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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is about the geography of the United States and Canada. They conduct research and participate in a review of the literature in order to prepare for a formal assessment. The lesson includes questions that can be used by the teacher. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students compare and contrast different biomes of the world, e.g., forests, rain forests, tundra, and deserts. They navigate through the Temperate Forest stack and the Tropical Rain Forest stack and take notes for key points. They create a list of key identifying characteristics of each biome and list the animals and plants of each. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize that an ecosystem is composed of many different organisms. They assess the biodiversity of their own community by collecting different leaf types in an unmanaged area near the school. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students comprehend the structure and function of roots, stems, and leaves. They identify the parts of a plant by looking at an entire plant or a part of a plant. Students comprehend the importance of plants for animals' (humans') existence. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the benefits and problems associated with fire. They discuss the role that fire plays in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Students brainstorm ways that fire can be harmful, such as damaging homes, communities, and ecosystems and harming people. They are asked to think of ways that fire can be beneficial. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students investigate how natural hazards can present personal and societal challenges as well as the cost involved. They assess the risk analysis considerations with global warming and their impacts on an ecosystem. An estimate of the number of people who suffer consequences is also dealt with within this lesson. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine a set of data to try to determine the amount of cloud cover. In groups, they make a list of items that reflect light in the atmosphere and how different amounts of it can change the temperature. Using WorldWatcher, they describe the path incoming solar energy takes in and out of the atmosphere. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students work together to design their own animal exhibit for a zoo. With a partner, they use the internet to research the environment in which their animals lives. To end the lesson, they present the exhibit to the class and participate in a biome fair. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students take a quiz on Biomes from the Minnesota Zoo. The Biome Quiz models the Biome Triangle in which they match twenty animals they researched and observed at the zoo with the different biomes they live in. The quiz includes an answer key. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students organize animals at the Minnesota Zoo according to their biomes. Using the biome triangle, they list animals represented at the zoo in the appropriate sections of the chart. Shape of the chart signifies the number of different types of animals present in the different biomes. Full Review »
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