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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cranimals in 3D

For Teachers K - 5th
Students design their own mix and match animals, using lesson framework that emphasizes transformation, explore differences between clay and model magic, experiment with clay, and shape their animals into 3D sculptures.
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Activity
Curated OER

Earth Day Theme Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students make recycled animals. In this Earth Day lesson, students use recycled materials to create artistic animals. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dinosaurs 1: Where are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study dinosaurs and explore the concept of extinction.  In this dinosaur lesson students create dinosaur eggs and view dinosaur dioramas.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Wear My Genes Inside Out: The Genetic Characteristics of Animals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create mixed breed dogs using paper illustrations of various breeds. They label dogs created by students using the Genetics Center and discuss the aspects of genetics that affect the outcome of the various projects.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rock-a-bye Babies in a Wetland

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners review the way human babies grow and what type of care they need. Using the internet, they are introduced to five different wetland habitat animals and how their babies grow. They discover how they are born and what the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the unique parts of the body of skates and their egg cases.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students gain understanding of structure, characteristics, and basic needs of living things and their role in world, identify parts of skate, observe details of skate's body and skate egg case, and identify unique characteristics of skates.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Trash

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners explain the ways plastic waste can affect the marine environment. They are able to describe things they can do to can down on plastic waste entering the marine environment.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore what the dinosaurs were like. In this dinosaur lesson, the teacher peaks student curiosity about dinosaurs. This lesson would be a great starting point for a dinosaur unit since it primarily engages student interest and...
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Lesson Plan
Everything ESL

Animal Habitats: The Polar Regions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Stimulate and challenge your ESL students with a unit on Polar regions. Students will use higher level thinking skills while learning about animals, habitats and food chains. You will find many downloadable pages.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Map Animal Habitats

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this Plum Landing activity, students will write or draw descriptions of where animals live in their neighborhoods. Students can publish their descriptions online.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Habitats

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What is a habitat? In this lesson, students will identify that a habitat has four elements, food, water, shelter, and space. Students will identify their own habitat and create a brochure describing the habitat in terms of food, water,...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Plant and Animal Habitats

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson explains plant and animal habitats with brilliant pictures and photos. It also includes discussion and non-Activote questions.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Center Card: Build an Animal Habitat

For Students Pre-K - K
Children design an animal habitat and talk about how the habitat provides the animal's basic needs -- shelter, water, and food -- using this block center activity. It includes three resources.
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Interactive
PBS

Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Animal House Hunt

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cleverly animated matching game asks players to match animals to their homes. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for young children and English language learners who need practice in...
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal List

For Students K - 1st
Good resource for animal facts, information, and photos on over 550 different animals organized by scientific name or group, location, or alphabetized name. One unique feature is the Phobia Filter. You can, if you wish, filter out groups...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Magic Rocks [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students work in groups with each acting as a predator, prey, or family member in a particular habitat. They present their habitat performance to the class and students identify the habitat and animal relationships. Then,...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Beanie Baby Habitats Collaborative Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With the booming market of "Beanie Baby" type stuffed animals being so prominent in students' lives, this project brings that interest into the classroom through the use of research, science, hands-on experiences, and technology. The...
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Primary
Curated OER

National Park Service: Acadia National Park: Animals of Acadia [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover the various types of animal habitats located in Acadia National Park. Learn about the special features that allow them to live in their habitat.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Wild Kratts joins the adventures of Chris and Martin Kratt as they encounter incredible wild animals, combining science education with fun and adventure as the duo travels to animal habitats around the globe. Each adventure explores an...
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Unit Plan
Wonderville Media

Wonderville: Ocean Habitats

For Students K - 1st
Habitats are places where plants and animals live. There are many different habitats in the oceans of the world. Every plant and animal in the ocean prefers a particular habitat. Learn about Ocean Habitats in this well-constructed...
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Interactive
TVOntario

Tvo Kids: Games: Animal Where?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Complete this puzzle game by clicking and dragging animals to place them in their habitat.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Animals: Food Chains, Characteristics, and Habitats Around the Worl

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a great introduction to ways animals get food, characteristics of animals, habitats around the world. It contains pictures that will help students understand life cycles and where to...
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Website
The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Ite: Learning Ideas and Outcomes: Subject Focus

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This extensive lesson plan uses the painting 'A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning' as a starting point to learning in science. Students will use the work by Reubens to learn about a variety of animals and their habitats.

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