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What Teeth Tell Us
Students view pictures of a variety of animals. They examine the animals' teeth and discuss the differences in them. They experiment with staple removers (carnivore teeth) and two flat rocks (herbivore teeth) and determine which are most...
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Habitats
Students complete food chains for organisms in three environments. They use copies of the Habitat worksheet. Students review the food chain terms with the teacher. They research related food chains, and interlink these to form a food...
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Food Chains and Webs
Starting with a simple food chain, young scientists interpret the difference and interrelatedness between herbivores, carnivores and producers. They answer questions related to cause and effect of food chain disruptions, including the...
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Scale Drawings of Dinosaurs
Students, working in groups, make scale drawings of dinosaurs. The four groups then assemble their assigned parts into one composite drawing.
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Carnival of Carnivores
Students research different species of meat-eating animals in their natural environments to create a Carnival of Carnivores exhibit for their classroom.
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My Colorful Food Chain
Students explore biology by participating in a dietary habit activity. In this food chain instructional activity, students discuss their own diets and the animals we feed upon daily. Students create a poster demonstrating the animals...
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Food Chains
Have your class discuss food chains using this presentation. This resource goes through a step by step exploration of plants and the food chain. It talks about the energy of the sun, producers and consumers, herbivores and carnivores,...
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Food Grab
Students analyze animal adaptations. In this animal adaptation lesson plan, students create food-gathering devices. Students design devices that would protect animals or plants from predators.
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What's for Dinner?
Students investigate the dietary habits of living organisms by creating a model food chain. In this food web lesson, students define several food chain vocabulary words such as omnivore, carnivore and herbivore. Students utilize...
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Fish Fact Rummy
Seventh graders study and explore the base of PA game fish species and characteristics. In this cooperative learning lesson students create a fish fact game by researching information on certain species then play it.
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Animal Tracks
In this animal tracks activity, students look at the pictures of the animals, then match the five carnivores to the correct track pattern.
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Animal Feeding Strategies
For this animal types worksheet, students review the Latin portions of the animal type words: herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, and insectivore. Students then define the meaning of the animal types and label the animal pictures with their...
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Food Chains, Food Webs, Biomass Pyramids and Cycle
In this food chains worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by placing 16 terms into the puzzle that match the clues given. Students review food webs, biomass pyramids, and the water cycle.
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Which Mammal Group?
In this mammals worksheet, students match 6 animal pictures to one of the six common mammal groups such as marsupials, rodents, and primates.
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Biodiversity
In this biodiversity learning exercise, students sort and classify animals by their observable features using a dichotomous key. Students then respond to questions about complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
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The Biosphere
In this biosphere instructional activity, students identify the different levels of organization that ecologists study. Students complete charts, sentences, and answer short answer questions.
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What's For Dinner?
For this animal diet worksheet, students define herbivore, omnivore, and carnivore. Then students label pictures of animals as either herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores. This worksheet has 3 short answer and 6 matching questions.
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Ingestion
In this ingestion worksheet, 9th graders fill in the blank about ingestion. Students relate the role of saliva, teeth, and the esophagus to their importance in ingestion.
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Energy Flow in a Food Chain
In this energy flow worksheet, students will fill in the 3 steps that energy flows through a food chain after it leaves the sun.
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How Do Plants and Animals Get Energy?
In this food chain worksheet, students will determine where plants and animals get their energy by filling in the blank of 4 statements.
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Eyewitness Dinosaur Video Quiz
In this science instructional activity, students use their notes from the Eyewitness video on dinosaurs to help them select the correct answer for each question. They identify various types of dinosaur fossils found and their specific...
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Brain POP - Dinosaur
In this earth science worksheet, learners complete a sheet by filling-in each blank with the correct response. They identify various types of dinosaurs and what they ate. Students also identify their various characteristics.
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Animal Classification
Students watch video and slide shows as an introduction to animals. They discuss classifications of animals while moving from most common to least common of the animals. Types of classifications includes herbivores/carnivores;...
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Science: Coral Reef Food Pyramid
Students construct numbers pyramids using fictional data from a coral reef. they tally the numbers of carnivores, herbivores, and producers. Students next build a pyramid shape in which they put their numbers of producers, herbivores,...