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The Name Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students identify animals and their babies. In this animal name lesson, students come up with other animals whose babies have the same name. Students use the names of animals and their babies to write poems.
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Kenan Fellows

Man vs. Beast: Approximating Derivatives using Human and Animal Movement

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
What does dropping a ball look like as a graph? An engaging activity asks learners to record a video of dropping a ball and uploading the video to software for analysis. They compare the position of the ball to time and calculate the...
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Design a Zoo Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research animals to become experts on them. They design a zoo to fit their animal's climate and region. They create a computer drawing of their zoo at the end of the lesson.
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Wildlife Fact File

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners research a specific animal. In this animal science lesson, students use a "Wildlife Fact Sheet" to take notes on their specific animal. Learners use the Internet and reference books to gather information.
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Homeschooling Lesson: Sea Turtles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write down the names of common turtles and observe pictures of various types. In this sea turtles lesson, students review names and features of these animals, label and draw a picture. Students research habitat, migration,...
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Sheltering and Caring for Animals

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students learn about animal shelters and adoption agencies. In this animal care lesson, students watch a video about the ASPCA and discuss what an animal shelter is, how it operates and what services it provides animals and the...
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Parent and Baby Lookalikes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students research baby animals, their special names and the vocabulary to describe their relative sizes through discussion, listening to a Salish story, looking at pictures, and creative artwork . They will also explore the significance...
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Understanding Effectiveness

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the work of animal welfare advocates. In this advocacy lesson, students examine advocacy strategies and investigate their effectiveness as they analyze King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Students apply the advocacy...
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Enriching Student Inquiry into Endangered Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read aloud novel Hoot, by Carl Hiassen, choose endangered animal, complete individual research projects related to their interest, prepare persuasive writing piece, and compare and contrast two endangered animals.
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WWW = World Wide Wildlife

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Through video, internet research, and hands-on activities, learners conduct a study of the interdependence between animals and the habitats they live in. They conduct Internet research independently in order to complete a report on a...
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Exploring Arizona's Biotic Communities Lesson 4: Which Team Are You On?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Who is not drawn to trading cards? For this lesson, junior ecologists create a trading card of an animal or plant from one of Arizona's biotic communities. Gorgeous sample cards are provided in the lesson plan as well as a plethora of...
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NorthEast Ohio Geoscience Education Outreach

Ecosystems and Change

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Pairs of ecologists select an animal and investigate an ecosystem from its point of view. This simple lesson involves Internet research and putting together a presentation of collected information. 
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Non-Fiction Animal Picture Books

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students complete a multi-lesson unit using research to create their own book about an animal of their choice. After discussing the elements of non-fiction texts, they use internet research to explore an animal of interest to them. ...
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What Animal Am I?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students brainstorm different characteristics of invertebrates and investigate invertebrates by conducting Internet research.
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Rainforest Animal Illustrations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover what is meant by the term endangered species. After reading a book, they use a document camera to view pictures of each endangered species mentioned. In groups, they are assigned one animal by their teacher and...
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Adopt a Species!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify endangered species. In this animal science lesson, students research endangered animals and create a fundraiser to "adopt" an endangered species.
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Animal Playing Cards

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students research animal characteristics including information about mammals, reptiles, birds, and fish. They place the information into a database and then, create playing cards using the information.
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Keith Haring Animations

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars create their own computer animations.
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Science 4 Inquiry

Snakes in the Everglades

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The Burmese python is on the loose ... and he's hungry! Illustrate the differences between causative and correlative relationships through an inquiry lesson. Pupils examine several sources of information to determine if there is a...
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Save the Animals!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research an endangered animal and share what they learned through the use of technology. In this interdisciplinary lesson on animals, students conduct research on an endangered animal. Then, students create a PowerPoint...
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Celebrating Black History Month

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a PowerPoint presentation using graphics, text, and animation. They are shown how to do slide transition, and create slides. Students create a PowerPoint presentation celebrating Black History Month. They are shown how to...
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Creating a Food Web

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate hunters and prey by creating a food web.  For this animal life lesson, students investigate a single organism in preparation for a field trip, discovering its diet and habitat.  Students each discuss their animal...
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Teach Inventions with PowerPoint

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students research famous inventors and what they invented. In this technology lesson, students gather facts about a specific invention and create a PowerPoint slideshow about it. Students practice adding in animation and color to the...
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Trout Cookies

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the external anatomy of a fish. In this anatomy and adaptations lesson, students look at an image of a trout and identify its various external features including fins, eyes, spots, parr marks and lateral line. Students...

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