Students take a pre-test to show their prior knowledge of dinosaurs. Using the internet, they reasearch the time period in which they roamed the Earth. Focusing on the area of Connecticut, they compare and contrast the large and small...

Students explore how scientists determine what prehistoric animals looked like based on their bones. They draw a picture of the skull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex by copying an image from an overhead or book.

In this animal vocabulary learning exercise, students read the clue and answer it with an animal vocabulary word and then find the word in the maze. Students complete 14 questions.

In this animals spelling worksheet, students are given definitions related to animals and their habitat, then fill in missing letters in words to complete the matching animal spelling word. 

In this animals vocabulary instructional activity, students write the animal vocabulary word that goes with the definition. Students complete this for 15 words.

Young scholars gain an understanding of scientific methods and use process skills (such as observing, classifying, and predicting) to solve a problem. They develop an understanding of the need for natural preservation.

In this scientific classification worksheet, students read about classification and the questions scientists ask in order to classify, then read about features of different classifications of animals. Worksheet is informational, no...

In this birds activity, learners click on the links to learn about the birds of the Wetlands and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 7 questions total.

In this fossils worksheet, students will read about the hobby of fossil collecting and the tools needed for collecting fossils. Students will complete 3 short answer questions based on their reading.

Students will develop a KWL chart with the class to assess prior knowledge. The students will be given five-ten minutes to individually fill out the Know and Wonder sections of their individual charts. They will then participate in...

Young scholars study natural selection and its process in the peppered moth. In this evolution lesson, students read about the concept of natural selection as suggested by Charles Darwin. Young scholars then complete a natural selection...

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