Kingdoms and Classification
Explore the fascinating animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and other creatures that fill our beautiful world! Immerse your children in hands-on activities, captivating videos, exciting experiments (available on video for busy days), and beautiful illustrations and images as they complete this exciting and easy-to-teach course.
Each family will need one copy of the course book and one student journal per child. Don’t miss the read-aloud book pack and 7–8 extension book available below to expand learning and immerse your children in the beautiful world that surrounds them!
Lesson 1: Introduction to Living Things
Lesson 2: Cells
Lesson 3: Classification
Lesson 4: Archaebacteria and Eubacteria Kingdoms
Lesson 5: Protista Kingdom
Lesson 6: Fungi Kingdom: Yeasts, Molds, and Mushrooms
Lesson 7: Plantae Kingdom: Nonvascular and Vascular
Lesson 8: Plantae Kingdom: Gymnosperm and Angiosperm
Lesson 9: Animal Kingdom: Invertebrates
Lesson 10: Animal Kingdom: Vertebrates
Lesson 11: Taxonomist in Training: Classification Review
The Good and the Beautiful science team has created original, high-quality videos to accompany our science units, making the courses even easier to teach! The Kingdoms and Classification science unit includes access to helpful, engaging videos modeling various microscope labs plus additional videos that highlight specific topics such as cells and vertebrates. Access the Kingdoms and Classification videos here.
*Note: Science units do not need to be taught in any particular order. However, it is very helpful to complete the Kingdoms and Classification unit before Botany and Mammals.
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How the Unit Works
Required Course Items
Course Book Course Book
Details:The full-color Course Book guides the parent through each lesson in the Kingdoms and Classification science course. Hands-on activities, vocabulary words, access to captivating videos, vocabulary words, mini books, beautiful illustrations and images, along with engaging information is found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! This course is taught family-style and only one Course Book is needed per family.
- 79 pages
- Full-color
- 11 lessons
- Wire binding; 8.5″x11″
A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course.
Student Journal Grades 3–6 Student Journal Grades 3–6
Details:Each student grades 3–6 needs their own copy of the 32-page Kingdoms and Classification Student Journal which includes interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the Course Book will direct the student regarding when to complete the Student Journal activities.
- 32 pages
- Full-color
- Saddle-stitch binding; three-hole punched; perforated; 8.5″x11″
Student Journal Grades 7–8 Student Journal Grades 7–8
Details:Each student grades 7–8 needs their own copy of the 56-page Kingdoms and Classification Student Journal which includes interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the Course Book will direct the student regarding when to complete the Student Journal activities. The grades 7–8 journal also includes a student-directed Lesson Extension for each lesson. These allow your older students to dive deeper into the lesson concepts.
- 56 pages
- Full-color
- Saddle-stitch binding; three-hole punched; perforated; 8.5″x11″
Recommended Resources
Kingdoms and Classification Read-Aloud Book Pack
Details:Two full-color, interactive books included in the optional Paleontology Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Paleontology study. Purchase above.
Includes:
- Taxonomy Trivia by The Good and the Beautiful Team
- Microbes—The Tiny Creatures Around Us by Rebecca Borger
The Good and the Beautiful Fungi Study Kingdoms and Classification Grades 7-8 Extension
Details:From the warm, humid forests of Madagascar to the frigid glaciers of Antarctica, and from the decomposing trunk of a fallen oak tree to the mystery leftovers in the back of your fridge, fungi are hard at work breaking down dead organic matter as the earth’s recycling superstars. Get ready to be amazed, and enjoy exploring the captivating world of fungi!
This book is suggested to accompany our Kingdoms and Classification Science Unit as extra reading for students in Grades 7-8. Purchase above.
Taxonomy Trivia by The Good and the Beautiful Team
Details:The world is filled with carnivorous plants, fascinating mammals, and much more!
In this colorful book, you will find that taxonomy, the classification of organisms, is complex and involves more than meets the eye. Through fascinating trivia that is both fun and engaging, you will learn about the classification of familiar and unique plants and animals, even some you may have never heard of.
32 pages
Microbes—The Tiny Creatures Around Us by Rebecca Borger
Details:Did you know there is an invisible world just as varied as the world you can see with your own two eyes? This invisible world is the world of microbes: tiny living creatures doing amazing jobs from on your very own skin to in the deepest parts of the ocean. Enjoy beautiful watercolor illustrations as you journey through this book to uncover an unseen world full of wonder. Each page will help you learn more about these tiny creatures and the important roles they play in our world.
21 pages