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9 Lungs vs. gills Lesson Plans
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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 »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students complete a variety of lab activities that reinforce the idea that many species have a common ancestry. They examine the wings of birds, fins of fish and mammalian sea creatures, and the bone structure in various mammals. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students examine the difference between sea mammals and other ocean organisms. They also note the similarities between land and sea mammals. They participate in assembling a chart that displays the differences between mammals and fish. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students participate in a variety of activities as they explore the "amazing world of whales." Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students explore cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals. They classify animals into mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and insects. They discuss the difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals and simulate being a snake. They simulate being an animal for the day. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students differentiate between vertebrates and invertebrates, and identify the main characteristics of mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. They sort and categorize different types of balls, discuss the characteristics of five types of vertebrates, and participate in a characteristic identification game. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students observe physical features of Daphnia and explain how characteristics allow them to survive, investigate Daphnia's ecological interactions, and observe how Daphnia turn red under low oxygen conditions through increased production of hemoglobin. They then discuss how invasive species can populate foreign area, predict type of adaptation that has allowed it to invade North America, and discuss what impacts an invasive species can have on ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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In this lesson, students properly use a taxonomic key to identify benthic organisms. Students go onto collect aquatic macroinvertabrate and then ennumerate all organisms colelcted. The culminating activity is the Project Watershed database to copmare properties of a stream. Full Review »
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