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Explore! Fun with Science

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students explore the challenges of living in space by designing a facility that can provide everything required to support humans and can protect them from the harsh environment of space.
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Acrostic Animal

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen as the teacher describes how an acrostic poem is written. They research an endangered animal of Puerto Rico. Students write an acrostic poem as a class, and then individually about the animal they research. Students...
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Snowy Owl Adaptations

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners explore the adaptations that are made by the snowy owl. They discuss why these adaptations are necessary and how they protect the owl. Students create a snowy owl puppet.
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The Life Cycle of the Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the life cycle of a butterfly by observing metamorphosis taking place in a butterfly pavilion. Students illustrate their understandings of the body parts of a caterpillar and butterfly, as well as the life cycle,...
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WCCS News 78 Investigative Report

For Teachers K - 8th
Pupils role play the role of investigative reporters. In groups, they determine what type of bird is leaving its droppings on the overhead highway beams. They answer a given set of questions and present their conclusions to the class. To...
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Dinosaur Designs

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars study dinosaurs in science and conduct online research to gather written information about his or her dinosaur. Then, in art class, they sketch their dinosaur and create an accurate three-dimensional dinosaur model out of...
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Butterfly Metamorphosis Booklet

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students study the four different stages of butterfly metamorphosis, In this butterfly life cycle lesson, students construct a metamorphosis booklet by recording and illustrating the butterfly life cycles in the booklet. Vocabulary and...
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Sea Scape

For Teachers K - 4th
Students learn about and make models of coral reefs. In this reef ecosystem instructional activity, the class locates a number of coral reefs on a map. They learn how a coral reef is a balanced ecosystem that depends upon all of it's...
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Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a dinosaur egg with balloons and newspaper.  In this earth science instructional activity, students explore the extinction of dinosaurs.  Students view a web clip and relate it to the extinction of animals they have never...
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What Do We Use From the Rainforest?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify items we use from the rainforest. In this earth science lesson plan, students recall prior facts about the rainforest and list items we use from the rainforest. Students create "Rainforest Cookies" using ingredients...
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Convening, Creating, and Conventioneering

For Teachers K - 5th
Students study coelenterates. In this science lesson, students author a story regarding the life cycle of coelenterates following an in depth study of the creatures.
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Biodome

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students make a biodome out of a recycled soda bottle. In this biodome lesson plan, students make a self contained environment for a plant to grow and watch the plants growth.
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What's in Our Woods?

For Teachers K - 12th
Students observe their local forest and document the change that occurs over the school year.  For this forestry lesson, students utilize a GPS to mark a certain area of the woods as their study area for the remainder of the year....
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Animal Characteristics

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate the characteristics of animals by creating a chart. In this animal life lesson, students create a KWL chart listing all the different animals a class can name. Students take a field trip to a science facility to get...
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Creating Animal Prints

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students investigate the habits of animals by studying their prints.  In this animal life lesson, students investigate the different types of tracks left from animals by researching the Internet.  Students utilize clay or Play-Doh to...
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Pond Safari

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate organisms and animals by examining a nearby pond. In this ecosystem instructional activity, students participate in a field trip to a local pond where they utilize a net to gather animals, plants and pollution items,...
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Marine Critters and Communities

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students touch, see, smell, and hear marine animals that live in a marina. In this marine animals lesson plan, students take field trip to a marine environment after studying the animals.
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Roles and Lifestyles of Various Native American Tribes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete projects related to a Native American tribe's home. In this Native American instructional activity, 2nd graders look at the different lifestyles and homes of the Native Americans. They create a model, journal, or...
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Butterfly Round-Up

For Teachers 2nd - Higher Ed
Students classify the characteristics of butterflies and moths moths. In this life cycle lesson, students identify butterflies and moths common in the state of Iowa as well as their characteristics.  Students then learn the proper catch...
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Animal Diversity

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore biology by completing science worksheets in class. In this animal anatomy instructional activity, students read the book The Adventures of Marco and Polo and identify the animals mentioned in it. Students examine a real...
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Woolly Mammoth

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students learn about the woolly mammoth by reading facts and watching videos. In this woolly mammoth lesson plan, students also color pictures of woolly mammoths.
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Creature Creation

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a read aloud of a fictional story about a frog. They compare the characteristics of the main character with a real frog. They work with two partners to create a creature; one student draw the head, one the body,...
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Forest Activity: Forest Layers (Grades 1-6)

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students use the Museumlink Forest Module to view landscape paintings and discuss the names and functions of the forest layers. They paint or draw a landscape of a forest with the layers and explain them.
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The Magic School Bus Gets Swamped

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in an experiment that shows them how wetlands filter dirty water. They work in groups to accomplish this experiement with the help of supervisors. A bulletin board can be created to show the plants and animals that...

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