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Endangered Species Animal Masks
Students research endangered animals. For this animal science lesson, students visit suggested websites to learn more about endangered animals and create animal masks. Students need glue, cardstock, string and feathers to construct the...
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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Melville's Moby-Dick. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Taking Swipes at the Auto Industry
For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the auto industry and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Next Stop, the Watsonville Wetlands
Students study bird migrations and the importance of wetlands. In this migration lesson students play a game and complete a computer activity.
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The Game of Life
Students explore the game of life which refers to what happens to a species when most of the population is gone. In this endangered species instructional activity, students describe what it means for a marine animal to be endangered....
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Dare to Care for a Grizzly Bear
Students examine the relationship between humans and grizzly bears. In this biology lesson, students research about the bear's habits and living environment. They write a letter to the US Fish and Wildlife Service petitioning them to...
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Fossil History
Students examine the similarities and differences between living organisms and fossils. In this fossil lesson students reenact the process of creating a fossil.
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Cycles of Life in an Urban Habitat: Changes in Biodiversity
Second graders compare and contrast animate and inanimate objects. In this environmental science lesson, 2nd graders create simple food webs. They observe their environment and create a collage about it.
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Ecosystem In A Bottle
Ecosystem activities show how everyone and everything is interconnected. The smallest change can make a big impact.
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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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What Happens When Invasive Species Are Introduced
Helping students understand the dangers of nonnative species is an important part of ecology and environmental science lessons.
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TARGET EARTH
Students explore the possibility of an asteroid hitting planet earth. In this planetary lesson students complete a lab activity to see the effects of an asteroid hitting earth and compare different craters.
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Mapping Animal Behavior
Students discuss the value of sampling in science. They, in groups, map cricket movement in response to various stimuli and graph their results.
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Worm Watching
Learners examine the role earthworms play in building soils. They discuss worms and what they do with soil, make predictions and draw pictures, and observe their worms in soil over a two week period.
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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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Fun with Fossils
Second graders explore the geologic process of fossil formation. For this geology lesson, 2nd graders discuss the job of a paleontologist and make their own model of a fossil. This lesson includes teacher directed questions.
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Animals Multiple Choice Words Worksheet
Looking for some simple multiple-choice questions for an upcoming biology unit on animals? This activity features 7 clearly worded questions, each with 4 possible answers. Topics include adaptation, camouflage, ecosystems, animal...
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Science: Grade 4
Building a scientific vocabulary is important for all students and this presentation provides a list of words typical to 4th grade science curriculum. Tip: Adding images to this resource will make the vocabulary more accessible to ELLs...
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Horseshoe Crab Fun
Marine biology masters will meet the horseshoe crab and red knot shore birds that feast upon the crab eggs. Begin with a discussion and then have learners write postcards from each animal detailing their migration trips. A few math...
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Countdown Calendar
Learners create a calendar of endangered species. In this preservation lesson, students research endangered species of plants and animals around the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Learners gather facts about the endangered species and create...
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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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Ocean Life Zones Notes
In this ocean zones worksheet, students label the ocean diagram with the different zones. Then students write in animals that live in each of the zones and research basic information about those animals. This worksheet has 6 fill in the...
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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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