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Cell Cycle Duration

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners examine the cell cycle and how its duration can vary.  In this cells lesson students complete a worksheet and answer questions. 
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Animal Classification

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students recognize the six groups of animals (Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and arthropods) and their characteristics.  In this animal characteristics lesson, students sort animals by their traits.  Students cut and paste...
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Invent a Plant

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate plant adaptations. In this plant adaptations lesson, students create a model of a plant. Students are given action cards detailing specific environmental situations. Students design their plant to adapt to the...
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Diversity of Life

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students compare the different classifications and explore how organisms are grouped.  In this classification lesson students study images of organisms and answer questions. 
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Evaluative Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 6th
For this reading worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about reading lists, classifying, grouping sentences, and more. Students complete 20 problems.
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Animals and the Food Webs that Love Them

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners study the animals that Lewis and Clark would have encountered.  In this animals lesson students study the food web and how human populations have affected them. 
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Rocks and Soil: What is the Land Made of?

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students identify rock classifications and rock cycles.  In this rocks and soils lesson students complete experiments on rocks and how they are symbols in the Bible. 
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Circles, Rectangles, Squares, Triangles

For Teachers K
Students identify, compare and classify the various shapes. For this shapes lesson, students listen to descriptions of shapes with words such as sides, angles, congruent, and parallel. Students then give the teacher examples of shapes...
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Scalene Triangles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify and classify scalene, equilateral, and isosceles triangles. In this triangle lesson, 5th graders define the different attributes of 3 types of triangles and sort them by descriptions and comparisons. Students...
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Mammals Have Fur

For Teachers 1st
First graders study animals. In this animal classification lesson, 1st graders explore the characteristics (primarily fur) that distinguish animals as mammals. They work in groups at various stations that practice this classification...
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A Reef of Your Own

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the reproductive strategies of reef building corals.  For this coral reef lesson students describe the behaviors of reef building corals and their nutritional strategies. 
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Classifying "Pastanimals"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore biology by creating a poster presentation. In this animal classification lesson, students utilize a SMART board and practice organizing a group of animal shapes by placing them with similar animal families. Students...
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Classification of Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore animal characteristics by participating in a SMART board activity. In this animal classification lesson, students utilize a sorting chart to divide different animal names by their observable characteristics. Students...
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Classification of Words and Ideas

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this classification worksheet, students pick the words that do not belong, make up the title for groups of words, and choose the title for the group of words. Students complete 3 activities.
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Biology Trivia

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology trivia worksheet, students write short answers to 101 questions about animal classification, human anatomy, animal facts, and attributes of organisms.
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Unity of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners contrast organisms and explore the similarities between different organisms.  In this classification lesson students view a video on classification and genetic code. 
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Working for Water

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the ways that government works to help improve aquatic habitats. In this water habitats lesson students view a video and plan a school restoration project. 
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Galapagos: Beyond Darwin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify plants and animals endemic in their local area after learning about the plants and animals of the Galapagos Islands. In this plants and animals lesson plan, students create an endemic garden on school grounds.
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Invertebrate Classification Challenge

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice invertebrate classification using the organisms that are discussed in their textbooks.  In this classification lesson students work in teams to classify organisms.
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Evolution: Natural Selection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners analyze and discuss the evolutionary history of dinosaurs.  In this investigative lesson students monitor different organisms in the environment and analyze the pressures that affect the chances of survival. 
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Let's Get Specific

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore how different species thrive.  In this speciation lesson students research and complete a lab activity.
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Spectacular Squid

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study squid including what family they are in.  In this exploratory lesson students view a video, answer questions and complete an activity on squid. 
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Classifying the Class

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create dichotomous keys to create classifications of students in the classroom by writing instructions. In this classifications lesson plan, 5th graders learn how dichotomous keys are used in science observations.
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Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the factors that affect population growth such as, the length of life cycles, carrying capacity and competition.  In this population lesson students conduct an experiment on population growth and collect data and analysis.