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Interactive
School Science

The Big Bang Time Machine

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Scholars take off on an interactive spaceship to explore a historical timeline of the big bang theory. They learn about the evolution of mammals and humans, the formation of stars and planets, and the chemical composition of the early...
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Unit Plan
Purdue University

The Great Clearcut Controversy

For Teachers K - 5th
Urban development and habitat retention are often at odds. A three-part lesson examines the pros and cons of forest clearcutting. Learners review data and characteristics of a specific mammal to make conclusions about the effect...
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

What's This? Feeding

For Students 6th - 12th
Some species have pretty creative methods for catching food. Young scientists learn about some interesting ways organisms get the nutrients they need by navigating an online interactive lesson that would be suitable for a remote learning...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Categories

For Teachers K
Students sort animal picture cards into classification groups such as mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects and fish. They discuss the characteristics that each group of animals shares then arrange the pictures into a clasificatioon...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bats

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students hypothesize and model how the bones in a bat wing are made up. In this exploratory activity students test their hypothesis, develop questions about bat parts and watch a video on bats.
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PPT
Curated OER

Sunken Millions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This PowerPoint features a game based on the animal life. The interactive slides include 20 questions about animal needs, animal groups, and animal traits. The questions include multiple choice answers and 4 different levels of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Planet Full of Animals

For Teachers K
Students explore a variety of animals that live on our planet. The shapes, sizes, colors, movements, and coverings of the animals are observed. The similarities and differences in the animals are grouped according to common traits.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bats

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students model how the bones in a bat wing are organized. They develop questions about bat body parts based on photographs. They hypothesize how bats locate their food.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dolphins

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate dolphins. They complete a Webquest, explore various websites, listen to audio clips of dolphin sounds, play an online puzzle game, answer discussion questions, and read and evaluate newspaper articles about...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Climate Types

For Students 6th - 8th
In this weather instructional activity, students identify the type of vegetation found in particular regions across the United States. Then they list the six groups of climates in the Köppen Classification System. Students also describe...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Who Am I?

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this earth science worksheet, students read the description of each animal and identify who each one is. They circle every third letter in the box to the right to check their answer.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

My Animal Book

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Don't you just love resources you can print and use? Here is a complete printable packet all about animals. Kids can color the animal pictures, answer animal questions, and complete the animal crossword puzzle, then put them all together...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading- Whales (Online Interactive)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this whales worksheet, students read a short text and learn about different kinds of whales. Students then read 8 sentences and answer "yes" or "no". This is an online interactive worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hello, Young Blubbers!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore walrus and their habitat.  In this animal adaptation lesson students complete a hands on activity while in groups and use the Internet for research. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Marine & Aquatic Habitats Activities - Habitats of Birds, Fish, and Mammals on the Island and the Pacific Region

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create habitats in jars to understand integral aspects of plants' and animals' habitats.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Create a Career Flyer: Marine Mammal Rescue

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars study prerequisites for a career. After they explore a selected career, students create a tri-fold flyer describing the positive aspects of the job. Young scholars include job description, skills, education, salary and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transgenic Mammals

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are provided with a real life example of research in the areas of genetic and molecular biology. Students examine ethical considerations and related issues such as patent laws and regulatory procedures.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Seal Picture

For Students K - 1st
In this seal coloring learning exercise, students color a picture of a seal. There are no directions given and there are no words on this learning exercise.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Bottlenose Dolphin

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science learning exercise, students learn facts about the bottlenose dolphin by reading an informative paragraph. Students then color the picture.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Using the Simple Present Verb Tense- Animal Activities

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this verb tense worksheet, students complete 8 sentences using one of three choices that describe animal activities that use the simple present verb tense. They choose from activities that bees, rabbits, horses, mice, and dogs take...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Animal Kingdom of Vertebrates

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders classify fish according to their characteristics. In this classification lesson students learn how to group animals including birds, reptiles and amphibians.
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Super Teeth

For Students 6th - 12th
A brief comparison of human teeth versus animal teeth sets the stage for two worksheets. Scholars match a picture of a tooth-filled mouth to the animal to which it belongs and coloring pages featuring a different animal and informative...
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Rubber Blubber Gloves

For Students 6th - 12th
Using gloves, shortening, tape, and a lot of ice, participants experience the feeling of having blubber. The experiment's eight steps follow an informative page about blubber and animals that have it.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Orca Whale Information and Coloring Page

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this animal information and coloring page, students read a short factual paragraph about Orca whales before coloring a picture of the mammal in its habitat.

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