Third graders find books. In this library lesson, 3rd graders use the Dewey Decimal System to find books and determine the shelves they are located on.

Fourth graders locate books in the library. In this Dewey Decimal System instructional activity, 4th graders listen to the Dewey Rap via power point or audio file. Students view a card from the Dewey system in their library and practice...

Students use Biology Workbench to explore DNA sequence data for the GULOP gene in humans, chimpanzees, orangutans, and crab-eating macaques and the beta globin gene and its pseduogene in humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees.

Tenth graders differentiate angiosperms and gymnosperms. In this biology lesson, 10th graders construct a musical phylogenetic tree from information they gathered on resource websites. They present their project in class.

Eighth graders write a multi paragraphed, expository composition that explanins how one would conduct themself before, during, and after a job interview. In order to be prepared for the interview, 8th graders complete a thesis, have an...

Students study natural habitats, aquatic life, renewable and non-renewable resources. They discuss conservation efforts for sea otters and desert toad in this units.

students interpret recent regional-scale climate events based on current stream flow, monitor changes in time, and to consider additional interpretations that could be derived if other data were in map form.

Young scholars study bacteria and the role it plays in the ecosystem.  In this bacteria lesson students research the roles bacteria has and submit a chart. 

College-level instructor's notes describing taxonomy. Explanations and images give a chronological history of the science of classifying organisms.

Students transition from classifying furniture to an understanding of classification of living organisms in this thorough lesson plan site.

Take an interactive quiz over the classification of living things. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.

This lesson will introduce taxonomy and give an example by providing the scientific classification of an organism. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Classification of Organisms."

Explains how bacteria are classified by gram staining for medical purposes, and how they are classified by scientists based on Bergy's Manual of Systematic Classification. Also presents a list of hundreds of bacteria organized into their...

This is a lesson to help students understand the phylogeny of organisms and how all organisms are linked in a certain way. By navigating an Internet site, students will learn how organisms are classified.

Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over classification of organisms, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.

In this multi-media module students derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems.

The Tree of Life is a multi-authored, Internet distributed project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity. The Tree of Life can be used to locate information about a particular group of organisms through their taxonomy.

A series of graphic organizers shows the progression of learning about literary genre, beginning in kindergarten and building through to fifth grade.

Here is a run-down of several basic patterns of organization to use when writing. An example is given for each pattern, as well as an explanation.

A lesson plan that takes students through the process of organizing a set of biological picture cards according to levels of complexity.

Scientists look at the evolutionary history of organisms to divide them into kingdoms. For awhile, there has been 5 kingdoms, but many scientist are now using 6 kingdoms.

Instructional module focusing on binomial nomenclature. Discussion includes Carolus Linnaeus' taxonomic classification system for naming all species. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When you see an organism that you have never seen before, you probably put it into a group without even thinking. If it is green and leafy, you probably call it a...

All living things can be identified by their placement in a biological classification table. Students will investigate the organization of all living things and learn how to classify through the process of classifying their own shoes....