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Chemistry Collective

Inelastic Collisions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
That's the way the ball bounces ... if the bonds cooperate! Young scholars use a simulation experiment to explore the bonds between atoms in bouncing balls. They adjust the bond strength of two balls to compare the reactions after the...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Natural Selection and Evolution of Rock Pocket Mouse Populations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Can evolution repeat itself? Scholars analyze amino acid data in two separate populations of mice. They learn that evolution repeats itself, but natural selection prefers some mutations over others in different environments. Analysis...
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American Museum of Natural History

What's This? Colorful Creatures

For Students 6th - 12th
An online resource shows learners some species that are very good at using their camouflage as well as other ways species use their coloring for survival. Interactive and digital, the lesson is perfect as a remote learning resource.
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Curated OER

Researching an Animal (Class Book)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research an animal in order to gain knowledge of the adaptations that allow it to survive in the desert. They present this information to the rest of the class in oral reports, and by contributing to the class book.
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Curated OER

What's Your Adaptation?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders gather information about the physical traits an animal has which help it survive in its environment. Using collected data, 2nd graders draw illustrations with adaptation features labeled.
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Curated OER

Habitats

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars are introduced to various animals and their habitats. In groups, they must determine which animal skin matches the correct animal and identify the texture. They discuss the reason for the texture and width of the skin to...
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Curated OER

Change by Chance?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are able to see the role of chance in evolution. The activity is similar to the party game "gossip" or "telephone." Students start off with a drawing of an animal which changes as they pass their copies of the animal to...
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Curated OER

Who's There

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in groups, make a list of at least three animals that would survive well in a particular environment. After an allotted time, they pass their list to another group, where they will add to it. They discuss adaptations each...
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Curated OER

Creative Classification

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create an animal by using physical characteristics to classify that animal in the Linnaean Classification System. This lesson is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life.
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Curated OER

Hawaii's Migratory Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students act as travel agents to plan a trip for a migratory animal. They conduct research and design a travel brochure that includes a migratory route, illustrations of planned stopovers and special tourist attractions the animal might...
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Curated OER

Mother Nature's Laboratory

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students research how various plants and animals adapt over time to specific habitats and for specific purposes. Students produce a pictorial report on an example of an animal or plant's adaptation.
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Curated OER

Eco-Logical: A Coastal Logic Problem

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the characteristics of five coastal communities. They use logic cards and matching activities to identify the proper community for plant and animal species.
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Curated OER

The Human Organism

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate animal behavior by studying the lives of three female behavior scientists.  For this human organism lesson students do different activities that inquire and approach each females work. 
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Curated OER

Build a Bug

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students design an ideally adapted macroinvertebrate to live in a water habitat. They illustrate their animal, name it and specify the adaptations it has that enable it to survive.
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Curated OER

The Evolution of Canis pedatus

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the given characteristics of a previously unknown dog-like creature, Canis pedatus, to decide if the creatures would survive when relocated to a new environment. They work in small groups to decide whether or not the...
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Curated OER

Keeping Warm

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create a collage investigating different strategies animals use for keeping warm. This activity is part of a multi-segmented unit on animal survival.
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Curated OER

Mallard's Wet Olympics

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners investigate some of the different characteristics of living things. They make observations from reading and interactive media. Students observe that animals move in different ways and have adaptations to aid in that action.
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Got the Whole World in My Hands

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students review factors that threaten survival of different species. this instructional activity is part of a multi-segmented unit on animal survival.
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The Evolution of Canis pedatus

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, examine the given characteristics of a previously unknown dog-like creature, Canis pedatus. They discuss whether or not this species would show adaptations and survive if it were relocated to a new environment.
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Curated OER

Teeth and Eating

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore animal diets and teeth. In this animal science lesson, students view photos of animals and their teeth. Students identify the type of diet the animal has based on the teeth. Students are introduced to the terms...
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Curated OER

Classifying Organisms within Kingdoms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine animal kingdom classifications. They discuss how animals are placed into kingdom classifications and compare similarities and differences of animals within a kingdom.
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Curated OER

Desert Habitat

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine how desert plants and animals are adapted to life in the desert. They listen to the book, "Seasons of Saguaro," conduct experiments to demonstrate plant succulence, and create and draw an animal or plant that...
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Curated OER

Cell Reviews

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils draw cells, make a cell, and list organelles in plant and animal cells. In this cells lesson plan, students create edible cells.
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Curated OER

What's Your Color?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this animal camouflage worksheet, students study 8 color names. They are asked to write an animal that would use this color as an adaptation. Students need to describe how this would help the animal.

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