PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How Animals Care for Their Young
In this interactive lesson, students learn that animals take care of their young in many of the same ways the adults in their lives take care of them. Students watch videos from NATURE and engage in a variety of activities to check...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How Animals Care for Their Young
In this interactive lesson, students learn that animals take care of their young in many of the same ways the adults in their lives take care of them.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Waddle Lesson Plan
This instructional activity connects literacy, creativity and movement! Students act out different animals in the book "Waddle" as the teacher reads aloud. Students listen carefully for the animal name and the verb describing how that...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Signs and Tracks of Animals
A detailed lesson plan outlining how students are introduced to the topic of animal tracking, and how their knowledge and vocabulary are carefully expanded. Students are shown 'evidence' of an animal having been present, and must...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Square of Life: Ant Day Care Center
For this instructional activity, learners use the engineering design process to create a home for ants where they can be observed for one day.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Analyzing First Words and Sentence Length
After students are given time to think about the topic -"Alone Time with an Adult I Care about," they are given ten to fifteen minutes to write between five and ten sentences on the topic. They ten are told they will revise their...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Poachers Became Caretakers
In his home of Namibia, John Kasaona is working on an innovative way to protect endangered animal species: giving nearby villagers (including former poachers) responsibility for caring for the animals. [15:47]
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Animals as Pets: Everything You Need to Know
Choosing pets and caring for them appropriately is important for children. Many times children choose a pet without knowing the responsibility that is involved in pet care. In this lesson the students will work in pairs to research and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Tad the Tadpole
Tad the Tadpole is designed to demonstrate how pollution in various areas affects wildlife in their native habitats. The lesson is designed to stress the importance of conservation for animals and their surrounding environment. Upon...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Reproductive Behavior of Animals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of the reproductive behaviors of animals.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: From Egg to Chick
This lesson is intended to help young scholars realize that they can learn much about eggs/chicks or any animal through careful observation. They will become familiar with the importance and proper care of eggs/chicks, whether on a farm...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: A Breed Apart
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson shows students a way to calculate the "amount" of inbreeding which results from an incestuous pairing. While this is presented in the show as part of a polygamous cult, the...