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The Will to Drill?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read a New York Times article about plans for oil drilling in the Arctic. They examine and debate both sides of the plan to explore for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Exploring the History of Oil

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate oil's changing role in human history. They view a PBS documentary, conduct Internet research, complete a research matrix, and write an essay on whether they support an expansion of oil drilling in the Arctic...
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Rivers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine how rivers are used in our modern world. They create and analyze a large class mural of a river illustrating the ways rivers are used by people and wildlife, and write an essay on how rivers should be used and why.
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Wildlife Sampling

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use paper bags and crackers to simulate a wildlife sampling of salmon. They record data on spreadsheets and determine a formula to estimate salmon populations.
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Wildlife Sampling-Capture-Recapture

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders simulate the capture-recapture method of population sampling using beans. In this biology instructional activity, 7th graders calculate the total population of beans in the bowl. They assess whether this method is...
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How Many Critters Live Here? Estimating Wildlife Populations.

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine how wildlife biologists estimate the population of particular species. They work on map construction and population sampling. They use sampling to estimate the population of spiders in a study area or a forest.
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Wildlife Burrows

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Burrowing animals are busy! Get your middle school ecologists busy as well by having them create a scale model of a burrowing population. They also design a PowerPoint or poster to explain their models. 
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Prairie Scales and Prairie Smoothies

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the animals that live on the prairie and identify differences between amphibians and reptiles and the adaptations each have made to live on the prairie.
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Wildlife

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The centerpiece of this lesson plan is a predator-prey simulation in which colored paperclips represent different species of animals camouflaged against a colored background. Relevant follow-up questions are provided. The activity is...
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Mountain Lions in Arizona Lesson 5: Humans and Lions - Encounters in Nature

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Fledgling felinologists are taught how to recognize when a mountain lion is preparing to attack. They identify proper actions to provide the greatest chance of survival if they are attacked. Learners play a matching card game in which...
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Whose Rite Is It?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The class explores and debates, from multiple perspectives, a petition to allow Hopi Indians to take golden eagle hatchlings from a federal wildlife sanctuary for use in a religious ceremony. Pupils defend their personal views on the...
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Bats: Need Nectar, Will Travel

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Beginning wildlife biologists become adult bats, baby bats, snakes, owls, bobcats, or land-clearing developers in a grand role-playing activity. In a large open space, they play a game in which they move to designated areas based on what...
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The Wildlife Web I

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the relationship between producers and consumers. In this activity, they trace the ingredients in the foods they eat to plants. Supplement to Natureworks episode from New Hampshire Public Television, but activities may...
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Wildlife Preservers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners research endangered animal species and how they might be preserved by writing speeches to present to classmates.
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Leaf Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars participate in leaf scavenger hunt. In this plant biology lesson, students take a trip to the Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge and collect and identify leaf samples.
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Oceans-Coral Reefs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate coral reefs. For this oceanology lesson, 2nd graders discuss what constitutes a coral reef and the wildlife that lives there. Students watch a video about coral reefs and take an online quiz.
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Unit Plan
Purdue University

Mammal Food Webs

For Students K - 5th
You are what you eat—or at least a part of what you eat. Budding scientists examine owl pellets to develop their own food webs. They use tooth and skull identification techniques to classify what they find.
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Purdue University

Common Indiana Mammals

For Teachers K - 5th
Mammals all have their own story to tell. A set of 34 cards outlines the key characteristics of different mammals. The cards include images of each mammal as well as their skulls and tracks. The back of the cards describe characteristics...
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National Wildlife Federation

Habitat for Sale

For Teachers K - 8th
Where would this animal like to live? Pupils choose an animal and write an ad to advertise that animal's habitat or home. For a little fun, learners create the newspaper ads to provide enough detail for classmates to guess what animal...
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White-tailed Deer: Beauty or Beast?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use study guides and videos to discuss the positive and negative impacts of white-tailed deer populations. In this wildlife management instructional activity, students view slides and discuss the natural history and value of...
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Worksheet
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Naturalist Activity Workbook

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Webelos naturalist worksheet, students list short answers to 13 questions and assignments. The worksheet also includes a list of online resources.
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What's Wild

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover the differences between wild and domestic animals. In this animal lesson, 3rd graders chart the differences in the animals and look through magazines for pictures of wild and domestic animals to glue to a poster....
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Are you an Animal Sleuth?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners define and identify both wild and domestic animals as well as mammals and non-mammals. In this animal safety lesson, students distinguish between animals that can carry rabies from those that cannot. Learners use stuffed animals...
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Wild or Tame?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore wild and domestic animals. In this animal lesson, students define wild and domestic. Learners are shown pictures of animals and choose if they are wild or domestic. Students name pets and name their wild counterpart....

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