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Utah Education Network

Uen: Why Do You Classify This?

For Teachers 4th
Group pictures of animals into similar groups to practice classification.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Classifying Kids

For Teachers 4th
Classification activity relating to plants and animals.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Keys and Classifying

For Teachers 4th
Sort and classify an assortment of objects relating to classifying Utah plants and animals.
Interactive
BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: The Living World

For Students 3rd - 6th
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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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Dinosaur Train sparks children's interest in life science and natural history. As they explore a variety of animals, children develop the inquiry skills and knowledge needed to help them think, talk and act like paleontologists. Choose...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Animal Characteristics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will be able to identify and classify organisms that are animals based on recognition of traits presented.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Live Like an Animal

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students design an innovative human shelter that is inspired and informed by an animal structure. Each group is assigned an animal class, and they gather information about shelters used by the animals in that class....
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Colorado State University

Colorado State University Libraries: Garst [Wildlife] Photographic Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Digitized collection, searchable by name, endangered species status, habitat, or continent, of over thirteen hundred wildlife photographs taken throughout the world during the filming of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom television series....
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University of Michigan

Bio Kids: Critter Catalog: Millipedes

For Students 3rd - 5th
This page answers common questions that students might ask about millipedes, including classification information. It also has excellent photographs of them and links to more in-depth information.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Nature Files

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Resources to accompany a 16-episode science series created to help young minds better understand how plants and animals interact with their environment. A fantastic resource for elementary science teachers that includes state standards...
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Kidport

Kidport: Animal Comparisons

For Students 1st - 5th
This site provides a very brief scenario about the similarities and differences of animals.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Natural History Notebooks

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site from the Canadian Museum of Nature, a natural history museum, provides short information blurbs and fun facts on over 240 different common animals categorized by type (mammals, fish, reptiles, invertebrates, amphibians,...
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University of California

Ucmp: Placental Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief article defines "placental mammals," lists examples of these animals, and describes the characteristics which render their classification.
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Other

Secondary Science Program: The Six Kingdoms

For Students 4th - 9th
A short overview of the six kingdoms in our scientific classification system: Plants, Animals, Protists, Fungi, Archaebacteria, and Eubacteria.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Animal Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to science quizzes about animals and birds. Topics include animal classification, butterfly, beetle and frog life cycles, spiders, bats, birds of prey, owls, birds of the jungle, rainforest, cold climates and migration.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Animal Characteristics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of animals.
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Sea World Parks & Entertainment

Sea World: Polar Bears

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the characteristics of the polar bear, including classification, habitat, behaviors, and conservation. Helps students identify with polar bears with a list of "Books for Young Readers." Information at a level of upper...
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DLTK

Kid Zone: Animal Classes

For Students 1st - 7th
A comprehensive and colorful site that lists the various classes of animals with pictures and descriptions.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will provide the characteristics of the kingdom Animalia.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Vertebrates

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is about vertebrate animals. It contains information about the 5 types of vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The flipchart contains links to websites and...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Magic Rocks [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students work in groups with each acting as a predator, prey, or family member in a particular habitat. They present their habitat performance to the class and students identify the habitat and animal relationships. Then,...
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Quia

Quia: Animal Classification

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this website to test your knowledge of which animals belong to which groups.
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California Institute of Technology

Infrared Zoo Lesson 1: A Trip to the Infrared Zoo

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will use infrared images to classify different animals. Students will learn more about infrared imaging and the information it can reveal. This activity is guaranteed to activate great class discussion.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Arthropod

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on arthropods, the largest phylum of animals. Includes scientific classification chart and image.

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