About the
The Animal Kingdom
Lesson

Summary
This is a lesson about the five different animal kingdoms and their unique characteristics.

Lesson Objectives
• to identify the five basic animal kingdoms;
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to define a vertebrate;
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to identify the characteristics of each of the five kingdoms.

Suggested Grades
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Lesson Excerpt
There are many different types of animals. Some are similar to each other, but others are very different. Animals have been classified and divided into different kingdoms based on their similarities. There are five basic kingdoms of animals. These are:
? Mammals
? Amphibians
? Reptiles
? Birds
? Fish
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