Students explore biology by creating a poster presentation. In this animal classification lesson, students utilize a SMART board and practice organizing a group of animal shapes by placing them with similar animal families. Students...

Learners investigate plants and insects.  In this science classification lesson, students create separate categories for insects and plants by characteristics.  Learners discover scientific names of insects.

Fifth graders use estimation to solve word problems. In this fractions lesson, 5th graders decide whether or not an answer to a work problem is reasonable by applying their knowledge of fractions, decimals and estimation. This lesson...

Students participate in a creative activity to give them a good understanding of classification. They examine bags of chips and discuss their similarities and differences. Students work in small groups while participating in this activity.

Fifth graders create dichotomous keys to create classifications of students in the classroom by writing instructions. In this classifications lesson plan, 5th graders learn how dichotomous keys are used in science observations.

Students analyze different polygons by shapes and sides. In this geometry instructional activity, students differentiate between similar and congruent polygons. They name the different polygons based on the number of sides.

In this 2-D shapes worksheet, learners match a set of descriptions to shapes given. A reference website for additional resources is given.

Young scholars study polygons. In this math instructional activity, students play a game in which they learn the classification system for polygons. Young scholars identify the properties of quadrilaterals.

In this angle activity, 7th graders identify various angles. Students respond to 6 short answer questions identifying the different angles represented in each.

For this shapes activity, 2nd graders color the shape in each row that is different from the rest. Students color shapes for 5 rows with different shapes in them.

Students practice using 2 different plant classification keys to identify species. They make choices between the similarities and differences between their object and the classification scheme.

Sixth graders identify the parts of a flower, and tell the difference between monocots and dicots. They group plant by leaf types and characteristics placing the information in table form on the computer.

Fourth graders compare the constitutions of five Pacific Rim countries. In this constitution comparison instructional activity, 4th graders work with a visiting judge to find similarities and differences in the constitutions of five...

Fifth graders explore the three types of angles. In this math lesson, 5th graders estimate the measure of angles and draw the angles using a protractor.

Fourth graders identify basic properties of minerals and rocks. They access websites and utilize worksheets imbedded in this lesson to further their understanding of rock classification.

Young scholars create a flip book that describes the basic characteristics of the five main animal kingdoms. They research the animal kingdoms, include examples of organisms for each kingdom and illustrate the finished text.

Students work in small groups to organize stars into different categories. They consider size, luminosity, color and temperature, organize the groups and ten report their categories to the class.

In this classification worksheet, students read a description of how all living things are related and describe a diagram showing how this taxonomy works. Students answer five questions related to their reading.

Students learn how tools help us accomplish things. In this tool discovery instructional activity, students review the function of tools. They then make a class chart and categorize different types of tools found in the classroom....

Students identify ways families save money. In this financial lesson, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and discuss ways to save money. Students identify coin values and practice counting money.

Students identify solid figures. In this classification instructional activity, students recognize and name solid figures. Students identify which figures contain polygons and rectangles. Students practice counting vertices, faces and...

Students complete a unit about spiders that incorporates several core subject lessons. In this spider lesson, students read background information about spiders. Students then complete 7 lessons using core knowledge and various subjects...

In this angles worksheet, students solve 4 problems in which an angle is analyzed and measured. Students tell if each angle is greater than, less than or equal to a right angle.

Students cut out three different shapes and put them in the correct categories of parallelograms, trapezoids, and trapeziums. In this parallelogram lesson plan, students explain the sums of the angles of a triangle and a quadrilateral.