CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'dell
Karana's tribe has lived on the Island of the Blue Dolphins for centuries, but a tragedy forces them to leave. When Karana gets left behind, she must learn to live alone. Selected (10) reading passages (grades 5-9) to pair with the novel...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
In the novel "Frightful," a peregrine falcon, has spent most of her life depending on a human and must now learn how to survive in the wild on her own. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 4-9) to pair with "Frightful's Mountain" by...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Eight Days: A Story of Haiti" by Edwidge Danticat
In this tale, for young readers, award-winning Edwidge Danticat tells the story of Junior, a seven-year-old boy trapped beneath his house after the Port-au-Prince earthquake and his rescue. While trapped during the earthquake, Junior...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Climate Change: Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems
Find out how plants and animals adapt to changes in ecosystems.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Squids Outsmart Their Predators
Carly Anne York explains how the stealthy cephalopods have mastered deep sea survival.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Creature Comforts
What do living things need to survive? In this unit, students explore different habitats and the adaptations made by living things to survive. Students will create a website matching an animal's adaptations to its environment. Then, they...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Living in the Wild
In this lesson, young scholars will compare and contrast how the Prehistoric Americans lived off the land at Russell Cave and how Sam Gribley from "My Side of the Mountain" lived off the land. This lesson plan is made possible through...
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Sorting Living Things
Living things live in places that have what they need to survive. Since fish don't breathe air, they need to live in an ocean. That one is pretty obvious, but what about different kinds of trees? Can all animals that breathe air live...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Evolution: Variations and Adaptations
Students discover that variation in plants allows some varieties to survive in near-drought conditions. Next, students learn that different types of rabbits prefer to eat different varieties of plants. Students make the connection...
Other
Biology Simulations: Natural Selection
This simulation explores the survival of prey species individuals based on their coloring and the environment.
Google
Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 6: Hatchet: Unit Files
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the book, Hatchet.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Compare Human Made Objects With Natural Objects
In small groups, students will experiment and observe the similarities and differences between human-made objects and nature. The students will compare the function and structure of hollow bones with drinking straws, bird beaks, tool...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 7.14 Plant Adaptations
Learn about some adaptations plants have in order to survive.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: The "Brian" Books: Teachers' Guide
A message to teachers from author Gary Paulsen, teaching ideas for thematic activities, and interdisciplinary possibilities are all part of this teachers' guide for the whole series of "Brian" books.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Grizzly
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring the grizzly bear. Students will learn basic information about the grizzly bear; students will also use online drawing tools to design a scene with a grizzly bear...