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- 4th - 6th
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Students locate reptiles, analyze them, and then classify them. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students explore the classification of animals. They develop the characterisitcs to identigy the five classes of vertegrates. They enhance their vocabulary. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore an exhibit through an interactive program on frogs. They can listen to the different sounds frogs make and the different types of frogs. They search for the types of frogs they find in their local area. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students are introduced to the classification system of animals. In groups, they set up an aquarium in which they must maintain throughout the year. They also observe earthworms and how they react to various stimuli and research the characteristics of arthropods. To end the lesson, they focus on one phylum of animals and present their information to the class. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students are introduced to the diverse environments found in Ohio. They perform a variety of investigations to deepen their understanding of plants and animals that reside in these areas. They will explore the needs of plants and animals, the predator-prey relationship and how plants and animals are affected by Ohio's seasonal changes. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students examine basic facts about the anaconda. They discuss the length of an anaconda, estimate the length of 33 feet, compare their estimate to the actual length, and decorate the paper snake with colored scales. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine how scientists organize and sort animals into categories, and use a dichotomous key to distinguish between objects. In small groups they sort pictures of animals into groups and discuss their categorizing process. Next, they identify six characteristics of different objects and animals, and complete a flow-chart. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students acquire scientific knowledge by applying concepts, theories, principles, and laws from life, physical, earth, and space science. They watch a film on how animals are grouped according to certain characteristics and then they group animals according to certain characteristics. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students view and critique the "teacher's" Naturalist Journal and practice drawing the icons within the journal. They recognize and describe in detail specific species of living things: seed, grass, flower, tree, leaf, plant, spider, and other invertebrate. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students view a 30-minute video lesson to discover information about the characteristics of frogs and toads. They then transform themselves into frogs and participate in a Jumping Frog Jubilee. They work in groups of three to measure and record the average jumping length of each "frog" and graph the data, analyzing it to see if they can find any correlations between variables. Full Review »

