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- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students become familiar with the need for categorizing scientific information, in this case, animals. They categorize the 5 groups of animals (mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians). Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students investigate the meaning of classification in the eight lessons of this unit. Animals are classified in groups of vertebrates, invertibrates, warm-blooded, cold-blooded, mammals, fish, amphibians, birds, and reptiles. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students complete a unit of lessons on the distinguishing characteristics of five classes of vertebrates. They differentiate between vertebrates and invertebrates, assemble a rodent skeleton, observe an experiment, and compose a poem. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students evaluate human and herp characteristics. They produce a poster comparing human and reptile or amphibian characteristics such as gills to lungs, noting adaptations within species. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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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- 6th - 8th
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Students promote creativity through painting and drawing different types of vertebrates. They investigate how to classify the different categories of vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and manmmals. Studnets draw and paint a variety of vertebrates, and they label each animal with the type of vertebreate it is. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students use the internet to research mammals, reptiles and amphibians. They list important items about their chosen animal. Students identify characteristics of an animal and where they live. They classify animals as a mammal, reptile, amphibian. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine life processes and conduct research to find out how life processes are carried out by particular animal groups, specifically reptiles. Students then write passage detailing their findings to share with classmates. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students compare and contrast reptiles and amphibians. As a class, students discuss the yellow-spotted lizard mentioned in the novel Holes. Using internet resources, students research facts about reptiles and amphibians and document their findings on a provided worksheet. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students become familiar with the tools of a digital atlas. They use a digital atlas of Idaho to located specified information. Students identify national forests, locate butterfly families, find examples of resident fish, and explore the major river basins. They examine characteristics that are unique to mammals, reptiles, birds and amphibians. Full Review »
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