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Contributor: Victoria Surface. Lesson ID: 10611
Do animals fascinate you with their many shapes, sizes, colors, & habitats? Through online games & resources, & creative projects; you'll learn how to classify vertebrates using their characteristics.
The animal kingdom is divided into two groups: vertebrates and invertebrates.
Vertebrate animals have an internal skeleton made up of bones.
Scientists classify or group vertebrates into five categories according to their common features or characteristics:
In this lesson, you will learn the characteristics of vertebrates and how to classify them.
To help you learn, you will use various online resources and games as well as creative projects. Let's get started!
Watch Vertebrate Animals | Educational Video for Kids from Happy Learning (below) to learn the characteristics of vertebrates and how they are classified.
Take notes using the Classifying Vertebrates - Notes found in the Downloadable Resources in the right-hand sidebar.
Continue to take notes as you explore Vertebrate Basics from Rader's Biology4Kids.com. Be sure to click on the ⇒ NEXT PAGE ON VERTEBRATES link at the bottom of each page!
Read about each of the vertebrate classifications at Sheppard Software Animal Classification (sheppardsoftware.com).
When your note sheet is full, continue on to the Got It? section.
Supplies for the Imaginary Animal Short Story Project
Optional Supplies for the Vertebrate Poster Project
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