates. Students will respond to eight true/false questions about these animals.
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Invertebrates Puzzle
In this invertebrate word search puzzle, students identify names of invertebrates. Examples include names such as crabs, clams, slugs, and sponges. A list of 18 different invertebrates is included to assist the students in their search.
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Invertebrates
Learners 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...
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Using a Dichotomous Key for Invertebrate Phyla
Students use a key to determine the phyla of invertebrates. They are broken into groups and each group gets a stack of pictures and uses the key to determine which phyla the animal belongs to. There are also individual questions for...
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Animal Classifications
Third graders work in small groups to investigate how to sort a variety of items into groups and subgroups. They work on a class chart based on the activity which show how the items are classified based on commonalities. Upon completion...
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Vertebrates And Invertebrates
Seventh graders brainstorm to find the meaning to the terms vertebrate and invertebrate. They use ideas in order to progress to the investigation. They feel their own backbones in order to bring context to the lesson. Students answer...
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Animal Classification
Learners watch video and slide shows as an introduction to animals. They discuss classifications of animals while moving from most common to least common of the animals. Types of classifications includes herbivores/carnivores;...
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Stimulus/Response in Invertebrates
Students design and conduct and experiment to determine how invertebrates react to an outside stimulus such as light and other stimuli. Student must develop a clear plan of action, collect data in an organized manner and analyze their...
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Learning About Classification
Middle schoolers explore the three main organismal divisions. Students classify organisms by invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants. They observe the differences and similarities between these groups.
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Animal Classification
Students list characteristics and features of animals found in their community. They then group the animals according to how they are similar and different and create names for each group. They then create a chart of their...