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Using Your Senses

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars use their senses to make observations. In this senses lesson plan, students investigate unknown substances by using their senses for observations. Young scholars identify the number of the substances used, the color, the...
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Animal Adaptations: Focus on Bird Beaks

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore bird beaks as animal adaptation. In this bird adaptation lesson, 6th graders conduct an experiment to determine the connection between the shape of a bird's beak and the food it eats.
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Eyewitness Insect Video Quiz

For Students 5th - 7th
In this insect worksheet, students answer 12 multiple choice questions after watching a video about insects. Topics include structures of insects, characteristics of insects, termites, crickets and beetles and the process of metamorphosis.
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Adopt-An-Insect: Scavenger Hunts 1, 2, and

For Students 7th - 12th
In this insect scavenger hunt learning exercise, students use the charts to keep track of the 52 insects they attempt to find as they complete 3 scavenger hunts.
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Activity: Bird Beak Buffet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers study the functions of bird beaks. In this animal evolution instructional activity, students compare and contrast different types of bird beaks focusing on how the beaks are adapted to the foods the birds eat. Middle...
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A Seed for All Needs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify uses for plants. In this agricultural lesson, students read the book Spring Gardening and distinguish between food plants and flowers. Students plant flower in cups as a follow-up activity.
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For Creative Minds: Tudley Didn't Know

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover facts about the animals in John Himmselman's book, Tudley Didn't Know, and make a paper turtle. In this marsh animals instructional activity, students first read the book Tudley Didn't Know. Students read facts about...
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Insect Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this insect vocabulary worksheet, students draw lines to match ten words pertaining to insect anatomy to their definitions.
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Smarty Plants

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students examine plants and pollinators. In this plant biology lesson, students read The Power of Pollinators and identify the parts of the plant and the pollinators. Students design their own imaginary plants.
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How Busy Are Bees?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students research the jobs of bees. In this timeline lesson, students map out each of the six different jobs a worker bee does in its lifetime. They create a timeline and then retell the job descriptions.
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If It Smells Good, Is Edible, and Attracts Wildlife, Then It's a Practical Garden

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners explore landscape design. In this practical gardening lesson, students design landscape plans that call for shrubs, trees, and plants that can be used for aesthetics, cooking, and wildlife.
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Language Arts Review for Grade 3 (3.2)

For Teachers 3rd
For this language arts review for grade 3 (3.2) worksheet, 3rd graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about punctuation, parts of speech and grammar, with answer key.
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Diamonte Writing

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discover poetry while practicing their storytelling skills.  In this language arts instructional activity, students read diamonte and acrostic poems written by other students on the Internet.  Students create their own narrative...
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Choose Your Defense: Spines, Vomit and Camouflage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate defensive mechanisms of insects and organisms.  In this biology lesson, students draw imaginary caterpillars as well as imaginary parasites that will harm the caterpillar.  Students utilize the Internet to discover...
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Eat Your Flowers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students grow flowers in different soil mediums to determine the effect on flavor.  In this investigative lesson students study flowers, plant them and taste them to see how they differ in different potting soils. 
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Poetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students write a poem. In this language arts lesson, students discuss what they hear and see in a garden. Students write a poem about the sights, sounds and smells of the garden.
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Plant Parts Resource Pages

For Students 3rd
In this plant worksheet, students study the names of plant parts and the function of each part. There are no questions associated with this page.
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Bats

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners examine the migration patterns of the long-nosed bat. They identify threats to the animal and the plants bats help pollinate. They participate in a game to help them with the information.
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Ready, Set, Grow

For Teachers 1st
Create a class butterfly garden, then write journal entries with illustrations of the garden.
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Butterfly

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use a purchased kit to explore the characteristics and life cycles of several butterflies including the Monarch, Western Swallowtail, Red Admiral and Painted Lady. They create a plaster casting of each species for study and...
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How Manduca See

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate how manduca sees and they discuss what they think the manduca might be thinking. They write a story about what an insect sees and does from the insect's perspective.
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Pollen Collection And Identification

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate plant reproduction, pollen collection and identification. They collect pollen samples over a twenty four hour period and examine them under a microscope.
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Make Way for Wild Migrants

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discuss the threats facing migratory species and track the seasonal journeys of wildlife in real space and in cyberspace. Once they have gathered information from several sources, they create a portfolio to share with others...
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Making Sense of Unusual Findings

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners work on the development of observation skills and seeing how they can be used in different contexts. The instructional activity is good for helping the beginner and novice, along with encouraging and reminding the expert...

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