Third graders compare and contrast the forces of pushing and pulling. As a class, they take a field trip around the school and write down any action they see and any object that is motionless. In groups, they use magazines to cut out...

Students create leaf print banner for parents' night. They sort, classify, and pattern the leaves as they work.

Students examine pictures of pottery and classify them. They work together to create a list of characteristics for each piece. They share their findings with the class.

Learners work in groups of 4-6 for the experiment/activity part of this exercise. They classify ten animals using the information on the picture to group the animals. Students develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models...

In this classifying information and parent communication form learning exercise, learners write where they would look to find the information listed. Students options are fiction, encyclopedia, or atlas. Learners must also get their...

For this angles worksheet, students solve 4 problems in which angles are analyzed and classified as acute, obtuse, or right. No examples are provided.

Pupils get acquainted with diverse forms of life by using modern biological classification systems to group animals that are related. They explore basic scientific groupings like genus, species, mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, and...

In this classifications worksheet, students add levels of classifications for humans by splitting them into smaller and smaller classes. Students add 5 new levels.

In this classifying proper nouns instructional activity, students read 12 sentences, identify the proper noun in each one, and then classify it as a person, place, or thing.

Students play a bingo game to classify 3 dimensional shapes. In this 3 dimensional shapes lesson plan, students identify, describe, and classify shapes by playing a bingo game.

For this angles worksheet, students solve 6 problems in which an angle is measured with a protractor. Students mark if the angle is acute, right, obtuse or straight.

In this angles worksheet, students measure angles with a protractor and figure out if it is acute, right, obtuse, or straight. Students complete 6 problems.

Students explore outlines. In this nonfiction comprehension and study skills lesson, students complete a traditional outline for the book Animal Homes by Ann O. Squire following guided instruction as the teacher models gathering...

Students observe and classify objects that float or sink.

Students investigate variation in bird beaks and the interrelationships of form and function by classifying birds with similar beak shapes, inferring about the possible bird foods based on beak shapes, and locating and identifying...

In this noun classification worksheet, students examine 20 nouns and pictures of them. Students classify each of the nouns as people, places, things, or animals.

In this classification worksheet, students brainstorm what they like to do for entertainment while the teacher records their ideas on large paper. They use strips of the paper that the teacher has cut up to classify the entertainment...

Students observe leaves. In this plant biology lesson, students examine leaves and classify them according to size, shape, and color. Students learn more about the leaves by visiting suggested websites.

In this classifying words worksheet, students examine 9 sets of 4 words each and identify the words in each group that do not belong. An example is provided.

For this nouns practice worksheet, students examine 12 words and classify each of them as food and serving, a human face, or things in nature.

In this categorization worksheet, students cut out 6 pictures and classify them as food or clothing by pasting them in the appropriate boxes.

In this sorting and classifying objects instructional activity, students identify the pictures that do not belong with the Halloween pictures. Students find 2 pictures that do not belong. 

In this geometry activity, 9th graders classify quadrilaterals by using coordinate geometry and the properties of various quadrilaterals. The seven page activity contains eleven questions. Answers are...

Learners create an effective classification and counter argument.  In this counter-argument instructional activity, students decide upon a label for at least three types of people and then describe their groups.  Learners...