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Plant Diversity and Distribution

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students construct a defined plot on school grounds and observed patterns in plant life. They count trees, shrubs, cacti and record on a data sheet. They compare data and generate a plant diversity overlook for their school.
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Wetland Pictionary

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create a game for reviewing vocabulary. They make cards with definitions of the words. Then the cards are used to play the game of Pictionary or a modified game. The teacher could have the students generate their own game in...
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Alfalfa Butterfly/Caterpillar Lifecycle Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students collect and record data. They identify sex of butterflies. They make conclusions based on collected data.
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TAKING APART OWL PELLETS

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students dissect and owl pellet and then reconstruct small rodents on a presentation board using a textbook picture as a guide.
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Prairie Plant Investigation

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars carefully observe prairie plants and record their observations in a science journal. They examine the root systems of grasses and flowers and surmise how these plants can grow together on the prairie.
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Internet Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use a computer and the internet to click on highlighted words to find certain answers. They then write the answer to the questions on paper. Finally, students choose one animal to write about. They research the animal on the...
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In the Company of Wild Butterflies

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discover the life cycle of a butterfly and explain the different stages.  In this exploratory lesson students watch a video and create insect art and they will get an opportunity to view live specimens of butterflies. 
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Introduction to Plant Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Although the formatting is less than perfect and some of the pictures are blurry, the information in this presentation on plants is pertinent. Viewers will be able to compare and contrast plants with animals. They will learn about...
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Michigan Ecosystems: The Web They Weave

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the forest ecosystem and how all life in the forest depends upon itself.  In this ecological lesson, students participate in a personal connections activity where someone pulls on a string and everyone feels it,...
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Wetland Ecosystems: Non-living and Living Components and Brine Shrimp

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore wetland ecosystems. For this wetland lesson, students discuss and observe salt ponds and the organisms that live there. They explain how abiotic and biotic factors of species are important to survival.
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Field Crops in the Agro-ecosystem

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore how to apply ecological analysis to cropping systems.  In this agro-ecosystem activity students study management practices including soil and fertility. 
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Adopt An Ecosystem

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders choose an ecosystem to observe the interaction of living organisms with biotic and abiotic factors in that ecosystem. They keep journals of observations and reflections in order to have a resource for further...
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Changing Ecosystems

For Students 7th - 12th
For this ecosystem worksheet, students will review terms associated with succession in an ecosystem plus the various relationships between organisms. This worksheet has 5 matching, 9 true or false, and 6 short answer questions.
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Ecosystems: Give and Take

For Students 5th - 8th
In this river ecosystem worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing in what the various organisms lists contribute and benefit in this river ecosystem.
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ECOSYSTEMS : ANIMAL SURVIVAL

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how Earth's natural processes and people's activities affect the ecosystems and animal world. Find out how well different species adapt to new conditions and fight for survival.
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Ecosystem Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this environment activity, students find the words that are related to the ecosystem. The vocabulary is used to help develop environmental awareness.
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What Are Nonliving Parts of Ecosystems?

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this ecosystem worksheet, students brainstorm the nonliving things found in a desert ecosystem and a polar ecosystem. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Ecosystems: Can I Help?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils study how some activities effect the environment and ecosystems.
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Great Flathead Lake Ecosystem Mystery

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze data to solve the mystery of what contributed to an ecological disaster at Great Flathead Lake. They read and graph the available data, create a food web of the problem ecosystem, and construct a formal problem statement...
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Personal Ecosystem

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Learners build an aquatic ecosystem using large glass pickle jars.  In this ecology lesson plan, students build and ecosystem then observe and collect data on the habitats.   In this long term project learners observe a...
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The Big Picture: Systems

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the ways that agro-ecosystems function to support sustainable agriculture.  In this investigative lesson students examine the different cycles of ecosystems and food systems. 
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Fisheries

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and report on the ocean's problems of disappearing or diminishing species around the world. students examine ecosystems and food chains and present their findings to a mock panel of science experts.
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Pond 1: Pond Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate familiar and unfamiliar ecosystems using Internet resources. They explore how various organisms satisfy their needs within their environments and study the kinds of relationships that exist between organisms within...
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Ecosystem Damage from Household Cleaners

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders assess the damage done to various ecosystems by cleaning products and discover how scientists test water quality. Using stream water and common household cleaning agents, they work in groups to test for pH levels. Once...

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