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\nBe Brain Smart\n

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\nLearners examine the function of the brain. Using the internet, they research facts of the brains of vertebrates. Using clay, they make three sculptures of brains of different vertebrates and use crayola colors to color it. To end the...\n
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\nArt: Go Ahead and Bug Me!\n

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\nYoung scholars 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...\n
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\n\"Life\n\n
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\nLife Science: Living Things\n

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\nHave your class build their vocabulary bank by studying life science terms. Basic terms like organism, cell, unicellular, and vertebrate are included on the definition sheet provided. Demonstrate how to identify different life science...\n
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\n\"Is\n\n
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\nIs It Slimy? Does It Have Fur? Is It Really a Bird?\n

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\nSixth graders identify the different types of vertebrate animals based upon their major characteristics, as they create collages in groups. Collages show pictures of vertebrate animals labeled with the appropriate structural...\n
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\nWhere Do I Belong?\n

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\nFourth graders work in groups. They are given magazines. Students cut pictures of five mamals, five birds, five reptiles, five amphibians, and five fish. They place the pictures in a plastic bag. Students switch bags. They are explained...\n
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\nMaking Cladograms\n

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\nStudents construct cladograms (evolutionary trees), showing how shared derived characters can be used to reveal degrees of relationship. They interpret and analyze cladograms, and determine where unclassified vertebrates would fit on a...\n
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\nAnimal Phyla and Plant Divisions\n

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\nSearched hours for an activity that allows individuals the ability to use multiple resources to learn about both plant and animal kingdoms? This discussion and activity provide pupils with the ability to visualize each organism...\n
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\nTully Monster Mystery Solved!\n

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\nWhat is the Tully Monster? Introduce your science classes to one of the great mysteries in animal classification with an engaging video from Brain Scoop's playlist on fossils and geology. The narrator examines Tully Monster fossils,...\n
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\nFisher Dissection: Harvard Adventures, Part 2\n

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\nWhat can we learn about the evolution of mammals from a fisher? An engaging video from Brain Scoop's fossils and geology series illustrates the anatomical features of mammals through the dissection of a fisher. Content includes the...\n
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\nIntroduction to Animals\n

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\nOut of all animals, elephants alone lack the ability to jump. Scholars learn all about animals using a presentation full of fun examples. It describes different types of animals, the biological similarities and differences between...\n
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\nIdentification Adventure\n

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\nPut all the pieces together. After a skeleton is put together, pupils play the scientist to determine the type of animal they have by using a classification tree to narrow down the identity. After each decision, they gain advice from an...\n
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\nFinding Fossils\n

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\nHow does one go about finding fossils? Find out with an informative webpage that looks at the digging process, showcases rocks and common fossils, helpful tips, and a list of archeological do's and don'ts. \n
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\nBending Fossils: Experiments In Paleontology (Harvard Adventures, Part 3)\n

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\nHow can we bend a fossil? Junior paleontologists explore the joint movements of extinct species in Brain Scoop's Fossils and Geology series. The narrator works with a paleontology curator to show the experiments performed on the...\n
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\nHow Turtle Shells Evolved... Twice\n

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\nHow do turtle shells form? Scholars explore the evolution of turtle shells and learn about how they form from many different bones before relating the process to cell differentiation in an organism. Pupils also look at different turtle...\n
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\nAnimal Classification\n

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\nSo many animals, so many characteristics—how do we classify them all? A short tour of taxonomy awaits within a helpful Fuse School video on Evolution. Science scholars see how scientists sort animals into the main classes and what traits...\n
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\nAnimals Galore\n

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\nThird graders use structural characteristics to sort and classify animals into groups.\n
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\n\"Nervous\n\n
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\nNervous System\n

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\nFor this nervous system worksheet, students identify and locate each of the vocabulary terms related to the nervous system in the word search. There are 15 biology terms to locate in the puzzle.\n
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\nThe Marsh Land as a Changing Environment\n

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\nSixth graders continue their examination of the state of Connecticut. After taking a field trip, they identify the types of birds, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates who make their home in the salt marshes. In groups, they identify...\n
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\nDiversity of Life\n

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\nStudents explore the diversity of life forms and the role that interdependency plays in our world through a mult-segmented unit. This segment introduces the unit.\n
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\nAdopt-An-Insect Bingo\n

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\nFor this biology worksheet, learners select twenty-five terms relating to insects to complete their bingo card as listed on the sheet. Then they match each name or family with its correct description.\n
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\nPatterns In Time\n

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\nSeventh graders examine fossils.  In this vertebrate fossils lesson students view a demonstration.\n
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\nVerterbrate Classification\n

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\nStudents are introduced to the broad categories of vertebrates including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. They identify the characteristics of each group and then view slideshows and video of example species.\n
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\nNS 6: Monerans, Viruses\n

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\nLearners compare the structures and functions of viruses and bacteria relating their impact on other organisms. They review the main vertebrate groups. Students are describing the characteristics of the main group of vertebrates: ...\n
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\nExperimentation with Teratogens on Zebrafish\n

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\nStudents compare mitosis and meiosis with regard to chromosome number in parent cells versus daughter cells, types of cells produced, total number of cells produced, and the number of divisions. In groups, identify and differentiate the...\n
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