Biology Junction
Birds
Birds adapted to almost every climate on the planet, from the Arctic to the rain forests. A presentation focused on birds covers their similarities and differences. It starts with their evolution from reptiles, their many physical...
Scholastic
Minibeasts
Lead young scientists to discover insects outdoors. After investigating, students will record observations, learn about these fascinating creatures, craft, and role play.
Curated OER
Biology: Variation and Classification
Students investigate classification of different animal groups. In this biology instructional activity students list characteristics of themselves and others they know to show differences and how they are classified. Students...
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Animal Trading Cards
Students use a computer program to research an animal and practice taking notes. In this animal research lesson, students use PebbleGo database to research their animal and take notes. Students then make an animal trading card using...
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Everything in Its Place: Science Classification
Students investigate the system of classification for living things through the sixteen lessons of this unit. The five kingdoms of monerans, protists, fungi, plants, and animals form the basis of several experiments as the similarities...
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Animal Species Richness in Tioga County, PA
Students compile an extensive list of animal species seen throughout Tioga County. In this data collecting lesson, students report daily any animal species seen during the course of their travels and adventures outdoors in Tioga County...
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Academic Raceway: Animals
This animals PowerPoint provides a race car game in which students answer a variety of questions about animals, the majority of which are based on ways in which animals adapt to their surroundings and behave to survive.
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Species Charades
Learners identify endangered species. In this endangered species lesson plan, the teacher leads a discussion about endangered species, then the class plays a game of charades to pantomime animal behavior.
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Creative Classroom Creatures
Students are introduced to the five kingdoms and discover why there is a need for a classification system. Using the internet, they examine how scientific names are created and practice putting animals into their correct classification....
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Invertebrate Phyla
Students explore the invertebrate phyla. They discuss the characteristics of the invertebrate Phyla in the Kingdom Animal. Students classify organisms into Phyla based on their characteristics. They distinguish radial symmetry, bilateral...
National Wildlife Federation
Box Turtle Interview
Imagine life as a box turtle. Learners study the characteristics of box turtles and then assume the role in an interview. They show their understanding of how a box turtle lives by responding to a series of questions.
Virginia Department of Education
Adaptation and Evolution
Um may be the atomic symbol for confusion, but it won't be needed in this lesson. Scholars rotate through seven stations completing experiments, hands-on activities, writing exercises, and analysis. Stations include material on...
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Classification 2
Students discuss what makes a living thing (for example, cellular respiration) and collect a selection of living things from outside. They divide their organisms into plants and animals and create a key for the divisions.
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Sexual Selection in the Animal Kingdom
Students research how sexual selection plays a role in driving evolution. They experiment how variation exists within not just obvious physical traits, but metabolically and behaviorally. They write a letter describing a problem, and a...
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Hippo Word Search
In this hippopotamus learning exercise, students search words relating to the hippopotamus, its environment, eating classification, baby to adult names, and animal classification. Students conduct a word search for fourteen hippopotamus...
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Digging Into Science Lesson Plans
In this biology learning exercise, students identify and write the various species that are still present today. Then they define evolution using three words. Students also describe what a fossil is and give some examples related to a...
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Giraffe Word Search
In this giraffe vocabulary words learning exercise, students word search words that identify the giraffe's body parts, names from baby to adult, environment, and animal classification. Students word search fourteen giraffe vocabulary words.
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The Giant Panda Word Search
In this panda vocabulary words worksheet, learners search for words that identify the giant panda's eating habits, environment, animal classification and descriptive words. Students word search eleven panda vocabulary words.
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Animal Classification Unit
Third graders study how to group animals by their physical characteristics. They examine how animals have adapted to have their needs met by the environment.
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The Animals Kingdom
Students are introduced to the classification system of animals. In groups, they set up an aquarium in which they must maintain throughout the year. They also observe earthworms and how they react to various stimuli and research the...
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The Envelope Please
Students research an animal of the rainforest. They create a computerized claymation to present their research.
Smarter Balanced
Classifying Vertebrates
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)...
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Animals
Young scholars investigate classifying animals. In this animal classification lesson, students choose three animals that use camouflage and list three facts about that animal. Young scholars create a story about the animal, present it to...
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Bug's Eye View
Investigate the life of bugs and how they interact with the environment in this integrated science and language arts lesson. Young scientists construct mini environments in cages in order to make observations. This data forms the basis...