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- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students compare drinking water (bottled) with the optimum required water needed for macro invertebrates in a pond. They conduct water quality tests, research laws and rules pertaining to bottled water and consider issues like packaging, costs etc. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students use a simple method to collect living microorganisms from natural and/or artificial environments and develop skills in microscopy, observation, drawing, speculation, hypothesizing, oral presentation, and raising questions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students, in groups, construct dioramas that display life found in different eras of the Earth's evolution. They present dioramas on invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and humans. They discuss the theory of evolution. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students examine insects and identify physical characteristics of insects. They perform observations of insects, then use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to answer questions about them. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine the species that depend on a poa grass for their habitat and interpret data to demonstrate biomass and number pyramids. They examine the plant by digging it up and pulling it apart quickly to capture all the invertebrates living within. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students describe vertebrates in terms of observable body parts and characteristics and describe life cycles of familiar organisms. They identify familiar organisms as part of a food chain or food web and describe their feeding relationships and they explain common patterns of interdependence and interrelationships of living things. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students discuss the different characteristics between living and nonliving things. After discussing the classification system of the five kingdoms, invertebrates, arthropods, and plants, students determine whether objects are living or nonliving according to the characteristics they learned. Students cut out pictures of living and nonliving objects. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students identify the types of animals and plants that live in and around Antarctica and investigate the importance of adaptations for animals living in Antarctica. They compare the insulation of animals with the equipment that is used by Antarctic explorers such as Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students practice differentiating a variety of insects from other collected invertebrates. They define characteristics of insects by their body parts, antennae, wings and legs. A set of flashcards are also utilized within this lesson. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students research arthropods, and identify the differences between vertebrates and invertebrates. After comparing and contrasting insects and arachnids, they create drawing of them that are anatomically correct. Students place their arthropods in natural settings. In another activity, they create their own undiscovered insect. Full Review »
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