Dear parents,

I gave the students their first home project today, based on the classification of living things. This afternoon we had a lesson on classification and the animal kingdom and I gave them the project instructions. There are six Kingdoms, but as two are bacteria, the children were asked to do just one of the four remaining: Animalia (animals), Plantae (plants), Fungi, or Protista (single celled organisms). They can present using a poster, a PowerPoint, or a booklet. For the project, they need to describe what makes that Kingdom unique compared to the other Kingdoms and then provide a minimum of three examples from the Kingdom.

Naturally, many of the children wanted the animal kingdom, but in order to broaden their research some were given either Plants, Fungi or Single-Celled organisms. Each Kingdom has some fascinating examples of organisms that the students can research and write about.

I have attached a PDF to this post and please email me if you have any questions. The due date is Friday October 13th.

Classification of Living Things Project

With thanks – John