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Introducing Biodiversity
Students are introduced to the life around them. As a class, they discuss their prior knowledge about the habitats in their local area. Using the internet, they identify the basic components needed for biodiversity and the major...
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Oceanography: Understanding the Relationship Among Ocean Food Chains
Fourth graders explore relationships among organisms involved in ocean food chains to investigate interdependence of the organisms.
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Oceanography
Fourth graders define new vocabulary associated with oceanography. They locate and label the four oceans. They also identify features of the ocean floor.
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Electricity/Magnetism
Fourth graders explore magnets as fundamental parts of generators and how they are used to produce current electricity. They distinguish between the north and south pole of magnets and the difference between repel and attract. Students...
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Endangered Species
Students investigate endangered species. In this animal science lesson, students identify endangered animals and use the Productive Thinking Model to come up with a solution to the problem. Students present various solutions.
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Mineral Identification
Students investigate the environment by examining mineral characteristics. In this mineral instructional activity, students perform scientific observations in groups in which they identify minerals found in everyday objects by...
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Scrabble Laps
Students practice spelling. In this scrabble laps lesson, students divide into teams and complete laps around a track to earn letters. Students use letters earned to form as many words as they can using random letters given for...
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Survival Under a Rock
Pupils investigate ways that animals adapt to their environments through hands-on activities using isopods and an interactive video.
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A Giraffe Debate
Pupils study the life, adaptations, and habitats of giraffes. They investigate the issue of giraffe survival in the wild or in a wildlife sanctuary. They conduct a class debate and present position papers.
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Vanishing Rainforests: How can We Save Them?
Young scholars focus in on the Amazon Rain forest. They research about various plants and animals that exist in our rain forests. Students develop knowledge of resources that come from our rain forests. They analyze the cause/effect of...
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Planets or Not, Here We Come!
Students, working in groups, research planets in terms of the size, temperature, number of moons, and potential for life. They use packets and worksheets as guides for their research. Students may role-play as aliens visiting their...
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The Functions of the Heart
Students explore the function of the human heart. In this heart anatomy lesson plan, students participate in activities offered at an Internet website to discover the characteristics and jobs of the parts of the human heart.
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Collecting Compost
Students observe a composting box. In this soil lesson, students create a composting bin by using a bin, newspaper, worms, and food scraps. Students create a composting food web.
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Invertebrate Dribbling
Young scholars practice proper dribbling skills and work on identifying invertebrates as one of four major types.
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The Great Kapok Tree - Economic Impact of Deforestation
Students read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry. They, in groups, research the economic impacts of deforestation in areas with rain forest and identify resources that humans use from the rain forest.
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Wetlands: Pave or Save?
Young scholars discuss the characteristics of wetlands and how to make them more productive. Using a map, they locate the major wetlands in the United States and color them using a key. They read an article and in groups answer...
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