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Spring Vocabulary
In this spring vocabulary learning exercise, learners analyze 20 words pertaining to the season of spring and match them to the correct meanings in another column.
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A River Ecosystem
Students examine the components of a river ecosystem. They discuss the picture and text from the book, "A River Ran Wild," and create a mobile of a river ecosystem using magazine pictures or original drawings.
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Living and Non-Living
Fourth graders are divided into small groups and collect 4 objects from the playground. They take 5 to 10 minutes to classify their groups and discuss their findings including the terms "living" and "non-living". As a class they discuss...
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Food Web
Students are able to define food web, and identify the interdependence of organisms within a system. They are able to describe how natural events and human activities can impact a food web.
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Arthropods
In this arthropods activity, students will review the 4 characteristics of arthropods and then use a lobster diagram to complete 2 short answer and 1 true or false question.
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Life in the Ocean
In this ocean worksheet, students review the different life forms that can be found in the ocean and how these organisms are connected to each other. This worksheet has 12 short answer questions.
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Biochemistry Quiz
In this biochemistry learning exercise, students review amino acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates. This learning exercise has 29 multiple choice, 8 fill in the blank, and 3 short answer questions.
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Environment: Global Warming
In this ESL activity worksheet, students consider global warming as they read a paragraph and find its text in the word maze.
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Box Turtle Crossword Puzzle
In this box turtle crossword puzzle worksheet, students complete the word puzzle as they select the appropriate words to fill in the blanks in 11 statements regarding box turtles.
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Rotten Truth
Learners complete activities to study decomposition. In this decomposition lesson plan, students work in pairs to observe a decay buffet experiment. Learners keep compost bag journals. Students define and discuss the process of...
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Human Activity and the Environment 2004
Learners brainstorm the ways we use energy sources in our daily lives and what our lives would be like without it. They answer questions based on sections from the Human Activity and the Environment 2004, "Energy in Canada" article.
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The Life of Fungi
In this fungi worksheet, students will read about the three different ways that fungi get their food; decomposers, parasites, and mutualists. Then students will match three statements with the diagrams that fit the description.
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Fighting Soil Erosion
Students complete hands-on activities and watch a video to learn about soil erosion. In this erosion instructional activity, students use hands-on studies to investigate soil erosion. Students then visit the given websites to identify...
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Life is Cellular
For this cells learning exercise, students answer questions about the first person to see a cell as well as the evolution of microscopes. They define the parts of a cell and tell the differences between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. There...
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Bird Buffet
Fifth graders study traits of different bird beaks. In this bird lesson, 5th graders explore the function and usefulness of different inherited traits of birds.
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A Penguin is a Bird
Learners compare and contrast the ways that penguins are different to flying birds.