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Handout
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Barn Owl

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this barn owl worksheet, students read four paragraphs of information about barn owls, and study a photograph. There are no questions here.
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Worksheet
K5 Learning

The Fishhawk

For Students 4th Standards
Read about why the osprey is also known as the fishhawk in a short reading passage that describes where they live, what they eat, and what they look like. After reading, individuals respond to four short answer questions based on what...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Eagle Drawing

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this eagle coloring page, students study a detailed black line drawing of an eagle. Students color the picture. There are no directions on the page.
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Lesson Plan
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What is a Raptor?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore, analyze and discover the characteristics of raptors and generate a word bank for owls and raptors. They identify attributes shared by raptors and practice various key vocabulary words to master and utilize in sentence...
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Lesson Plan
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Water's Edge Cafe

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students determine
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

What's This? Feeding

For Students 6th - 12th
Some species have pretty creative methods for catching food. Young scientists learn about some interesting ways organisms get the nutrients they need by navigating an online interactive lesson that would be suitable for a remote learning...
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Lesson Plan
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Water's Edge Café

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students observe water birds feeding at a local wetland, record what they see, and construct an appropriate menu for a "Waterfowl Cafe." They also play a "flocking" game.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Long Island Beach Life

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Have your class learn about marine life through this resource. This comprehensive lesson has learners discuss marine life, learn key vocabulary, discuss environmental concerns, and play games related to migration and predator/prey...
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Lesson Plan
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Compettion at its Best

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders role play predators, prey and other parts of the aquatic ecosystem. They show inter and intra-specific competition as well as the link between abiotic and biotic components in an ecosystem. Students play games about the...
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Lesson Plan
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Dull Duck, Dashing Duck

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners examine the different colors and patterns found on animals bodies, specifically birds. Through discussion, students discover the use of the colors and patterns for protection from predators and the advantages while hunting prey,...
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Lesson Plan
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Lords of the Night

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore bird classification, specifically owls. They dissect their own owl pellet and explain the predetor and prey relationship.
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Lesson Plan
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Owls and Raptors

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate the predator-prey relationship of owls and raptors. They examine a variety of resources about owls and raptors, develop a list of vocabulary words, dissect owl pellets and identify what owls eat, and play a...
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Worksheet
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Classifying

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
In this classifying worksheet, students observe a group of words, analyze their similar characteristics and then give them a classification. Groups of words include items such as vegetables, reptiles, landforms, conifer trees,...
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Lesson Plan
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Radical Raptors

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students are introduced to raptors and their role in the environment. They identify three characteristics of raptors and list several types of raptors found in nature. They discuss their positive and negative experiences with raptors and...
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Unit Plan
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Sustainability and Extinction

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Galapagos Penguins are the only penguins on earth that live north of the equator (in the wild). In this last lesson plan a discussion on how the Galapagos islands developed their populations and diversity sparks the introduction. Two...
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Lesson Plan
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Owl Pellet

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students discover an owl's diet. In this animal science lesson, students observe owl pellets, determining what the owl ate. Students put together the owl's food chain, after determining the animals in the owl's diet.
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Lesson Plan
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What's For Dinner?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the food chain. They brainstorm and create a consumer-consumed food chains using magazine pictures and research materials. Students identify consumer-consumed relationships.
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Interactive
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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Lesson Plan
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Creating a Food Web

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate hunters and prey by creating a food web.  In 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 with...
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Lesson Plan
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Nest Watch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers describe the nests of three common birds. They build a specific type of bird nest, using the same materials a bird would use. Students build a nest platform to attract a nesting pair of osprey. They observe, record, and...
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Lesson Plan
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Develop Journalistic Style--Birds

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students develop journalistic style of writing through considering selection and presentation of information. Students tie science with journalistic writing. Students summarize several science species.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interactions Among Living Things

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students role play predators and prey, classify organisms as predator or prey, and describe factors that affect population growth and size.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Owl Pellets: A Fowl-Up, Chuck!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discover the world of owls as predators. After watching a video of owls hunting and eating, are introduced to owl pellets. Students dissect their own pellet and match the prey's bones to a bone diagram.
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Lesson Plan
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Escape! Survival of the Fittest Grasshopper

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, design a paperclip grasshopper. They determine its ability to survive a prey by jumping high, far, or with a distracting behavior.

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