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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dissecting Owl Pellets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students dissect owl pellets. In this dissecting owl pellets lesson, students discuss birds of prey and make predictions about what they may find during the investigation. Students tease out skull and bones and try to make a complete...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Segmented Worms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this segmented worms worksheet, students will use a diagram of a segmented worm to complete 4 short answer questions about its body parts and structures.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Birds

For Students 8th - 12th
For this birds worksheet, students review the characteristics of birds including their adaptations for flight. Students review the diversity of bird adaptations. This worksheet has 4 short answer, 7 true or false, 6 matching, and 3 fill...
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Lesson Plan
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Science: Lead Shot and Waterfowl

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students examine data to investigate the impact of lead shot pellets on waterfowl populations. They graph their findings and discover how lead in ingested by birds and poisons them. As an extension, students research legislation and...
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PPT
Biology Junction

Annelids: The Segmented Worms

For Students 9th - 12th
Here's a lesson that just might make your class squirm! Learn about segmented worms in a detailed PowerPoint presentation including the wriggly earthworms young scientists dig up in their backyards. Although seemingly simple creatures,...
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Lesson Plan
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Wonderful Worms

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify living and non-living things and explain the importance of earthworms to the soil. They name some basic facts about earthworms, recognize basic worm vocabulary words and demonstrate vermicomposting techniques.
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Lesson Plan
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What is a Raptor?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore, analyze and discover the characteristics of raptors and generate a word bank for owls and raptors. They identify attributes shared by raptors and practice various key vocabulary words to master and utilize in sentence...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Yucky Worm World

For Students 8th - 10th
In this earthworm worksheet, students use an on line site to answer questions about the structures and their functions of an earthworm. They also answer questions about planarians, leeches and tapeworms.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Beautiful Birds: Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this birds reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short non-fiction selections about the characteristics of birds. They answer 10 questions based on the reading which include true or false, short answer, and multiple choice.
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Lesson Plan
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Earthworms and Making a Wormery

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners explore the environment by researching insects. In this earthworm lesson, students utilize soil and plexiglass to build a see through wormery in which learners can observe the worms at work. Students identify the benefits of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Can Harvest A Walleye?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the concept of how an ecosystem is put together while conducting research using a variety of resources. They correctly differentiate between a herbivore and carnivore by placing them in the order of hierarchy...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mollusks and Segmented Worms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this mollusk and segmented worm worksheet, students will review 7 vocabulary words associated with these groups of organisms by completing a crossword puzzle.