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Nature Calendar
Learners practice using reference materials to locate information by making a nature calendar.
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Squaring Off
Students define examples of patterns and explore the makeup and purpose of patterns found in nature. They create models illustrating the patterns researched in class and relaying the purpose of patterns in various natural objects.
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Nature Scavenger Hunt with Pedometers
Students integrate the study of plants/soil/rocks within a physical education classroom.
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"
Students explore nature by reading stories in class. In this animal characteristics lesson, students read the story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," by Rudyard Kipling and identify the different animals mentioned in the book. Students review the...
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Bay Classroom
Eighth graders read a handout and use the Internet to go to a website and investigate the bay. In this nature lesson students study the website and take a quiz.
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Giant Acorns
Students investigate nature by creating acorn art. In this arts and crafts lesson, students create a giant acorn using construction paper and crayons. Students share their creation with classmates and rub bark onto it.
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Earth Connections
Students explore the concept of the planet Earth and its connection to the Native American traditional beliefs of 'Mother Earth.' Students describe and illustrate the Native American beliefs for 'Mother Earth.' Students interpret words...
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Outdoor Education
Students participate in various outdoor activities to teach them about the environment. In this outdoor education lesson plan, students participate in activities such as compass direction, conservation, forestry, wildlife, and...
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Nature
In these vocabulary acquisition worksheets, students connect the dots for each picture and then write the word for the picture on the lines. In the second worksheet, students connect the dots and fill in the missing letters for each...
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Recording Wildflowers
For this wildflowers worksheet, students draw a wildflower and record its features. There are spots to record 8 different wildflowers, with 6 features about each one.
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Nature (Cont.)
In this ESL nature vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different scenes in nature. Students match these pictures with the words that describe them.
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Matching Nature
In this ESL nature vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different scenes in nature. Students match these pictures with the nouns that describe them.
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Wildlife Crime
In this science learning exercise, students review information on a website. They read the story and answer the questions that are listed in the wildlife crime.
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Nature Word Search
In this word search worksheet, students locate 18 vocabulary words and mark them in the puzzle. All words pertain to the garden. There is a word bank.
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Nature Word Search: More Difficult
In this nature word search learning exercise, students locate 24 words in a puzzle. All words pertain to nature and the garden. There is a word bank.
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Stars
Students relate the mood and meaning of a song to the style of performance. They listen to a poem by Sara Teasdale, listen to a song about stars and sing the star song.
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Natural Hazards
Students evaluate the hazards of naturally occurring events. After watching a video concerning safety hazards, students work in groups to discuss the safety issues involved in taking a trip to a mountainous region. Recommendations are...
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Campfire
Students have fun and investigate about the nature and history through songs, skits, and other activities. They sing songs, and act out skits. Students decide what songs or skits that they are going to sing. They sit around a campfire...
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Make Sense of Nature
Students participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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The Relationship Between Nature And Man's Place
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the findings of the environment that is around them. They make observations and think reflectively about nature. Students make cognitive connections from the world around them and write...
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Integrated Pest Management
Students compare and contrast the role of the honeybee in nature. They find information by using a variety of resources that could include the internet. Students take part in a paper and pencil formal evaluation with questions that...
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Care of the Environment
Students discuss human responsibility towards nature, read story The Man Who Planted Hope and Grew Happiness, take Close to Home quiz to measure their level of commitment to and concern for environment, and discuss ways to be more...
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Nature Reflections
Middle schoolers have a greater appreciation for the nature around them. They participate in a series of reflection exercises. Students encounter blindfolds, and bandannas with cardboards as bases.
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Finding Walden: Using Henry David Thoreau in Nature And Writing
Eighth graders appreciate and better understand nature by reflecting on Henry David Thoreau's quotes, making observations of the outside world, and using nature in their writings of stories and/or poems.