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Lesson Plan
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You're Wearing Your Plants!

For Teachers K
Students examine the many uses of plants and trees by looking at their clothing. They make lists of products that come from plants and trees and their uses.
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Lesson Plan
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Animals, Soil, Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders describe the various kinds of soils and how plants and animals are affected by them. They describe the baic needs of plants, scoring at least a 3 or 4 on a 4-point rubic. Students are able to predict and/or infer what...
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Groups We Belong To

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore society by completing a class identification activity. For this student identification lesson, students participate in a classification activity in which students with a certain hair, eye or clothing color are divided...
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Taxonomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils analyze the complexity of organism classifications based on certain criteria.  In this classifying organisms lesson students study taxonomy and gather information and leaves to do their own experiment on classification. 
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Organizer
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Classifying Toys

For Students K - 1st
In this classification worksheet, students cut out 47 small pictures of toys. They classify the pictures in groups of their choosing. They tell the reasons for grouping the items the way they did.
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What's A Pest?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the common characteristics of household and lawn pests. They discover the life cycles of the pests. They also learn different ways to control the pests.
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Worksheet
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Classification of Organisms Crossword Answers

For Students 6th - 9th
In this classification worksheet, students are provided with the answers to a crossword puzzle which has 17 clues pertaining to classification of organisms vocabulary.
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Lesson Plan
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The "Nuts and Bolts" of Taxonomy and Classification

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars develop classification scheme that meets the established rules of the Linnaean system. They write one page essay on classification choices.