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- 4th - 6th
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Students visit a puzzle maker website and follow a list of instructions, creating a word scramble using sea animal vocabulary. They copy and paste graphics at the bottom of their puzzle, and print them out for other students to solve. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students work in pairs to research animals in the ocean. They use the Internet, encylcopedias, and resource books to complete an information sheet with a photo of the animal and three facts. They present their mini-reports to the class. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students communicate ideas, information, and feelings. 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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- 4th - 12th
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Students research an inhabitant of a Caribbean coral reef using a list of common organisms that live on or near it. Students then write a description of their organism and draw a picture or a 3-D model of it. Eventually they all work together to creat a coral reef habitat in the classroom. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students describe a coral reef, how it is formed and its inhabitants. They explain the ecological and economic importance of coral reefs and discuss its present-day threats. Lesson contains adaptations for all levels. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students identify biotic and abiotic componenets of an ecosystem. They identify the relationships between organisms, and the relationships between organisms and their environment. Pupils comprehend energy flow through an ecosystem. Students develop a scientific investigation to evaluate the diversity of organisms in a small plot. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students are exposed to several current events in zoos around the world that have become subject to criticism from several sources. They are then asked to study these incidents in depth and will be assigned a side of the argument (zoo vs. critic). Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students complete a learning log as they walk through the trails at the Minnesota Zoo. The learning log engages students in the Discovery Bay, Tropics, and Northern Trails at the zoo with questions about the animals and activities they observe in each section. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students gain understanding of structure, characteristics, and basic needs of living things and their role in world, identify parts of skate, observe details of skate's body and skate egg case, and identify unique characteristics of skates. Full Review »

