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Vertebrate Dioramas
Students are able to describe the development of their chosen form of vertebrate life from the past to the present in a four to six page typed paper. They explain the use of phylogenetic tree. Students use the phylogenetic tree to...
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Vertebrate Dioramas
Young scholars describe the development of their chosen form of vertebrate life from the past to the present in a four to six page paper. They explain the use of a phylogenetic tree, and use this to exemplify an organism's evolutionary...
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Life Has A History
In this biology instructional activity, students identify and match various classes of species found today. Then they explain why biodiversity exists today on earth and define evolution. Students also describe who a paleontologist is and...
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Trait Variations for Survival
Young learners examine how different traits could give one organism an advantage over another. In groups, they view two different organisms in different environments. To end the lesson plan, they complete a Venn Diagram on the two...
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Past Time: Vocabulary Practice
In this past time worksheet, students select the word or phrase from 3 choices that means the same as the word in bold in 12 sentences. All pertain to events in the past.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Planet Earth
After reading five short paragraphs about planet earth, students must answer 4 comprehension questions about the topic. This worksheet provides great practice for state testing in language arts.
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A Basin Filled With Time
Students use fossil leaves and a mathematical formula to study climate change. For this climate change and fossil lesson plan, students determine the differences in temperatures during two different times during the Cenozoic era using...
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Vocabulary Practice With Past Time
In this word meanings worksheet, students practice their vocabulary skills while using the past tense. Students complete twelve multiple choice questions where they choose the correct meaning of the bold word in each sentence.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Taking Swipes at the Auto Industry
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the auto industry and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Solar System Lesson Plans
Solar system lesson plans provide teachers with a multitude of ways to interest even the most reluctant learners.
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Toilet Paper Geologic Time Scale
Students examine and demonstrate the extent of geologic time compared to recent time. They develop a demonstration of geologic time using an unrolled roll of toilet paper, with each sheet of toilet paper representing 20 million years.
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Living Fossils
Students study the term living fossil and examine why some of the reasons they survived. In this fossils lesson plan students form a hypothesis and use data to see if it is accurate.
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Fossil Hunters!
Students explore the various ways in which geologists create fossil records. Working in pairs, students create a model of a fossil record through a hands on activity. They relate their experience to recent discoveries in geology and...
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Species Subtraction
In this subtraction learning exercise, student use a table of information to write equations and solve, then complete one related extension activity.
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Measure for Measure: Time & Temperature
Students examine scientific inquiry. In this time and temperature lesson students create a template to solve scientific problems and work through a science problem.
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The Salamander Room
Learners examine how each animal's habitat provides what that animal needs for survival. They discuss what an animal needs to survive-food, shelter, water, and space.
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The Ancient Cycads
In this cycads worksheet, students will read a short essay on the cycad tree, including it's reproductive strategies and it's general characteristics. Then students will complete 2 short answer questions based on what they read.
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Geologic Time
In this geologic time instructional activity, students review how fossils were formed and the events that mark the various geological eras and periods. This instructional activity has 10 fill in the blank and 9 short answer questions.
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Name Match
In this name match worksheet, learners match up ten species to their description or history by drawing a line between one to the other.
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All About Reptiles
Students examine different kinds and characteristics of reptiles, and demonstrate reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.
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SOS!
Students examine natural and man-made threats to sea turtles. They create sea turtle mobiles while studying the range, environment, predators of and threats to sea turtles.
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Steppin' Out: Using Inquiry to Challente Alexander's Stride Analysis
Students distinguish between walking, jogging and running trackways in humans. They analyze the phylogenetic progression of the leg position as described by pace width and angulation, comparing amphibians, reptiles and mammals. Research...
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Classification
In this classification worksheet, students will look at how biological classification began and how scientific names are used in biology. Students will use a table showing the classification of four organisms to answer 10 short answer...
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Vocabulary Review- Sentence Completion
In this vocabulary review learning exercise, 3rd graders check all of the words or phrases that logically complete the 10 sentences. They have four choices for each sentence and some of the sentences can be correct with more than one...