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Fungus Among Us- Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Worksheet
In this fungus non-fiction reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 3 page selection that describes the characteristics and life of fungi. They answer 10 questions based on the reading which include true or false, multiple...
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Living vs. Non-Living Things
Fourth graders describe the characteristics that determine if something is living, dead, or non-living. They determine the difference between living and non-living things. Students determine if an object is living or non-living and...
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Classifying Life
In this classifying life learning exercise, students review the 5 kingdoms of organisms by completing 10 matching and 7 fill in the blank questions.
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Ecology 8 Land Biomes
Students identify and describe the main features of one land biome. After researching what a biome is, they give various examples of biomes around the world and in their backyards.
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Fossil Impressions of Ancient Life
Students make a mold using Plaster of Paris and then make a cast using that same mold. They pick a fossil and describe how it looks. They write a fictionalized story about its life, or burial. (
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The Long Road to Coffee
Students organize picture cards of the sequene of how food gets from a farm to their home. They then sequence cards of how coffee grown in Colombia gets to their home comparing the differences.
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What is Biology?
In this science of biology worksheet, students will review the concepts relating to biology including the characteristics of living things, the process of reproduction, adaptations, and evolution. This worksheet has 5 short answer, 3...
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What Is A Fossil?
In this fossils worksheet, learners read 13 clues pertaining to fossils. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank.
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Goals of the Diversity of Life Unit
Young scholars are introduced to the unit on the importance of diversity of life and the role that interdependence plays in our worlds. this is part of a multi-lesson unit on the diversity of life.
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Foods for Better Health
Learners define biotechnology and discuss the economic impact of biotechnology. They also describe what a 1015 onion and a slow-softening tomato are and how they are produced. They examine the safety of genetically-engineered or altered...
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Types of Reactions
In this reactions worksheet, students describe combustion as either exothermal or endothermal. Students balance reactions and label the types of reactions. This worksheet has 1 multiple choice, 2 short answer, and 10 problem solving...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Plant and Animal Cells
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is intended to introduce plant and animal cells to fifth graders. Pictures, a web link, and several opportunities for student participation are included. An end-of-lesson assessment is...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Plant Cell Structures
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Even though plants and animals are both eukaryotes, plant cells differ in some ways from animal cells. Plant cells have a large central vacuole, are surrounded by a...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cell Structure Aqa
This lesson focuses on plant cell structures including the parts of cell structures and their functions, cell structures that are in both plants and animals, and the cell structures found only in plants and their functions. Links to a...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Botany: Respiration
The process of respiration in plants, humans, and animals is discussed, along with diseases that can affect respiration. (Published: November 16, 2011)