Curated OER
Not Just For A Baby's Bottom
Eighth graders investigate the presence of talc in the geologic record. The different characteristics of talc is covered. The lesson includes background information for the teacher.
Curated OER
Birds of Wisconsin
First graders explore the job done by ornithologists. They role play identifying the characteristics that make a bird a bird. They discuss what makes each bird species unique. Students are introduced to Wisconsin's most common and rare...
Curated OER
Oddball Out: Animals
In this problem solving worksheet, students analyze a row of pictures
of various animals to determine which creature is different from
the others pictured.
Curated OER
Oddball Out: Animals
In this problem solving worksheet, students analyze a row of pictures of various animals to determine which creature is different from the others pictured.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Animals 1: Fur, Fins, Feathers, and More
This teacher's guide focuses on familiar animals such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Science Vocabulary Game
Fourth graders will play a review memory game with Utah's Grade 4 Science Standard V vocabulary words during this lesson. Words associated with living things and classifications of living things are included in this lesson.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Animal Kingdom
Background information about all of the classes of the animal kingdom, followed by four short lesson plan outlines.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Classification: Minnesota Vertebrates
This lesson serves as an introduction to classification. The students will place animals into its proper vertebrate group according to certain characteristics that the animals have in common.