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Mexican "Tona" Animal Masks
Students study the Mexican legend related to masks. They select an animal with traits they can identify with and recognize in themselves. Afterward, they create a mask that will retain some human features, but take on the life of the...
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Marshland Ecosystem
Students classify animals based on their physical characteristics and eating habits. In this animal identification lesson plan, students investigate the life forms shown on a Parisian ceramic basin, and discover ecosystem the...
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Animal Crossword Puzzle
In this language arts activity, students learn to spell names of common animals by completing a crossword puzzle. The clues given are a picture with the first letter of the animal name.
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Teeth Identification in Omnivores, Herbivores and Carnivores
Students practice identifying teeth. In this biology lesson plan, students explore the differences in teeth structure and how it determines what a specific animal eats by constructing a raccoon puppet.
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Farm Animals Word Scramble
In this farm animals word scramble activity, 2nd graders see and say farm animal names. Students then unscramble the letters under each picture and write the name of the animal on the line provided.
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Can/Can't
In this can and can't worksheet, students write the animal names of animals that can and can't do something and complete a crossword. Students also watch a video.
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For the Birds
Second graders explore biology by creating birdhouses. In this bird identification activity, 2nd graders discuss the different types of birds that live in their environment and what characteristics each type of bird has. Students create...
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A Walk in the Wild
Fifth graders identify characteristics of animals and their habitat. In this animal science lesson, 5th graders read Crinkleroot's Book of Animal Tracking and and Animal Tracks. Students match animal tracks to the correct animal...
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ESL "What Is It?- Animals" Fill in the Blank Worksheet
In this ESL animal naming worksheet, students examine8 small clip art pictures of animals. They answer the question, "What is it?," on the blank line by naming the animal.
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Names of Animals
In this animal names worksheet, students analyze 15 pictures of common farm animals. Using a word bank, students write the name of each animal under the correct picture.
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Animals Word Search
For this animal names word search worksheet, students locate the names of 70 common animals. The puzzle is in the shape of a horse.
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Kindergarten Zoo Worksheet
In this animal match activity, students match the pictures of the bear, lion, and tiger to the words that represent each of them.
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The Animals
In this animals worksheet, learners watch a video on animals and then fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct animal name. Students complete 5 sentences.
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Who Am I? Reptiles and Amphibians
In this science worksheet, students examine 16 detailed pictures of reptiles and amphibians. Students identify each animal. Answers are given upside down at the bottom of the page.
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Collect Wildlife Tracks Using Track Preservation Methods
Review the steps for preserving wildlife tracks and then take ecologists outdoors to create plaster casts. This lesson is best used at an environmental or outdoor school situation since wildlife footprints aren't easily located within a...
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Animal Adaptations
Tenth graders participate in an arthropod scavenger hunt. In groups of two, they identify and collect two specimens of arthropods in the school area, and create a table of all the specimens and what class they belong to.
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The Story that Tracks Tell
Eighth graders observe and investigate animal tracks. They draw prints for local animals and switch with another student to guess the animal, identify animal tracks in a nearby wood lot, create plaster casts of the tracks, and write a...
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Field Day: Be an IPM Detective
Become a pest detective! Individually or in small groups, scholars scout the land to discover which pests—plant and animal—inhabit it, determine whether the pests are endangering the environment, and summarize their findings.
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What Kind of Animal Is That? Scavenger Hunt
In this animals activity, students explore the Internet to access one specific website to locate the answers to match up five zoo animals to their descriptions.
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News Bearly Fit to Print
There are an average of three human fatalities by bears in North America every year, which is low when you compare it to the 26 killed by dogs and the 90 killed by lightning annually. The lesson encourages researching human-bear...
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1st Grade Science Jeopardy
This is one of the best Jeopardy-style presentations I've seen. Young scientists play a game whose categories include, Mammals, Reptiles, Fish, Birds, and Insects. One very nice component of this PowerPoint is that there is a review...
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Animals Jeopardy
This animal science PowerPoint enables students to review the habitats and body parts of animals by participating in a Jeopardy review game. This interactive review game includes illustrations of animals as well.
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Cut and Paste Food Chain
Students study life science. For this food chain lesson, students discover the different types of animals that make up an ecosystem. They discuss as a class and then work independently on a food chain activity. This lesson includes a...
Pocket Anatomy
Pocket Heart
An all-encompassing, fully interactive, gorgeously animated model of the heart can be used to teach cardiac anatomy, physiology, and even a touch of epidemiology.