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4th Grade Life Science Unit: Animals

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders classify animals. In this animal kingdom lesson, 4th graders research animal habitats and behaviors. Students connect to a zoologist via SKYPE and learn about animal classification. Students blog about preserving animal...
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Biology: living Things and their Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers recognize that organisms depend on other organisms.  In this organism lesson, students understand symbiotic relationships and competition.  Middle schoolers explain food chains and food webs.  Students understand that...
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Habitat Is Home

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Young scholars are introduced to the concept and components of a habitat. They discuss the key components of a habitat and describe how certain factors can cause disturbances in a habitat and change its population. Activities are leveled...
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You Can Do It, Mr. And Mrs. Mallard!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students watch the video "Make Way for Ducklings" by Robert Mc Closkey. They write letters to Mr. and Mrs. Mallard and make a map for the mallards. They talk about the importance of animal habitats.
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Where Do You Fit In?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study habitats and then draw a picture of their own habitat which includes the location of food, water, and shelter, and the concept of space. then they cut their habitat in half and discuss how this would affect their lives.
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Bird Nest

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a bird's nest from recyclable material. After a discussion of animal habitats, 2nd graders collect recyclable materials, appropriate for nest building during a nature walk. They use their materials to build a nest...
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The Invisible Zoo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore how infrared images give biologists or zoologists detailed information on how warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals thermoregulate. They are introduced to infrared imaging technology and the information that such images...
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Nine Lives, One Habitat

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore reintroduction of endangered species into new habitats. They research and promote possible sites for reintroducing populations of Florida panthers outside of their current habitat in the Big Cypress Swamp region of...
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Answering the Call of the Wild

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore wildlife conservation by investigating the reintroduction of species into their natural habitats and species near extinction. They create a poster and a position paper that explains the importance of preserving this...
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Web of Life - Role-Playing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students role-play how organisms adapt to their environment. They play 20 questions with plant and animal habitats. They create a web of life to demonstrate how each plant and animal relies on the other for survival.
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Cardboard Tree and Endangered Animals Lesson

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create endangered animal figures and their habitats.
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Magnificent Mammals

For Teachers K
Students experience center activities to study the habitats and traits of mammals. They play a memory game, eat like mammals, produce artwork and read mammal books.
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Tracking Narwhals in Greenland The Ocean Unicorn

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the ecology, habitats, geographic range and feeding habits of narwhals. They determine at least three reasons for the decline in the narwhal populations and complete the accompanying worksheets.
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Garden of Eden

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students view a video clip about animals and their habitats. They work together to discuss how different animals adapt to their environments. They create a new habitat for a specific animal and draw new adaptations for them.
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Reptiles

For Teachers K
Students investigate reptiles and reptile habitats. They listen to books, cut out magazine pictures of reptiles from National Geographic, sort plastic animals into the categories of mammal, reptile, or amphibian, watch a National...
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Our Zoo Friends

For Teachers 1st
First graders plan and create a model zoo depicting the natural habitats of animals. Their models include animals and a display of written factual information about the animals. Students present their project by conductig a tour of...
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Introduction to Adult Insects and Their Adaptations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study organisms found in Class Insecta. They examine the different adaptations these organisms have developed over time to survive and prosper in their respective habitats. They research the origin of the names of several orders...
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Ants

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the habits and habitats of ants. They research the use of technology as a valuable investigation tool and access other web sites for future research projects. The students make successful decisions while playing SimAnt.
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Venn Diagram

For Students 4th - 7th
In this science study of habitats worksheet, students create a venn diagram to compare the pond habitat with another habitat of their choice.
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Land Environments

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this land environments worksheet, students will complete a table by filling in the climate, dominant plants, and characteristic animals for 6 different habitats.
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Outside Animals Crossword Puzzle

For Students 5th - 6th
In this outside animals worksheet, students explore all the possible animals that live outside in the wilderness and their habitats and then find the answers to fifty questions associated with those animals in a crossword puzzle.
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Under the Spell of Spiders

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners examine spiders. In these spider lessons, students will view spider images and live spiders to determine physical characteristics, habits, and habitats. Learners will examine fantasy and folklore about spiders to create and...
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Forests Need People

For Teachers 3rd
For this forests and people lesson, 3rd graders brainstorm what forests are used for, discuss forest habitats, and how human interventions have affected trees and animals that depend on the forest environment. Students read the books,...
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Bird Study: merit badge

For Students 5th - 12th
In this birds worksheet, students use their workbook to answer short answer questions about birds and habitats. Students complete 8 questions total to get their merit badge.

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