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Desert Animals
Middle schoolers survive within an ecosystem, an animal must be physically and behaviorally adapted to the conditions of its environment.
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How The Brahman Bull Got Its Hump
Students examine ancestors of Brahaman cattle. After reading a story, "How The Camel Got His Hump," students discuss the differences between a camel and a Brahman bull. Upon completing a discussion of how the Brahman got its hump,...
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Territorial Behavior in Crickets
Students explore the behavior of crickets during courtship. They measure the number and types of interactions between household crickets. Students discriminate between quantitative and qualitative observations. They collect data to...
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Biodiversity in Illinois-Pond Habitats
Second graders construct a pond habitat in the classroom using a small swimming pool partially filled with water, real cattails, a tree log adjoining, and plastic animal life appropriate to a pond setting. They examine the frog in detail...
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Is there a Doctor in the Treehouse?
Learners investigate the afflictions of trees and compare the health of a human to that tree. In this tree instructional activity students complete an activity and create and present a report.
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Wildlife Needs
Students identify the wildlife needs in a specific setting. In this wildlife needs lesson, students identify and illustrate the four stages of forest succession. Students list the natural habitat and food for a given species. Students...
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Fruits and Vegetables in the Food System
Students examine the importance of local markets. In this horticulture lesson, students examine the importance of local markets and food systems that can provide profit for growers, freshness, variety and quality.
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Nuts About Peanuts
First graders explore peanuts. In this peanut lesson, 1st graders examine the parts of peanut plants and identify them. Students plant their own peanut plants and chart their growth.
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Flower Power: An Introduction to Heredity
Students observe flowers and how they grow according to heredity. In this flowers lesson plan, students observe physical traits that make flowers the offspring of other flowers, and fill out worksheets according to their findings.
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Comprehension: The Poison Dart Frog
In this comprehension: the poison dart frog worksheet, 5th graders read the page-long passage, then answer five comprehension questions about it.
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15 Piranhas a Day!
For this global studies worksheet, students read a 4-paragraph article titled "15 Piranhas a day!" about a trip on the Amazon River. Students respond to 6 multi-step questions about the reading.
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Struggle for Existence and Population Growth in Aphids
Students examine the population of aphids. They identify adaptations they have made for their environment. They make predictions, test their hypothesis and collect information that either proves or disproves their theory.
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Reading Comprehension: When Ants Go Marching, They Count Their Steps
In this comprehension instructional activity, students read a short selection about ants, then answer 5 multiple choice questions. Answers provided.
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The "Nuts and Bolts" of Taxonomy and Classification
Students develop classification scheme that meets the established rules of the Linnaean system. They write one page essay on classification choices.
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Have Fun With Technical Report Writing
High schoolers use Clarisworks Word Processing and Spreadsheet, Quick-Take Camera and Software, and produce a publishable technical paper.
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Workers on Sea and on Land
Young scholars use photos of sailors and workers in the shipbuilding industry as a reference point to generate questions and investigate the working conditions for resource industry workers in 19th and 20th centruy Atlantic Canada and...
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Sampling Variation in a Natural Population
Learners examine the phenotypic variation within a natural population of a single species. They collect data on the species and analyze the data using statistical/spreadsheet software. Students interpret their results and present their...
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How Do Weather Conditions and Lunar Cycles Affect Fishing Success?
Students use weather measuring devices to record and study weather conditions at different locations, during different times. They attempt to draw conclusions about the relationship between weather conditions, lunar cycle and fishing...
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Start a Herbarium
Students explore importance of a herbarium and start one of their own.
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Pollen Collection And Identification
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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The Effect of Citrus Oils on Fruit Flies
Learners answer the question, "How could citrus fruits be toxic to fruit flies when fruit flies live on fruit?" They conduct an investigation using four different citrus oils and fruit flies and analyze data collected.
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The Birds and the Bees, and the Flowers and the Trees
High schoolers examine the roles in which animals play in the pollination of plants. They recognize that flowers have male and female sexes. Students describe cross pollination and propose reasons for cross pollination through narration...
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Do You Smoke Like a Chimney?
In this smoking worksheet, students review facts about smoking and the hazards of smoking by answering the 10 questions related to smoking.
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Animal Poetry
In this animal poetry worksheet, students gather information about an animal and follow a sample to write an animal poem. Page has links to additional activities.