Scientific Classification for Kids
July 30, 2009
Day Three
When we walked into class today, there were approximately 50 plastic toy animals ranging from dinosaurs to mammals and insects on a table. Our task, group the toys in two minutes. Here are the 8 ways we came up with:
- insect/reptile/mammal
- color
- alive/extinct
- carnivore/herbivore
- size
- paleozoic/mesozoic/cenozoic
- locomotion
- habitat (water/land)
Toy Animals for Scientific Classification Activity
I’ve done this type of classification/grouping activity before with writing utensils. I see the value of using biological representations but the price is expensive. I can repeat this simulation with pictures (laminated).
