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Why Are Bees Important?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and analyze pollination and how bees play an important part in the life cycle of flowering plants. They also identify the process of plant pollination and how bees play an important part in the life cycle of flowering...
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Plant Inspection Lab

For Students 8th - 10th
In this IPM inspection worksheet, students complete a chart observing the phenological events that are observed at each stage of various plants' development.
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PPT
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Climate Change

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
An extensive investigation of the Earth's climate changes awaits your environmental science classes. This top-notch presentation begins by looking at the history of Earth's climate and then predicts the impact on each major terrestrial...
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Finding, Gathering, Saving Seeds

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students understand the importance of saving seeds. For this saving seeds lesson, students dry out seeds for later use planting. Students recognize that one plant may have many seeds.
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What's Happening to Our Caterpillars?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in a instructional activity making observations of caterpillars. They identify different changes in the life cycle of a caterpillar and also understand the final result of the life cycle ending.
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City Wildlife in a Vase

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine a still-life painting. They discuss the observation of nature by scientists and artists and explore the symbolism of biological life cycles depicted in a painting.
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Flower Power

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate and explain the basic needs and life processes of plants. Key concepts include: living things change as they grow and need food, water, and air to survive. The reverse of the Kansas quarter serves as inspiration.
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Web of Life Game: Trout

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the concept of food webs.  In this food web lesson, students demonstarte the connection between species.  Students use a ball of string show how the food web works, then have a class discussion. 
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Swimming With the Crabs!

For Students 6th - 9th
In this environmental science learning exercise, students complete a graphic organizer (Frayer model) on blue crabs. They write an article using the given facts.
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The Tiny Seed Lesson Plan Guide

For Teachers K - 1st
Not only is this instructional activity about story retell, main events, and making predictions, it's also about plants. Youngsters will read the tale, The Tiny Seed as they explore the plant life cycle and early literacy skills. The...
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Creature Features

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine why certain animals live in only specific places throughout the world. Using animals, they classify them based on their characteristics and identify their basic needs. They also observe and compare the life cycles of...
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Butterfly and Caterpillar

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils listen to the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and create their own "Very Hungry Caterpillar" book to learn the life cycle of a butterfly.
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Inside the Egg, Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils conduct an egg candling activity to show the life inside a fertile egg. Students discuss the needs the egg has of the hen, as well as similarities and differences between plants and animals. Pupils complete a life cycle wheel...
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Getting a Handle on Your Bee

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe dried bees, carefully glue them to toothpicks, and use them for cross pollinating their Brassica plants. They also describe reasons why two similar investigations can produce different results. Finally, students...
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The Mechanisms of Decay and Decomposition

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study how all living things die. They are introduced tot he life cycle and the concept of an ecosystem. Students have a introductory exposure to trophic levels (producer-consumer-decomposer) in the environment.
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Flutterings and Flowers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the significance of natural resources and the habitats of butterflies. They create a list of their own favorite foods, then watch a video about habitats. Students identify things in the video that animals and...
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Growing a Native American "Three Sisters" Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore plant life by creating their own gardens in class. In this food growing lesson plan, students discuss the types of gardening methods Native Americans used in order to keep healthy. Young scholars plant corn seeds...
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What Beautiful Caterpillars!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the life cycle of the caterpillar. They create a caterpillar habitat and care for it. Students make daily observations that are recorded in a writing journal. During the process of observation the students...
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Butterflies

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students will explore the life cycle of the Painted Lady butterfly by raising their own. They will incorporate math, science, and language arts as they graph, pattern, journal, observe, and artistically create.
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Worksheet
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Diamond Terrapin Fun Facts

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this animal worksheet, students complete 6 pages of activities and exercises pertaining to the diamondback terrapin. Students read about the life cycle, study habitat maps and color and cut out a three dimensional turtle.
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Chicago Botanic Garden

Seasons of a Plant

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
The third in a series of six lessons is an engaging three-part activity defines that discusses phenology, focusing on the cyclic seasons of plants. Pupils then observe phenology outside before determining how climate change can...
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More Lizard Snacks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, and Chapter IV of "The Forgetful Pony". They observe different stages of development of mealworms. The student sequences pictures to show the life cycle and draws the developmental...
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University of Florida

Unhealthy Forests and the News

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Everyone knows a tree makes a sound when it falls, but what do we know about dying trees? Class members learn background information about Laurel wilt disease from a teacher-led presentation. Team members work with partners to read and...
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A Study of Your Domestic Water Supply

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars create a diagram that traces the path of a raindrop from its source into the water supply for their house and back to the environment. They also diagram the processes that occur in a sewage treatment and water treatment...

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