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Organisms – Their Needs

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students compare and contrast different organisms characteristics. In this life science lesson, students design an experiment about plants and animals needs. They collect data and write their conclusion about the experiment.
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Lesson Plan
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Structures Of Life

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate the basic conceptual structures of plants, with the focus being the parts that contain seeds. They comprehend that organisms that have fruit for the holding of seeds for replication of the species. The students work...
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Invertebrate Phyla

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore the invertebrate phyla. They discuss the characteristics of the invertebrate Phyla in the Kingdom Animal. Students classify organisms into Phyla based on their characteristics. They distinguish radial symmetry, bilateral...
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Interactive
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Online Interactive Reading Comprehension

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive reading comprehension quiz worksheet, students respond to 3 fill in the blank questions regarding a 1-paragraph reading selection. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Science of Respiration and Blood Circulation

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study how respiration and circulation are connected.  In this respiratory lesson students complete several activities to better understand heart rate and carbon dioxide in the body. 
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Bird Interdisciplinary Possibilities

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore birds, their territory, breeding, and seasonal movement. They research and collect information on birds through writing letters to ornithologists, reading in books, comparing web sites, and observing pictures. Students...
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Polar Bear Panic!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify the three realms of the Arctic Ocean, and describe the relationships between these realms. They graphically analyze data on sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean, and recognize a trend in these data.
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The Food Chain Game - A Lesson in Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students are divided into three groups, herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores which receive a certain number of lives. Once in their ecosystem (outside or the gym), the carnivores chase and eat either the herbivores or omnivores, the...
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Cranes, Crosswalks, and Big Gulps

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students watch a video and answer questions based on wildlife jobs. In this wildlife lesson plan, students learn that biologists don't just play with animals but that there is a lot of study involved.
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Reproductive Lottery

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explain that fishes that reproduce externally have to release great numbers of eggs and milt (sperm) in order to ensure fertilization.
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Seals, Corals, and Dollars...

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the interdependence of animals and their habitat.  In this Hawaiian ecology lesson, students work in groups to research the necessity of preserving precious coral as a habitat for monk seals.  Students prepare and share...
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Limu and ME!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore limu. In this cross curiculum botany and art project, students view a limu-picking film and then collect several species of limu. Students follow a sequence of instructions using limu, card stock and wax paper to create...
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Lesson Plan
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Lights in the Deep

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students describe, compare, and contrast bioluminescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, and chemiluminescence. They explain the role of three major components of bioluminescent systems. They ex
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Feeling Crabby?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils analyze data to investigate the influence of water depth on size among deep-water crabs. They interpret results from this data, and apply the results regarding appropriate fishery regulations.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Plant Tissues and Organs Study Guide

For Students 4th - 9th
Review the main vocabulary and processes in plant tissues and organs.