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Who's Hooting?
Students in a special education class examine the nocturnal animals in their local area. Individually, they use the internet to research owls and share it with the class. To end the lesson, they use construction paper to make a...
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Blind as a Bat?
Imagine using your ears and voice to see. That is what bats do with echolocation. Demonstrate how echolocation works with this fun game for your classroom. Buzz, buzz!
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Night Eyes
Fifth graders identify nocturnal animals based on specific characteristics. In this animals lesson, 5th graders observe an area at night using flashlights. Students record their findings and discuss as a group.
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Nocturnal vs. Diurnal Animals
First graders identify nocturnal and diurnal animals. In this animal activity, 1st graders discuss the differences between animals that are active during the day and those that are active at night. Students write summaries about their...
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Animals Active at Night
Students identify animals that are active at night and the reasons why. They examine the features needed to be a nocturnal animal. They create a representation of one of the animals.
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Where Do I Go At Night?
Students describe the requirements of daytime and nightime animals for survival. They identify any behaviors that assist in the animal surviving. They create a representation for the class to view.
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Sundials
Students investigate the different types of sundials and their history. In this shadows and time of day lesson students build their own sundials.
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Bats
Students hypothesize and model how the bones in a bat wing are made up. In this exploratory activity students test their hypothesis, develop questions about bat parts and watch a video on bats.
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Critters R Us or Crime Scene Critters
Students identify nocturnal animals in their local area. Using the internet, they view animal tracks to determine which ones might be in around their school. In groups, they examine outside areas and record their observations. They...
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Guided Reading "In the Night Sky"
Students participate in a variety of reading exercises, such as choral reading and reading response journal, to reinforce concepts about space and nocturnal animals.
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World of Insects
For this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to the world of insects in the puzzle. There are 51 words to locate in the word search.
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Animal Activities: Just the tracks, ma'am
Students learn most urban mammals are nocturnal and are difficult to observe. One of the simplest ways to determine the kinds of animals living in your neighborhod is to track them down.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Build a Better Moth Trap With Different Colored Lights
Can you affect the behavior of moths by using different colored lights to attract them? This extensive science fair project from Science Buddies gives lots of suggestions on how to set up an experiment and variations of that experiment...
PBS
Idaho Public Television: Birds of Prey Facts
Dialogue for Kids, a program on Idaho Public Television, offers facts, information, and images of birds of prey. Learn what makes a bird a raptor, what raptors look like in the sky, threats that face these birds, and more! Classroom...
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo: Dwarf Crocodile
Offers great information of the West African Dwarf Crocodile. Information includes what they look like, where they are found, what they eat, and how often they reproduce. Special adaptations that the crocodile has made are also included.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Owl
This resource provides detailed information, photos, and a video about the owl. [1:33]
Other
K 3 Learning pages.com: Owls
This online resource provides several links to elementary information on owls. You will find lesson plans, photographs, information, facts and more when you explore this resource.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Flying Fox Bat
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring the flying fox bat. Students will learn basic information about the flying fox bat; students will also use online drawing tools to design a scene with a flying...
Read Works
Read Works: Bat News
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the job of a chiroptologist, a bat scientist. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
Other
Contra Costa County Office of Education: Bats: Why Should You Care?
At this site, provided by the Contra Costa County Office of Education, you can get the facts on bats and their environment.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Owls
Learn more about owls through this concise resource. This site provides information about the anatomy, pictures, the habitat and range, classification and more of owls.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Cuttlefish
Explore the world of the cuttlefish, a unique cephalopod. Students will gain a greater understanding of this mollusk through fun facts, information on the anatomy, diet, predators and more at this site.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 8.5 Cyclic Behavior
Explore different types of cycles in animal behavior.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Striped Skunk
The Canadian Museum of Nature offers a detailed drawing of a striped skunk followed by a brief description of the animal.