The Life Science Lessons Bundle is perfect for you if:

• You don’t have a textbook.
• You don’t like using your textbook
• You need NGSS aligned, TEKS aligned or Florida standards aligned lessons
• You want your lessons to be engaging and help find gaps in student knowledge
• You love no-prep resources
• You use interactive science notebooks
• You use Google Classroom and want your lessons to be compatible.

The PowerPoint Life Science Lessons are broken up into 4 different parts:

Engage: This is a question that is used to get students thinking and engaged before the lesson begins. They answer the question in their guided notes.

Checkpoints: These are questions throughout the lesson that assess what students are learning as they go through. The student’s answer these

questions in their guided notes. Answer key is included in the PowerPoint.

↵ Bringing it Back: This final question wraps up the lesson by tying student’s new knowledge with the engagement piece.

✐Summarize! Students can summarize their learning by writing, drawing or both.

A link for the Google Slides version is included in the resource. The PowerPoint is editable. The titles, images and clip art are not editable.

Guided Notes:

The Cornell style guided notes follow along with the lesson. This allows the students to go through the lesson with the class as the teacher goes through the slides or they can fill it out independently if they are using the PowerPoint digitally. All the text aside from the title and cover page are editable. Includes two cover pages for interactive notebook booklets. One in color and one in black and white.

The Google Slides versions of the notes include text boxes for students to add in their own text. A Google Slides “toolbox” is included for students to reference to for changing fonts, adding images, drawings, etc. There are even drag and drop highlighter marks for students to make their notes more interactive. *There is an included answer key for the guided notes to be easily printed and added to a teacher’s copy of an interactive science notebook.

Assessment:

The assessments contains 20 questions with a mix of vocabulary matching, short answer and multiple choice questions. An answer key is included. Everything is editable except for the title and any included clip art lip art. A Google Slides version is included as well as a self-grading Google Forms version. The links are included in the resource.

Topics covered:

Nature Of Science

Human Body Systems

Cell Theory & Cell Characteristics

Cell Organelles

Cell Division: Mitosis &Meiosis

Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

DNA and Protein Synthesis

Heredity & Inheritance

Classification of Organisms

Evolution & Natural Selection

Introduction to Ecology

Interactions of Organisms

Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration

Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering

Looking for activities to use with these lessons? Check out the Life Science Activities bundle!

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Content covered:

Vocabulary (Species, Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, Plantae, Animalia, Domain, Eukarya, Fungi)

Carlous Linnaeus

Binomial nomenclature

Scientific names

Levels of classification: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species)

Characteristics of Eukarya, Bacteria and Archaea

Organisms that belong in Domain Eukarya. Organizing by Kingdom: Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia

Included in the Bundle:

1. PowerPoint Lesson, Guided Notes and Assessment

Do you need a resource to introduce Classification of organisms and taxonomy to your life science class, marine biology class or zoology class? This resource contains a PowerPoint lesson with Cornell notes style guided notes and an assessment that all tie together. This resource is excellent for traditional and digital interactive science notebooks. The PowerPoint and guided notes are also included in Google Slides which make this a perfect digital resource for online learning! There is also a self-grading Google Forms assessment. This is a no prep resource!

The PowerPoint Lesson and guided notes are broken up into 4 different parts:
Engage: This is a question that is used to get students thinking and engaged before the lesson begins. They answer the question in their guided notes.
Checkpoints: These are questions throughout the lesson that assess what students are learning as they go through. The student’s answer these questions in their guided notes. Answer key is included in the PowerPoint.
↵ Bringing it Back: This final question wraps up the lesson by tying student’s new knowledge with the engagement piece.

✐Summarize! Students can summarize their learning by writing, drawing or both.

All links for the Google Slides and Google Forms are included in the resource.

The PowerPoint is editable. The titles, images and clip art are not editable.

Guided Notes:
The Cornell style guided notes follow along with the lesson. This allows the students to go through the lesson with the class as the teacher goes through the slides or they can fill it out independently if they are using the PowerPoint digitally. All the text aside from the title and cover page are editable.

Includes two cover pages for interactive notebook booklets. One in color and one in black and white.

The Google Slides version of the notes includes text boxes for students to add in their own text. A Google Slides “toolbox” is included for students to reference to for changing fonts, adding images, drawings, etc. There are even drag and drop highlighter marks for students to make their notes more interactive.

*There is an included answer key for the guided notes to be easily printed and added to a teacher’s copy of an interactive science notebook.

Assessment:
The assessment contains 20 questions with a mix of vocabulary matching, short answer and multiple choice questions. An answer key is included. Everything is editable except for the title and any included clip art lip art.

A Google Slides version is included as well as a self-grading Google Forms version. The links are included in the resource.

2. Task Cards

These 24 taxonomy and classification of organisms task cards can be used in a classroom or digitally for online learning through Google Forms with no prep. They are editable and even self-grading! Perfect for a Life Science, Biology, Zoology or Marine Science class. They can be easily printed, cut and laminated for use in the classroom with a ready-to-print student answer sheet.

Review vocabulary and key concepts related to taxonomy and classification. The link for Google Forms is available in the resource. An answer key is included in the resource and in Google Forms.

Task cards can be printed 1 per page or 4 per page. The answer sheet can be printed 1 per page or 2 per page to save paper. I typically print 2 per page so they’re perfect for gluing into interactive notebooks.

*Please note that the text is editable in each task card but the titles and clip art are not editable.

3. Warm Ups

2 weeks of editable warm up slides about Classification of organisms and taxonomy. These could also be used as exit tickets! Digital or print versions are perfect for a Geology unit in your Life Science, Biology, Zoology or Marine Science class with no prep! Use these as bellringers to get your students ready for the day or end the class with a ticket out the door. Google Slides versions are also included for online learning!

Each question is in short or long response format so students explain the topic and show their understanding.

There are 3 ways to use these editable warm ups/exit tickets:

1. Use them with slides as students fill out the answers on their own personal answer sheet.

2. Use the answer sheets with the questions on them without the slides. I personally have my students hole punch them each week to add into a pronged folder or binder to use as a study tool. You can even print them at 90% so students can glue them into their interactive science notebooks!

3. Use them for online learning or digitally with the Google Slides version. This is also perfect for digital interactive student notebooks.

A PowerPoint version is included for editing and a PDF version is included for easy printing.

*The questions are editable but the fonts and clip art are not due to copyright.*

Included in this resource:
2 weeks of warm ups/exit tickets (10 total).
3 editable templates to fit the needs of you and your students
PowerPoint Slides with the questions to project for your students
Answer key

4. Stations

Do you need differentiated Classification of organisms activities for your Taxonomy unit? Perfect for a life science, biology, zoology or marine science class. This resource will help you reach and assess your students in a multitude of ways. This resource includes 7 stations with minimal prep involved. There is a printable version, editable PowerPoint version and a Digital Google Slides version that will help you save on time and paper!

The 7 types of stations include:

1. Discover – Students will research real-world application of Taxonomy.

2. Observe – Students will observe characteristics of organisms and sort them into kingdoms.

3. Experiment – Students will look at organisms in resin and try to categorize them based on anatomical similarities.

4. Write – Students will explain their answers in 2-3 sentences.

5. Create – Students will create an imaginary or real life organism that represents one from one of the three domains of life.

6. Sort – Students will sort characteristics to the appropriate domain of life.

7. Quiz – Students will answer a mix of 8 true/false, multiple choice and short answer questions.

*Each station should take students between 8-10 minutes to complete.*

The RESOURCE includes:

• Digital Google Slides link to perform stations online.
• Printable version of stations in color and black/white
• Editable PowerPoint version of stations.

5. Google Slides/Print Activities

This is a print and digital interactive science notebook resource that uses Google Slides. There are 6 interactive activities related to the classification of organisms, taxonomy and the domains Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya. These activities are perfect for a Life Science or middle school biology class with no prep! These can be used as online stations, an activity for early finishers, homework or for review in the classroom. Perfect for online learning!

Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections, research independently, understand visual representations and review concepts.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. Watch the preview video to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

6. Choice Board

This choice activities menu allows students to choose a Classification of organisms project of their choice. The differentiation of activities provides students with autonomy in their learning and presentation of knowledge. The project will assess knowledge of taxonomy and classification. Perfect for a life science, biology, zoology or marine science class.

Included in this resource:

1 editable choice board with 9 activities to choose from.

1 editable rubric.

1 color and 1 black/white version for printing.

Editable PowerPoint file for editing

PDF file for printing

Link to Google Slides version for Google Classroom

This choice board is editable to suit the needs of you and your students. Students can also submit most of the activities digitally through Google Classroom or Canvas.

General teacher directions and the choice board are included in PowerPoint format for easy editing. There are no rubrics included within the resource for their individual choice activities. Only one rubric that can work for any of the project choices.

*Only the choice options are editable. Fonts and clip art are not editable due to copyright.*

Options include:
Ecosystem Guidebook
Interactive presentation
Recording a podcast
Domain Debate
Writing a story or comic
and more!

Check out other life science activities here.

Shop on TPT here.

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Review vocabulary and key concepts related to taxonomy and classification. The link for Google Forms is available in the resource. An answer key is included in the resource and in Google Forms.

These taxonomy task cards can be printed 1 per page or 4 per page. The answer sheet can be printed 1 per page or 2 per page to save paper. I typically print 2 per page so they’re perfect for gluing into interactive notebooks.

*Please note that the text is editable in each task card but the titles and clip art are not editable.

Content covered in taxonomy cards:

Vocabulary (Species, Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, Plantae, Animalia, Domain, Eukarya, Fungi)

Carlous Linnaeus

Binomial nomenclature

Scientific names

Levels of classification: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species)

Characteristics of Eukarya, Bacteria and Archaea

Organisms that belong in Domain Eukarya. Organizing by Kingdom: Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia

Check out other life science activities here.

Shop on TPT here.

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Each question is in short or long response format so students explain the topic and show their understanding.

There are 3 ways to use these editable taxonomy warm ups/exit tickets:

1. Use them with slides as students fill out the answers on their own personal answer sheet.

2. Use the answer sheets with the questions on them without the slides. I personally have my students hole punch them each week to add into a pronged folder or binder to use as a study tool. You can even print them at 90% so students can glue them into their interactive science notebooks!

3. Use them for online learning or digitally with the Google Slides version. This is also perfect for digital interactive student notebooks.

A PowerPoint version is included for editing and a PDF version is included for easy printing.

*The questions are editable but the fonts and clip art are not due to copyright.*

Included in this resource:
2 weeks of warm ups/exit tickets (10 total).
3 editable templates to fit the needs of you and your students
PowerPoint Slides with the questions to project for your students
Answer key

Content covered:

Vocabulary (Species, Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, Plantae, Animalia, Domain, Eukarya, Fungi)

Carlous Linneaus

Binomial nomenclature

Scientific names

Levels of classification: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species)

Characteristics of Eukarya, Bacteria and Archaea

Organisms that belong in Domain Eukarya. Organizing by Kingdom: Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia

Check out other life science activities here.

Shop on TPT here.

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Included with this Taxonomy Choice Board:

1 editable choice board with 9 activities to choose from.

1 editable rubric.

1 color and 1 black/white version for printing.

Editable PowerPoint file for editing

PDF file for printing

Link to Google Slides version for Google Classroom

This choice board is editable to suit the needs of you and your students. Students can also submit most of the activities digitally through Google Classroom or Canvas.

General teacher directions and the choice board are included in PowerPoint format for easy editing. There are no rubrics included within the resource for their individual choice activities. Only one rubric that can work for any of the project choices.

*Only the choice options are editable. Fonts and clip art are not editable due to copyright.*

Options include:
Ecosystem Guidebook
Interactive presentation
Recording a podcast
Domain Debate
Writing a story or comic
and more!

Check out other life science activities here.

Shop on TPT here.

The post Classification of Organisms and Taxonomy Choice Board – Editable appeared first on Secondary Sparks.

The 7 types of taxonomy stations include:

1. Discover – Students will research real-world application of Taxonomy.

2. Observe – Students will observe characteristics of organisms and sort them into kingdoms.

3. Experiment – Students will look at organisms in resin and try to categorize them based on anatomical similarities.

4. Write – Students will explain their answers in 2-3 sentences.

5. Create – Students will create an imaginary or real life organism that represents one from one of the three domains of life.

6. Sort – Students will sort characteristics to the appropriate domain of life.

7. Quiz – Students will answer a mix of 8 true/false, multiple choice and short answer questions.

*Each station should take students between 8-10 minutes to complete.*

The RESOURCE includes:

• Digital Google Slides link to perform stations online.
• Printable version of stations in color and black/white
• Editable PowerPoint version of stations.

Content covered:

Vocabulary (Species, Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, Plantae, Animalia, Domain, Eukarya, Fungi)

Carlous Linnaeus

Binomial nomenclature

Scientific names

Levels of classification: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species)

Characteristics of Eukarya, Bacteria and Archaea

Organisms that belong in Domain Eukarya. Organizing by Kingdom: Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia

*Please note that the instructions for stations are editable but clip art, special fonts and formatting are not.*

Check out other life science activities here.

Shop on TPT here.

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