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- 10th
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Students use quadrat method to survey and compare plant and animal populations that exist in natural and artificial ecosystems on the school ground or in the local community. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students explore a rotting log and identify host plants and animals and the interrelationships among those organisms. They discuss their findings and complete a worksheet imbedded in the lesson. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students use the quadrat method to survery and compare plant and animal populations that exist in natural and artificial ecosystems. They estimate the abundance of organisms, identify ecological relationships and describe how they fit in their habitat. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine soil in forests looking for animals and insects. They divide the animals based on their number of legs and draw the animal they have collected. 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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- 6th - 10th
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Students investigate taxonomy. They explore some of the commercial marine species caught in Magdalena Bay and develop a classification system for presented animals. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students collect terrestrial invertebrates using a home made pit fall-style trap. They discover that there are more invertebrates than they thought. Pupils classify the invertebrates. Students define what a terrestrial invertebrate and invasive species are and give examples of each. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students role-playing the concept of evolution through naturally occurring mutations. Working in pairs, they model how birds have adapted to the food sources in their environment through changes in their beak size and shapes. Students describe how some genetic mutations produce traits that are harmful to the species while others help the species to survive. They examine how the environment can determine whether or not a genetic change is beneficial. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students participate in a syllable counting activity, examine similes, and read and discuss a poem. They count the syllables for a list of words, then write a simile and draw a picture to describe being happy or sad. As a class they read the poem "Washing" and act out the poem while reciting it. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students practice the habits of good readers in the content area of Science. While reading a brief article about the giant squid, students consider the habits that aid in the comparison and contrast of the material read with other information the students have encountered Full Review »
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