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Nature and Nurture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils look into the role both nature and nurture play in determining an individual's traits. They examine how genes and the environment affect personality
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Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Signs

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students experience Pennsylvania Dutch culture and heretige as they identify and create Hex signs based on unity, focal point, nature and a personal meaning.
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Nature Calendar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners practice using reference materials to locate information by making a nature calendar.
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Squaring Off

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define examples of patterns and explore the makeup and purpose of patterns found in nature. They create models illustrating the patterns researched in class and relaying the purpose of patterns in various natural objects.
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Nature Scavenger Hunt with Pedometers

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students integrate the study of plants/soil/rocks within a physical education classroom.
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore nature by reading stories in class. In this animal characteristics lesson, students read the story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," by Rudyard Kipling and identify the different animals mentioned in the book. Students review the...
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Bay Classroom

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read a handout and use the Internet to go to a website and investigate the bay.  In this nature lesson plan students study the website and take a quiz. 
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Giant Acorns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students investigate nature by creating acorn art.  In this arts and crafts lesson, students create a giant acorn using construction paper and crayons.  Students share their creation with classmates and rub bark onto it.
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Earth Connections

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore the concept of the planet Earth and its connection to the Native American traditional beliefs of 'Mother Earth.' Students describe and illustrate the Native American beliefs for 'Mother Earth.' Young scholars...
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Outdoor Education

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in various outdoor activities to teach them about the environment. In this outdoor education lesson plan, students participate in activities such as compass direction, conservation, forestry, wildlife, and...
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Nature

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In these vocabulary acquisition worksheets, students connect the dots for each picture and then write the word for the picture on the lines. In the second instructional activity, students connect the dots and fill in the missing letters...
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Recording Wildflowers

For Students 4th - 7th
For this wildflowers worksheet, students draw a wildflower and record its features. There are spots to record 8 different wildflowers, with 6 features about each one.
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Nature (Cont.)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ESL nature vocabulary worksheet, learners analyze 7 pictures that depict different scenes in nature. Students match these pictures with the words that describe them.
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Matching Nature

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL nature vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different scenes in nature. Students match these pictures with the nouns that describe them.
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Wildlife Crime

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students review information on a website. They read the story and answer the questions that are listed in the wildlife crime.
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Nature Word Search

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this word search worksheet, students locate 18 vocabulary words and mark them in the puzzle. All words pertain to the garden. There is a word bank.
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Nature Word Search: More Difficult

For Students 4th - 6th
In this nature word search worksheet, students locate 24 words in a puzzle. All words pertain to nature and the garden. There is a word bank.
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Stars

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students relate the mood and meaning of a song to the style of performance. They listen to a poem by Sara Teasdale, listen to a song about stars and sing the star song.
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Biophilia Space

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students observe what is happening around and within them. They observe a natural environment which is free of conversation, pedestrians or traffic. Afterward, they journal their observation and experience.
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Composition and Earth Literacy

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils are asked to write about a memorable experience they have had in nature. They write a summary or analysis of an essay that delineates either how to live sustainably, how to develop sustainable technologies, or how to solve...
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Natural Hazards

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate the hazards of naturally occurring events. After watching a video concerning safety hazards, students work in groups to discuss the safety issues involved in taking a trip to a mountainous region. Recommendations are...
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Campfire

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students have fun and investigate about the nature and history through songs, skits, and other activities. They sing songs, and act out skits. Students decide what songs or skits that they are going to sing. They sit around a campfire...
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Make Sense of Nature

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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The Relationship Between Nature And Man's Place

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the findings of the environment that is around them. They make observations and think reflectively about nature. Students make cognitive connections from the world around them and write...