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Splendid China

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders gain an appreciation for the traditions and vast contributions of the Chinese culture in this unit of lessons.
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Sharks

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students research sharks, the food chain, and the water habitat shared by humans and sharks.
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A Natural Habitat: What, How and Why

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students understand what a habitat is. They determine why a habitat is important to our environment no matter where it is located. Students observe and recognize natural habitats in their surroundings.
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Zoo Animal Facts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a fact sheet naming an animal's habitat, distinguishing characteristics, eating type, country of origin, and any interesting information that they research. They illustrate their fact sheet and sheets are compiled into a...
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Wild Animal Investigation - Habitat Diorama

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research wild animals in cooperative groups and use their information to construct habitat dioramas. They demonstrate competence in using different information sources, including those of a technical nature, to accomplish...
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What if the Mormons had not come to Utah?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use critical thinking, evaluation, and geography skills to find alternative locations that Brigham Young could have taken the Mormons to settle.
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Wild Kingdom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research and discuss the natural habitats and various evolutionary theories of giraffes and other animals imported into ancient Rome.
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Into the Sea

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils display an awareness of the diversity of species in the coral reef, their habitat and adaptations. They conduct research to find and then color code the locations of coral reefs around the world.
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NYSDEC Environmental Education

For Students 2nd
In this Earth environment worksheet, 2nd graders answer 4 questions about their favorite animal. Students must also draw a picture of that animal inside a shelter in the box provided.
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Animals and their Habitats

For Teachers K - 2nd
This animal habitat PowerPoint provides beautiful photographs of a rainforest, desert, and grassland habitat, as well as animals native to a rainforest and the desert. The first slide lists rainforest, desert, tundra, and grassland as...
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The Lorax Video Guide

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students view the video The Lorax and answer questions.  In this Dr. Suess literature lesson students examine the video and answer questions on a worksheet.
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Junk-In-The-Box

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the impact of man-made litter. For this man-made litter lesson, students examine man-made litter and describe its impact on animals in the environment.
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The Different Fresh Water Ecosystems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students summarize the characteristics of an ecosystem. In this biology lesson, students identify five major fresh water ecosystem. They define terms and write a journal about what they learned.
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Animals of Point Reyes

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore how disasters affect animals.  In this animal habitats lesson students create an animal that will survive in Point Reyes habitats. 
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Migration

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore migration using the Internet and several pre-chosen websites. In this animal migration lesson students divide into groups and complete a lab activity. 
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The Queen's Empire

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study insects and make observations about their habitat.  in this insect research lesson students research the Internet to compile information on ants. 
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Marine Field Trip to Whytecliff Park

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils study the intertidal habitat, tidal pools and the organisms that live in them.  In this aquatic ecosystems instructional activity students take a field trip and experience first hand the local seashore environment. 
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Mariposas

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how animals use camouflage for survival.  In this investigative lesson students define vocabulary words and see how it is the environment that controls which adaptations will help in survival. 
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I am the Walrus

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research walruses using the library and the Internet, then write an essay from what they find in their research.  In this investigative instructional activity students view a video on walruses then write an essay after...
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Winter Animal Match

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play a game. In this matching instructional activity, students learn about animals and their winter homes.  Students match cards of animals with the cards of winter homes.
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Our Friends the Trees

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build an animal habitat. In this animal habitats lesson, students create dead-wood habitats and observe the habitat over a period of weeks.
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Going Buggy!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students study bugs over a four week period.  In this insect collection of activities, students observe insects covering basic science concepts and skills, such as classification, observation, and responses to habitat....
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Where Do Animals Come From?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners use library search engines to research an animal and its origin. In this animal research lesson plan, students research their assigned animal using ProQuest. Learners then find the country of origin of the animal using a library...
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Forest Animals

For Teachers K
Students explore forest animals and their habitats. For this animal habitat lesson, students draw a forest on white paper and glue pictures of animals that roam in the forest