Animal Kingdom Explorers Poster Project and Gallery Walk

Looking for a project to support your unit on taxonomy and classification? Studying animals seeking a way to incorporate independent research as well as student choice and discovery? Ready to engage your students in becoming animal experts? In need of a project that already has a chunked schedule built in to support students? Diversifying your assessments? If you said yes to any of those questions, this resource is just for you! In this project, your science students will become the experts in an animal in Kingdom Animalia, their classification, habitats and taxonomic debate. After researching and completing an Animal Brag Sheet, students will then transfer their work onto a colorful and creative poster to display to the class. Lastly, students engage in a gallery walk to explore the various animals researched by their classmates all while learning from their peers as they pull out information from each poster.

This project is designed with supports with executive functioning in mind with an area for mini-dues dates to support students. This resource is a great way to engage your students, allowing for creativity and promoting classroom community in a structured and positive way! This project and Gallery Walk is ready to go with all the essentials ready to print for internet research-just add the poster board!

What’s Included In this PDF:

• Teacher Instructions
• Student project packet that includes: a timeline due date chart, project instruction’s, list possible project choices, 2-page brag sheet Graphic Organizer, Simple 100 Point rubric
• A gallery walk packet with options for up to 32 posters
• Number cards 1-32 for poster identification

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