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Grade Range
3rd - 5th
Rating
3 Stars

Students identify dinosaurs as plant or meat-eaters, how they hatched from eggs and had a life cycle, and three conditions that cause a species to become extinct. They analyze how their extinction influences our environment. Full Review »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 2nd
Rating
3 Stars

Students examine how dinosaurs lived on earth millions of years ago and had many different characteristics. They investigate how animals became extinct and compare dinosaurs to animals living today. Full Review »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 2nd
Rating
3 Stars

Students explore dinosaurs that lived on earth millions of years ago. They analyze their different characteristics. Students develop an idea of past life on earth through investigation of fossil remains and fossil imprints. They access how animals became extinct and compare dinosaurs to animals living today. Full Review »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 2nd
Rating
3 Stars

Students describe structures and attributes of living things, processes of life, and interaction of living things with each other and the environment. They create a booklet showing relationships between humans and dinosaurs, theories for how they became extinct, and how we know so much about them now. Full Review »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 2nd
Rating
2 Stars

Students study animals of long ago and how they grew and changed, where they lived and what they ate and how they protected themselves. They relate that the animals of long ago were different from those animals of today. Full Review »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 2nd
Rating
3 Stars

Students explore dinosaurs that lived on earth millions of years ago. They analyze their many different characteristics. Students experience the different types of dinosaurs, the information they left behind, and their habitats. Students investigate how animals become extinct and compare dinosaurs to animals living today. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 8th
Rating
4 Stars

Students view photos of endangered species on the Internet and discuss the reasons why these animals are threatened and why they should be protected. They use the words: biodiversity, ecosystem, and extinction in sentences to demonstrate their meanings of the terms. Students explain why all members of an ecosystem are important and list the reasons why biodiversity should be preserved. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 10th
Rating
3 Stars

Students decide which of a group of animals should take priority over others for survival. They listen to a story of endangered animals and in groups or pairs complete a worksheet to save three of the animals on the worksheet as the rest become extinct. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd - 5th
Rating
3 Stars

Students explore animals that are endangered. They choose an endangered animal that they would like to keep from becoming extinct. Students create a persuasive presentation to persuade someone to understand why they feel keeping their animal from being extinct is important. Full Review »

Grade Range
8th - 10th
Rating
3 Stars

Students identify and explain why adaptations can lead to specialization. They explain factors that lead to a species' increase or decrease. They identify and explain criteria used by scientists for catergorizing organisms as threatened, endangered, or extinct. Full Review »