Practice comparing and contrasting details in informational text with a reading passage about whales. It explains the ways that fish and whales are similar, as well as the ways they are different, and specific characteristics of various...

What's the difference between a bear and a fish? Examine the characteristics of different animals with a set of pages for kids to color. Four pages provide different animals for each characteristic, including turtles, bears, fish, and...

What features do scientists use to classify animals into groups? Class groups examine a series of paired images of vertebrates (a bass and a trout, a toad and a newt, a crocodile and a tortoise, an owl and a robin, a tiger and a bear)...

How many legs do spiders have? Is that an opinion, or is it a fact? Complete a worksheet with four sets of five questions about different animals and their attributes, noting whether each statement is a fact or an opinion.

Students practice compare and contrast skills. In this science and language development lesson, students complete a T chart generating traits of a snail and a clam. Students complete a related worksheet.

Give grammar instruction a boost with a basketball-themed game all about analogies! Working in pairs, learners quiz each other's analogy knowledge testing how many they can complete and earn the most points.

Do bears really sleep for an entire season? Six multiple choice questions and a drawing activity make up a worksheet that tests scholars' comprehension skills after reading about bears during winter. 

Students research his or her assigned mammal using print and online resources.  In this mammals research lesson, students discover mammals have certain traits that distinguish them from animals in other classes, such as fish,...

Students explore similarities and differences. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson plan, students read literature and participate in activities that features mammals and their hair. Students learn that they share things in common while we...

You have to collect lots of materials (boxes, bags, toilet paper rolls, etc.) for this lesson to work successfully. After modeling how to create an imaginary creature out of the collection of recycled materials, let your class search...

Fifth graders explore biology by completing an Internet activity in class. In this adaptation instructional activity, 5th graders identify several organisms and mammals that fight for their existence through slow changes to their anatomy...

In this Steller sea lions worksheet, students read information and do activities on four pages. Students put life cycle events in chronological order.

In this ocean mammals worksheet, learners view three lines of fish and choose the mammal found in each row that does not live in the ocean. Students circle their answer in each line and then color the worksheet with appropriate colors.

Worksheet is to helpful as grammar is to fun! Work on solving 18 analogies involving animals and their characteristics with an engaging grammar assignment.

In this mammals in the sea cloze procedure instructional activity, students fill in the 12 missing words in the passage to help identify their reading level.

In this if-then statements and postulates activity, 10th graders solve 6 different problems related to if-then statements and postulates in geometry. First, they identify the hypothesis and conclusion of each conditional statement and...

Students investigate jungles and the people who depend upon them.  For this sustainability lesson, students research wild life conservation and discover the importance of a jungle to Amazonian people.  Students create a group...

In this animal kingdom worksheet, students read for information and determine comprehension. In this matching and fill in the blanks worksheet, students answer twelve questions.

In this comprehension and geography worksheet, students read an article about the Caspian Sea, identifying where it is located and what countries surround it. Then they describe three parts of the sea, what are tributaries, and how many...

Students investigate global positioning systems. For this technology and mapping lesson, students view a PowerPoint presentation in which they identify the features of a GPS, state its uses, and follow steps to find a waypoint.

Dive into ocean vocabulary with a set of 29 picture word cards. Each card presents a picture of an animal or item from the ocean in vivid color, as well as its name. 

In this classification worksheet, students organize their thoughts by classifying the words from the box into the following categories: birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish.

In this review or quiz about whales worksheet, students read phrases describing something about whales and identify the answer. Students choose 10 multiple choice answers.

How can one differentiate between a dweezlebub and nessie? Use this fictitious creature dichotomous key to find out! Biologists of all ages will enjoy this creative way to learn about classification, including a chance to draw the...