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Plants Alive! How Plants Grow and Move

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore how plants move in response to the environment. For this plant lesson, students engage in three different experiments to investigate how plants grow and move. Resources available in English and French.
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States of Water

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate the 3 states of matter. In this physical science "matter" lesson, students observe and participate in a number of demonstrations involving melting and freezing water. Students observe the effect heat has on changing...
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Butterfly Lesson Plans

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study the life cycle of the Monarch Chrysalis. In this butterfly life cycle lesson, students study the monarch butterfly life cycle and focus on the fourth stage of the life cycle. Students draw a picture about the fourth stage...
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Introduction to Biology

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students examine the study biology and explore the relationship between biology and daily life.  In this nature of biology instructional activity students study articles and answer the given questions. 
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Life in a Log

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners identify insects living in rotting logs. In this decomposition lesson, students observe pieces of a rotting log, they look at the insects that have inhabited the log and create a chart that shows their findings.
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Agriculture is a Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
What do a bicycle and the life cycle have in common? Cover this and more with the series of cross-curricular activities included in this plan. Learners do everything from making bracelets that represent the life cycle to checking out the...
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Fun with Flowers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make observations of flowers. In this life science lesson, students look at flowers, then draw and color their favorite flowers. Lesson includes extension activities.
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Creating a Bird Friendly Habitat

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students listen while teacher reads The Mountain Who Loved a Bird, then answer questions about the mountain habitat as described in the story. In this life science instructional activity, students watch as teacher models creating a bird...
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Baby Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this baby animal graphic organizer, students write in four examples of young animals that look like their parents, and two examples of young animals that look different from their parents.
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Plant Life Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Before you fill those pots with dirt and plant those seeds, describe the plant life cycle. Seed dispersal, germination, and pollination are all covered in this text-rich presentation. Each slide does contain quite a bit of text and...
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Garden in a Glove

For Teachers K - 4th
Students observe the life cycle of a plant in a glove.  In this life cycle instructional activity, students read and discuss the life cycle of a plant.  Students then plant seeds in a clear plastic glove and record their...
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Paper Plate Sunflowers

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
A great way to recall the parts of a flower is to make one. Little learners create sunflowers out of paint and paper plates. They also discuss and label the various parts of their flowers. 
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Aquarium Acrobats

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students create a realistic underwater diorama as a follow-up activity to a field trip to an aquarium. They research and discuss sea creatures and plants that contribute to aquarium life, then create a diorama using research information...
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Fragile Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students study the different parts and life cycle of butterflies. They make a replica of one of the thousands of types and colors of butterflies, or create an imaginary species. Afterward, they label and correctly spell butterfly body...
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Monarch Butterflies

For Teachers K - 1st
Monarch butterflies, and their amazing life cycle, are the focus of this presentation. Young students take in some very good photographs and descriptions of each of the stages of the butterfly's life. This would be an excellent...
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Alligator Alley

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students identify alligator body parts, feeding patterns, habitats, and conditions necessary for their survival in the wild. They identify ways that people influence the quality of life of all creatures on Earth, including themselves and...
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Animal Adults and Babies

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine how different animals care for their young and how young animals change as they grow. They conduct research on the growth patterns and life cycle of a selected animal, create a realistic baby and adult form of their...
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Dried-Corn Door Decor

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research the historic and cultural importance of corn to Native American and other cultures. They create a 3-D life-like replica of Indian corn to celebrate the harvest. Students celebrate teh fall harvest with decorative ears...
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Mind-Blowing Glass

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students explore and study the life and art of internationally know glass sculptor, Dale Chihuly. They recognize organic forms in her massive body of blown-glass work and create an organic sculpture of their own utilizing her style of...
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Ocean Scenes and Coral Reefs

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore plants and animals that live at various ocean levels, including beaches and coral reefs. They demonstrate their comprehension of ocean layers and life with chalk drawings. Students draw details of plant and animal life,...
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Our Chicks Are Hatching!

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners examine the incubation and hatching process for chicks in photographs or with real-life chicks in the classroom. They identify the different stages of the hatching process, and create sculptures of hatching chicks using clay.
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Pop-Up Wildlife Mural

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research life in a rainforest including plants, animals, insects, climate. They discover reasons for the importance of rainforests to the Earth's environment. Students work as a group to create a large 3-D rainforest scene that...
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Up & Away

For Teachers K - 6th
Students research where balloons go when they fly away, the consequences of their escape, and suggest alternative possibilities for preventing balloon escapes in real life. They identify humorous stories and discuss the qualities that...
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What's Growing? Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars study the life cycle of plants by growing a seed in a paper cup. They record observations of the changes they see. When the plant sprouts, they plant it in soil in a paper cup. Next, they continue to draw and date their...

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