Classifying Animals Bingo

A bingo game designed to help students learn the key vocabulary and definitions used when learning how to classify animals into their taxonomic groups.

Includes the following key terms and definitions:

1. Vertebrate
2. Invertebrate
3. Porifera
4. Reptile
5. Annelid
6. Fish
7. Crustacean
8. Bird
9. Echinoderm
10. Amphibian
11. Insect
12. Arachnid
13. Mammal
14. Animal
15. Mollusc
16. Cnidaria

The bingo kit also comes with:

• A fully editable PowerPoint presentation which contains each of the clues. The slides can be rearranged for each game of bingo or edited to suit the needs of your students.

• A bonus word search and matching activity worksheet with solutions.

How to Play:

1. Provide each student with a bingo sheet. Laminate a class set of the bingo sheets if you wish.
2. Have students circle a set number of words with an erasable white board marker or similar. You can circle more or less words depending on time.
3. Read out the clues provided and have students place a cross through the circled word.
4. The first student to get all of the clues raises their hand or shouts “bingo” or both!

Great accompaniments for this resource:

Classifying Animals Activity Booklet
Classifying Animals Task Cards
Classifying Animals Card Sort
Classifying Animals PowerPoint Presentation
Classifying Animals Tarsia Puzzle
Classifying Animals Fact Fan

Clipart by:

Ron Leishman
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