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Study Jams! Gymnosperms: Seeds in Cones

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Two very hip teenagers walk through the forest collecting evergreen cones. One teaches the other about gymnosperms: cycads, ginkoes, gnetophytes, and conifers. He tries to convince his friend how amazing cones are, while she defends...
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Pine Cone Turkeys

For Teachers K - 8th
Students work together to create pine cone turkeys for the holidays. They practice following instructions and thinking creatively. They share their creations with the class.
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Dichotomous Key for Identifying Pine Trees

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify the species of pine trees that are found in their area. They use unlabeled "mystery" samples and a dichotomous key to identify the pine trees to species. After identification, they use a field guide to answer...
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Fibonacci Numbers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate the Fibonacci sequence of numbers. Through the use of Fibonacci numbers in flowers, leaves, fruits, vegetables, pine cones, and other forms of nature; students explore how Fibonacci numbers occur in nature. Then they...
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Fire Starters

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners participate in an activity to create a fire starter.  In this creating fire lesson students use products to create a fun fire-starter. 
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Wildlife Around the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine how plants are able to adapt to their ecosystem and the role that fire plays in changes through the years.  In this ecosystem lesson students complete several exercises focussing on plants and their adaptations to.
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Cricket Wars

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students investigate crickets in their habitat. For this insect lesson, students create a cricket habitat by using a glass jar with grass clippings and cloth. Students observe how crickets interact with each other and their eating habits.
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Summer: Getting the Bugs Out

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners compare and contrast classification systems used throughout the world. They also examine the importance of preserving biological diversity.
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Lesson Plans Using Objects Found In Nature

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students create works of art using "found objects" such as bark, leaves, sand, and shells.
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It's Not Easy Being Grizz

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Grizzly bears can be up to 600 pounds and require a great deal of food, especially to survive hibernation. Comprised of multiple games, the third lesson of five only uses one setup. Pupils run around a large field, sorting and collecting...
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Survival

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
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The Ancient Cycads

For Students 7th - 11th
In this cycads worksheet, students will read a short essay on the cycad tree, including it's reproductive strategies and it's general characteristics. Then students will complete 2 short answer questions based on what they read.
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Night Hike

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Students explore Upham Woods at night and investigate about the special adaptations of nocturnal animals. They identify three nocturnal animals and how they are adapted to the night. Students explain what night vision is and how it works.
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Rename to Subtract Fractions Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
In this renaming fractions worksheet, learners rename fractions to be able to subtract them. Students complete 10 regular problems and 3 word problems.
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Stones, Bones & Telephones: Analyzing Artifacts Using Bloom's Taxonomy

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders define metacognition, Bloom's Taxonomy, and artifacts. They, in groups, try to identify a mystery artifact using the Artifact Analysis sheet. They present their findings to the class.
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Analyzing Artifacts Using Bloom's Taxonomy

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders apply Blooms Taxonomy to analyze a collection of artifacts. They define and discuss the nature of artifacts and work in groups to complete handouts. Students analyze an object (stone pipe) on a mystery artifact analysis...
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Guess What?!

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students explore how scientists work. In this scientific method lesson, students use their senses to identify objects they cannot see. Students are asked to think like scientists and make observations, comparisons, and interferences, as...
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Plant Life

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine different categories of plant life and their roles as producers of food and oxygen for other organisms. They study the evolution of plants from simple organisms to very complex ones. They look at the different...
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Everyone can explore architecture

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students draw like an architect. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students research and draw several examples of different forms of architecture through societies, cultures and times, then present them to the class.
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Migration Woes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are able to describe the reproductive cycle of the gopher frog. They are able to describe the impacts of habitat loss and degradtion on gopher frog populations. Students are explained that many factors limit the survival of...
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Tree Identification

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners are introduced to the characteristics of trees and different techniques to identify them. They distinguish between a deciduous and a coniferous tree. Students describe at least four characteristics used to identify trees. They...
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Forests of the World

For Students 6th - 10th
In this forests worksheet, students read a one page informational excerpt on different forests throughout the world. They then use what they learned to answer the 20 questions on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page of the...
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Little Hands Help the Homeless

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore, analyze and study the concept of the homeless. They cover a wide range of classroom, community and career activities that define, develop, encourage, support and defend the homeless as well as what we can do as...
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Ecosystems

For Students 6th - 12th
In this ecosystems worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 35 questions about the different types of ecosystems and organisms in them.

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