Students investigate farm animals. In this farm animals lesson, students acquire basic farm vocabulary, identify farm animals, sing songs and create a farm animals books. Students use the SMART board to match animal pictures and words.

Fourth graders explore animals of the Arctic and Antarctic and then create a report. They become aware of the great diversity among animals.

Amazing! Any 5th grader would be more than willing to participate in this project. Students are broken into groups, each group reads one book from a list of five. They use their book as the basis for choosing an animal and environment to...

Third graders make a presentation or a booklet to help class learn about rain forest animals. They sketch or use a few words to describe the picture that goes with the facts. They use the computer to make a presentation or use...

Use an article about an Orca killing a trainer to help writers complete a persuasive essay. The article, other templates, and models are attached. Scholars divide up into groups of three where each person takes a different role,...

Students investigate water color paintings.  In this art history lesson, students discover Winslow Homer and his art work by reading an article.  Students solve a word search based on the article.

Fifth graders, in groups, list the physical characteristics of a biome and think of ways in which animals might have to adapt to live there and make a biome mobile ball that show the different types of habitats that shape the praire biome.

Students research a website to learn about the Florida panther. In this animal research lesson, students use the scavenger hunt directions to search a website about Florida panthers. Students also solve word puzzles within the activity.

Young scholars investigate the needs of animal shelters. In this animal welfare lesson, students brainstorm the needs of a local animal shelter and implement a service plan to collect donations for an animal shelter.

Students read The Kapok Tree and write about the story.  In this rainforest story, students write a book in the genre of The Kapok Tree. Students research their animals on the Internet and find facts about the importance of...

Students investigate the wildlife of Africa. In this animal science activity, students view the video "National Geographic's African Wildlife" and visit websites to research additional information on the wildlife of Africa. Students...

Students consider the images and feelings associated with teeth. They also create posters about the importance of teeth in a variety of animals.(August 5, 2003)

Students research endangered animals. In this animal science lesson, students visit suggested websites to learn more about endangered animals and create animal masks. Students need glue, cardstock, string and feathers to construct the...

High schoolers research about the function of MPA's. In this marine science instructional activity, students explore how humans influence changes near these areas. They explore different MPA's in the Great Lakes region.

Students examine the role of the explorers. In this explorers and conquistadors, students create word puzzles (Wordles) regarding the time period in history. Students conduct research regarding a particular explorer and create foldables...

Middle schoolers research and write a paper on any agriscience related topic. In this series of agriscience lesson, students create a presentation to teach their peers about the animal industry. They explain the uses and importance...

Young scholars explore the various reasons for animals becoming endangered and threatened with extinction. Within this lesson, students choose an animal to research and then creativity introduce their animal to the rest of the class...

Students explore fascinating world of rainforest, and participate in activities such as adopt-an-acre-of-the- rainforest, adopt-a-rainforest-animal, sequencing, comparing and contrasting, word processing and searching the Internet.

Students examine the role of the elephant in the culture of Thailand through many different class activities based on a PBS program "The White Elephants of Thailand with Meg Ryan". Students also look at the impact of technology on...

Your shoes get a lot of mileage in familiar places. Represent the places you have traveled the most with an art project based on a print of Indian People Wear Shoes and Socks by Juane Quick-to-See Smith. Kids trace their shoes and...

Seventh graders view Edward Burtynsky's artwork that represents ship breaking. They view images of recycling, the water cycle, rusted metal, and ships to determine factors that threaten the existence of a particular habitat of an...

Students research an endangered animal using both printed material and the Internet. They organize their information and develop sentences to write a story to create a flip-it book. A worksheet is embedded in the lesson for students' use.

Students study the Chinese form of tangrams. They read the story, "Grandfather Tang's Story," by Ann Tompert and discuss how tangrams are used to tell the story. Using paper and scissors, they create animal tangrams and write stories...

Students identify the sounds of different bird calls. In this biology lesson plan, students create a sound map. They explain how this method is important in tracking wildlife.