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Arthropod Key

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify the types of pests and categorize them. They identify their food chain and create a poster showing the food chain for the pests.
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School Site Ecosystem

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are introduced to the concept of ecosystem; specifically, the interrelationships among plants and animals within an ecosystem, and their relationships to the environment in which they live and interact.
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Ecology and the St. Lawrence River

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders complete a unit of lessons on ecosystems, organism interactions, and energy flow. They create a key for known species of fish, diagram the movement of energy through an ecosystem, and create and present food chains and food...
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What Critters Tell Us About Water Quality: A Macroinvertebrate Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore our ecosystem by investigating the quality of our water. In this aquatic insect lesson plan, students examine a group of random insects collected from different streams and ponds in the area. Students record their...
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Taxonomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the complexity of organism classifications based on certain criteria.  For this classifying organisms lesson students study taxonomy and gather information and leaves to do their own experiment on classification. 
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Leaf Collection

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the tree species in Pennsylvania.  In this Pennsylvania tree lesson plan students use field guides to assist them in identifying tree species. 
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Tree ID Booklet

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars make a booklet of leaves they find and identify the tree they came from. In this tree identification lesson plan, students research the leaves on the internet to determine the tree they come from.
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The Great Plant Escape-Plant Parts

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this plant parts worksheet, students use provided links to compete questions about plant and their parts. Suggestions and links for additional resources are given.
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Classification And Identification

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore diagrammatic and taxonomic keys and their application in the marine sciences. They sort and classify objects and organisms based on visual attributes.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Let's Identify and Classify

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a creative activity to give them a good understanding of classification. They examine bags of chips and discuss their similarities and differences. Students work in small groups while participating in this activity.
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Spot Identification of Some of the Most Common Insect Orders

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the basic characteristics of insect orders and develop short-cut techniques to identify insects into twelve of the most common orders. They use captured specimens and photographs to practice identification and then...
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Collecting and Pressing Plants

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is concerned with the study of native plants and classifying them according to a kind. They press them into a journal while identifying them according to species. Students compile the samples into a...
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Identifying Wyoming Trees

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify trees based from their leaves. In this leaf lesson plan, students use The Rocky Mountain Tree Finder by Tom Watts in order to identify tree leaves. They look for leaf shapes, veins, and structure.
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INSECTS

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders select, collect, and classify various insects by constructing an apparatus from materials that aid in the capture and containment of the insect.
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Classification of Pasta, Rice and the Nine Planets

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a classification system of the planets and give a written rational for their choice of categories.  For this investigative lesson students participate in an activity that helps them to explore classification.
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Digital Wildflower Collection

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars examine biodiversity and classify organisms.  For this wildflower lesson students go out and take pictures of plants then create a presentation to show the class. 
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Field Trip - Marine Science Institute

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students discover the ocean life of the San Francisco Bay. In this ocean lesson, students take a Discovery Voyage of the Bay ecosystem through the Marine Science Institute. Also available are inland voyages, ocean labs, and tidepool...
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Invasive Aquatic Plant Identification

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe aquatic plants and animals and identify their systems. In this plants and animals lesson plan, students compare systems of organisms and orally express how plants and animals rely on each other.
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Goals of the Diversity of Life Unit

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the unit on the importance of diversity of life and the role that interdependence plays in our worlds. this is part of a multi-lesson unit on the diversity of life.
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Soil Organisms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work together to collect soil samples from different locations. In the samples, they identify the macroorganisms and classify them. They identify the conditions that affect how macroorganisms grow. They also analyze and identify...
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Sea Turtles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate eight different species of sea turtles while being involved in classroom lecture and video presentation. The characteristics used to identify sea turtles is taught to help students identify unknown species.
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Native Plant Restoration Project

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students distinguish between exotic and native plant species. They work in groups in the field to restore a natural habitat. A class map is created to reflect their work in the field.
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Lamarck Is Dead!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read Lamarck's obituary and respond to questions. They discuss the four laws from Lamarack's studies. Students apply this information to scientific theories in general.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Dichotomous Key

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial is introduces students to the usage of the dichotomous key.

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