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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students predict, identify, analyze, and categorize the various nocturnal animals found in their immediate area. They set bait around their school, and try to identify the tracks of the animals that eat the food. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students investigate the special characteristics of nocturnal animals that differentiates them from others animals. They compare/contrast how nocturnal animals survive and grow in the nighttime environment by looking at the senses they use to navigate. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students explore the reasons why nocturnal creatures are active during the night. They participate in a game of blindfolded tag that simulates the interactions among predators, prey and amounts of light. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students identify animals that are active at night and the reasons why. They examine the features needed to be a nocturnal animal. They create a representation of one of the animals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students investigate the owl food chain. They discuss owl facts, explore various websites, dissect an owl pellet, create a picture of the owl food chain, read the book, "Owl Babies," and write an owl poem. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students define noctural and are introduced to a variety of noctural animals. They navigate web sites in order to research noctural animals and write about and illustrate one noctural animal. They create a chart to represent the number of legs that each noctural animal has. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students identify a variety of animals and habitats of the desert. They define nocturnal and diurnal, and complete a class Venn diagram comparing different desert animals. Next, they role-play different nocturnal and diurnal desert animals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students describe the characteristics and behaviors of bats. After viewing a video, they explain how bats use echolocation to navigate and how they find their young within a group. They list four misconceptions about the animal and contrast those with true statements. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students identify nocturnal animals in their local area. Using the internet, they view animal tracks to determine which ones might be in around their school. In groups, they examine outside areas and record their observations. They write their descriptions of the tracks and which animal it is. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students in a special education class examine the nocturnal animals in their local area. Individually, they use the internet to research owls and share it with the class. To end the lesson, they use construction paper to make a representation of the owl. Full Review »
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