Classifications of animals
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Subject Area: Science | Grade Level: 3
Lesson Length: 1 hour
Keywords/Tags: Animals, Classifications of Animals, Characteristics of Animals, Groups, Animal Kingdom
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will learn how to classify animals into the invertebrate and vertebrate groups. They will also, more specifically, learn to classify animals into the 5 groups of vertebrates (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals). This lesson will teach students the characteristics of the 5 groups of vertebrates to aid them in dividing animals into those groups. In addition to that, students will understand which animals belong to the invertebrates group at the end of this lesson.

  • SC.3.L.15.1 Classify animals into major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates and invertebrates, those having live births and those which lay eggs) according to their physical characteristics and behaviors.
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Video : Animal Classification for Children: Classifying Vertebrates and Invertebrates for Kids
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.")Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.")
Quiz : Animal Classification quiz
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

Which group of animals below are Invertebrates?

Question #2
Most of the animals in the world are Invertebrates.
Question #3
Salamanders are part of the Reptile group of animals.
Question #4
How can you tell the difference between a reptile and an amphibian? Give one example. (Hint: It is in the Reptile section of the video)
Question #5

Which of the following animal groups are not cold-blooded?

Question #6
Give three characteristics of Birds talked about in the video. 
Question #7
Do sea turtles belong to the Fish group?
Question #8

Which of the following is not a true statement about reptiles?

Question #9
Reptiles have delicate, jelly-covered eggs.
Question #10
What does it mean when an animal is cold-blooded? 
Description: In this quiz, you will answer questions about classifying animals into different groups based off their characteristics.
Resources : Additional resources
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Animals
Use this website to explore each animal group covered in this video. You can use this as an oppurtunity to discover animals you are unfamiliar with and learn about them. Almost like an online zoo!
Animal Characteristics & Classification Game
Using your knowledge on each animal classification, try out this quick game until you get everything right about each group.
animal classification - Group sort
Use this site to try to see if you can put the correct animal in the vertebrate or invertbrate group before the timer runs out. You can try as many times as you please!
invertebrate
Read more about invertebrates here and click on highlighted words to learn about the animals in that group.
Description: Use these resources to expand your knowledge of the classification of animals!