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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Honey ! I Blew Up The Bee!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a variety of bee-themed activities. They consider the importance of honeybees in food production, conduct Internet research, prepare foods using honey, complete puzzles and compile a portfolio of their work.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creature Creation

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a read aloud of a fictional story about a frog. They compare the characteristics of the main character with a real frog. They work with two partners to create a creature; one student draw the head, one the body,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Endangered Species Furniture Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work in groups to research an endangered species. They then refinish and paint a piece of furniture and incorporate facts and references about the animal they have researched.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pollutants and Contaminants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define pollution and contaminants by constructing a Definition and Concept Trail that illustrates how they are connected to health. They give examples of health issues during the Industrial Revolution by conducting textbook...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Butterfly Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners identify that Idaho is a home to 168 species of butterflies and they are an important part of many habitats. They also identify how to use the Digital Atlas of Idaho and write a report regarding information of their assigned...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Trial of the Bloody Sucker

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study creatures that drink blood. In this blood suckers lessons, students watch videos to learn about creatures that drink blood. Students divide into groups and make posters about the organisms. Students then participate in a...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Needs of Living Things

For Teachers K - 1st
In this instructional activity, students watch video clips of animals and plants in their natural environment, to gather evidence that all living things have basic needs that must be met in order to survive. Then, to illustrate their...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Center Card: Build an Animal Habitat

For Students Pre-K - K
Children design an animal habitat and talk about how the habitat provides the animal's basic needs -- shelter, water, and food -- using this block center activity. It includes three resources.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: South Carolina Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] The flipchart explores habitats that support the different kinds of animals that live in the state. Students match pictures of animals to their habitats, unscramble letters to find the names of the...
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Activity
Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Activities: Habitat Overcrowding

For Students 3rd - 5th
An experiment where several containers are set up with different numbers of seeds planted in each. The objective is to investigate how seed density affects the health of the plants that grow.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Gila Monster

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from Outdoor Nevada looks at the Gila monster's behavior, habitat, and unique adaptive characteristics. [3:55]
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Habitats

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What is a habitat? In this lesson, learners will identify that a habitat has four elements, food, water, shelter, and space. Students will identify their own habitat and create a brochure describing the habitat in terms of food, water,...
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Handout
World Wildlife Fund for Nature

Wwf: Tigers

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive site from the WWF on all things related to tigers! The main page presents a series of tiger related topics, click and access what you need information about, and there it is for you! Learn basic tiger facts as well as...