ANIMAL CLASSIFICATIONS
Lesson 9
Grade: 3
Teacher: Amal Ibrahim
Time : 90 min ( 2 lessons)
Date:
Student#: 25
Objectives:
Students will understand the following:
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Classification is the arrangement of objects, ideas, or information into
groups, the members of which have one or more characteristics in
common.
Classification makes things easier to find, identify, and study
Standards:
4 Identify similarities and differences between organisms of the same
type
2.2.2 Sort objects into groups, make simple comparisons and identify
trends and patterns.
Materials:
 clues and answers on separate 3 x 5 cards
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Pictures of a variety of animals
Flash cards with animal pictures
Computer with Internet access
Work sheets.
Resources:
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Carls’corner.us
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/animaladaptations/
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/science2a.htm
Teaching procedures :
Motivation :
Activity 1
1-The teacher will tell the students that she will tell them a nice story and that
they will answer the questions after the story.
2-The teacher will display the story by a transparency or a computer, she will
ask the students what they see from the pictures. The answers will be a wolf and
a bird or a dog and a bird. She will tell that let us see what we have in this funny
story. She will read the story to her class.
The wolf and the Pelican
The wolf and the pelican were friends.
One day the wolf invited the pelican for
dinner. When she comes to his house the
dinner was ready but, she was not able to
eat because the plate was flat and the
meal was made of meat
She was very hungry, the wolf ate all the food;
she thanked him and invited him for the next day
to her house. The wolf went to the house of the
pelican, but he was unable to eat because she
cooked vegetable soup and put the food in a jar
They told the story to their friends and they
laughed.
ACTIVITY 2
let students know that animals are classified by their physical
have them do simple classification activities with
classroom, the students will say that the chair and the
legs but have different shapes.
Activity 3:
Give instructions for the students of how to play the cards
distribute the cards.
characteristics. Then
objects around the
table each have four
game, then she will
To Play
 Play in small group (teacher directed).
 Have an answer key available for challenges
Lay all cards face down on the floor or table in random order.
First student turns over two cards. If the definition and the
picture match, they keep the pair. If they don't match, turn the
cards back over and continue.
Play until all cards are gone.
Student with the most cards wins.
Home work
You also will research an unusual animal of your own choice. Try to find an
animal you have never heard of before!
Here are some questions to guide your research about each animal.
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How is the animal classified?
What does the animal look like? Compare it to other animals in its
classification group.
Where does the animal live? What does it eat?
Is the animal endangered? If so, why?
What questions do you have about the animal?
CARDS
An animal that move
wih two legs. They live
on the trees
a large, dangerous
fish in the sea
a large mammal
that lives in
the ocean
A big bird we use to
hunt deers and
rabbits in the desert
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Date……………
Work sheet
Cut and paste the animals into the right place on the Carroll
diagram:
Lives in water
Lives on land
Has legs
Has no legs
Aim – make a key to identify animals
Does it have any legs?
Does it eat meat?
Does it fly?
Does it have more than 2 legs?
Does it grow from a tadpole?
Does it have a shell?
Does it live in the water?
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Animals move in different ways.
Some animals crawl.
Some animals swim.
Some animals fly.
Some animals slither.
Some animals
bounce.
Some animals walk.