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Oh Deer!"

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore the essential components of a habitat, which is food, water, and shelter. They end the lesson by paying the Oh Deer! game.
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University of Colorado

Punnett Squares with Piebald Deer

For Teachers 5th - 10th Standards
Explore the science behind Earth's amazing diversity of life with this lesson on genetics. Looking at specific traits in piebald deer, carnations, and roan cattle, young scientists use Punnett squares to determine the possible genotypes...
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Deer Population

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study deer including their reproduction rate and management in Pennsylvania.  In this deer overpopulation lesson students estimate deer population and suggest management tools. 
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Deer: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "deer," write the word independently, and color the picture of the deer.
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Worksheet
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Deer: Predation or Starvation

For Students 7th - 12th
In this balance of nature worksheet, learners use a data chart to graph wolf and deer populations over a ten-year period. Students use this graph to complete 3 short answer questions.
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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

Tracker: Novel Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Most deer are born with white spots that disappear as they grow. An interesting novel study for Gary Paulsen's Tracker shares more fascinating facts about the majestic animals. Readers also complete a vocabulary activity, solve anagrams,...
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Oh Deer!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss the components necessary to keep animal populations alive . Then they participate in a game where they interact as deer, food, water, and shelter. The activity demonstrates that nature is not static, but changes with the...
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"Oh Deer!"

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students play a game where half of them are deer and the others are components of habitat: food, water, shelter and space. They signify their needs by hand gestures and take what they need to their side of the game. They discuss real...
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White-tailed Deer Issues

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the white tail deer population in Pennsylvania and explore the impacts that the deer have on the flora and fauna.  In this white-tail deer lesson students complete an activity and graph their results. 
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The Fall and Rise of the White-tailed Deer Population: Conservation Success Story?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils analyze the problems that have come along with the conservation movement and the fall and rise of the white tailed deer population. In this conservation lesson plan, students see how important the deer were to the Native Americans...
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Saving Bambi

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read two articles about what is being done with deer dangers. They react to the stories read. They are reacting to if deer should be shot or not to help cut down on the many dangers they impose.
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White-tailed Deer: Beauty or Beast?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils use study guides and videos to discuss the positive and negative impacts of white-tailed deer populations. In this wildlife management lesson, students view slides and discuss the natural history and value of deer as a resource....
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Science 4 Inquiry

The Ups and Downs of Populations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Life has its ups and downs ... especially if you're an animal! Biology scholars engage in a population study through an inquiry-based lesson. Pupils work together to explore the factors that affect deer populations, then examine the...
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Deer: Predation or Starvation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this predation or starvation worksheet, students read about the effects of the wildlife service bringing in predators (wolves) to control a deer population. Students calculate the change in the deer population from 1971 to 1980. They...
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Oh Deer! and English Learner Writing Extensions

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students follow deer through Yellowstone Park and record the number of deer from year to year. In this basic needs of deer lesson, students work in small groups and chart the number of deer each year and give explanations using as...
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Estimating Deer Population

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students calculate the deer population using proportion. In this algebra lesson, students apply the concept of ratio and proportion to real life scenario.
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White-Tailed Deer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the importance of white-tailed deer and their impact on forest environments. They visit learning centers to simulate being a white-tailed deer and work in groups. After visiting a forest they share their information...
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Worksheet
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Lower Elementary Word Search - Deer

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this lower elementary word search learning exercise, students search for 6 words that are about deer. They locate the words which are shown in a word back at the bottom of the page.
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Hi, Deer!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners collect, organize by table, and examine census data in a simulation, estimate the size of the population in the simulation and make predictions based on the collection of census simulation data.
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Radford University

Mathematical Modeling: Lesson 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Will more deer result in more big game licenses? Scholars first research data on the number of deer and the number of big game licenses in Virginia between 1990 to 2009. They apply polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic regression to...
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Survivor!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners play a game in physical education class to examine how a deer survives. Using nature as a guide, they discover how it is constantly changing due to weather, food, water, pollution and predators. They discuss the characteristics...
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Worksheet
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Es Rudolph!

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
Your young Spanish speakers will love coloring Rudolph during wintertime! Consider reading them Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer or teaching them the famous song in Spanish! It's a day they're sure to remember. 
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Printables
Teacher Printables

My Mini Book About …

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This is one of several printable pages on which little life scientists can write out their research on an assigned animal. The highlighted page is for alligator research, but several other animal pages are included as other materials....
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Printables
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My Mini Book About...

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Elementary learners complete a mini book on polar bears. The resource contains four pages, each a quarter of a page, including one title page with a picture of a polar bear and a space for kids to write their names. 

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