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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the microclimate-climatic conditions in a relatively small area-in their schoolyard, and compare these conditions to those of prairie communities. They determine how their ecosystem compares with and differs from prairie ecosystems. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the challenges of saving the prairie-chicken in its American habitat, and study the habits of prairie-chickens. They explore what is being done to save them, and conserve the areas in which they live. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students study the lifecycle, eating habits, habitats, and migration patterns of butterflies in this series of lessons. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
Students discuss how all organisms are relying on other organisms for their survival. They construct a food web and energy pyramids. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students examine the kingdoms of West Africa during the Middle Ages. They label maps and identify Africa's physical features, simulate the trading of gold, buy and sell goods using cowrie shells, and participate in a cultural safari day. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students examine the world's rivers in this six lessons unit which mingles science with social studies. The dynamic forces that create erosion in nature are also seen as habitats and ecosystems that are affected by environmental and man made changes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - Higher Ed
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Students study rainforests and discover how important they are to us. They use maps and globes to locate selected rainforests and collect data from a variety of print/non-print materials and resources to create oral/visual/written reports, audiovisual presentations, and visual displays. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students explore a few key concepts associated with measuring biodiversity. They are told that biodiversity can be measured in a number of ways. Genetic diversity is a measure of the genes represented in the sample. Ecosystem diversity is sometimes used as a proxy for biodiversity since different types of animals/plants live in different habitats. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students examine the physical and behavioral characteristics that make up a shorebird by creating shorebird puppets and putting on a shorebird puppet show. They also explore different types of threats to shorebird survival to include in their puppet show. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students create an exhibit for an animal in a zoo. In pairs, students research an environment in which an animal lives. They present their exhibit to their classmates. Students participate in a "biome fair." Full Review »
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