Animal Science Lesson Plans

Animal science lesson plans designed for high school, middle school, and elementary school science teachers are downloadable here. NGSS Life Science offers many great science lessons. The following are a few examples. Animal biology experiments include dissection labs. Other great animal science labs include animal behavior observation. Animal classification activities make learning classification fun. Animal biology projects include researching the anatomy of different animals. Animal worksheets and exam / test / quiz questions also provide help with evaluating the student’s progress. Click the titles below to see a list of lessons for each category. Free animal science lesson plans include:
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Invertebrates Lesson Plans
- Sponges
- Cnidarians
- Worms
- Mollusks
- Annelids
- Arthropods
- Echinoderms
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Vertebrates Lesson Plans
- Chordates
- Fish
- Amphibians
- Birds
- Mammals
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Animal Behavior Lesson Plans
- Types of Behavior - courtship, defensive, foraging, migratory, parental, territorial.
- Instinctual Behavior - taxis, kinesis, innate, fixed action.
- Learned Behavior - classical conditioning, operant conditioning, reasoning.
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Animal Classification Lesson Plans
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum