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The Velveteen Rabbit

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss and touch stuffed animals and a real rabbit. They complete a KWL chart about rabbits. They listen to the story The Velveteen Rabbit and discuss it. They research rabbits in the library and make a book.
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Here Comes Winter!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate winter behaviors in animals. They describe winter and write about the characteristics of the season by drawing and labeling a winter picture. Students then conduct research on a chosen animal and create a chart. ...
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Alien Invasions!

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students use video and Internet components, to gain an understanding of non-native invasive plants and animals and the ecological and monetary problems they cause.
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Pet Population

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine how to control pet overpopulation. In this animal welfare lesson, students consult a phone directory for listings of animal shelters in the community. Students construct a list of questions to ask them, such as, "how...
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Animal Adaptations to the Cold

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Student's explore the concept of animal adaptations.  In this animal science lesson, students create insulated mittens and conduct an investigation with cold water.  Students discuss the results and make connections to animals...
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Coral Reef Community

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the coral reef. In this food chain lesson, students study the plants and animals of the coral reef and how they each play a role in that ecosystem. They participate in a class play to demonstrate the types of animals in...
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Pet-agogy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore interesting animal behaviors and adaptations. They create information sheets about an animal residing in a fictional sanctuary and assess the animal's likelihood of being a good pet.
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Mysterious Footprints

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students, after observing and responding to two pictures, consider the interaction of two unknown animals by examining the pattern of their footprints. They make observations, draw conclusions and propose possible explanations for the...
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Heating and Cooling a Really Large Lizard

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate the effect of temperature on cold-blooded animals, using a 5 x 8 inch index card to represent a dinosaur as their model organism. Students measure temperature changes that occurs at different angles to a light...
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Baa, Ram, Ewe....Sheep Tales

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students compare real and make believe animal behaviors by drawing and comparing them. In this real and make believe animals lesson plan, students compare the animal behaviors, express how colors create a mood in artwork, and investigate...
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Soak it up

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete a hands on activity using hard boiled eggs, food coloring, tape, cups, water, and a knife to show how permeability affects animals. In this permeability lesson plan, students complete this activity and learn how...
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It's a Gas - Natural Gas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use plastic bottles, water, and condiment packets to simulate how natural gas comes from decaying ocean plants and animals. In this natural gas lesson plan, students also fill out lab packets and answer exit questions.
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Animal Characteristics

For Teachers Pre-K
Students investigate biology by completing a group classification activity. For this animal characteristics, students discuss the different families in the animal kingdom and the small differences that separate the animals. Students...
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Name Scramble

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this name scramble worksheet, students practice the skill of unscrambling the names of ten animals. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Scientists Find 27 New Species in Caves

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students share their knowledge of creatures that live in caves, then read a news article about new cave animals that have been found in California. For this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and...
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Creating a Food Web

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate hunters and prey by creating a food web.  In this animal life lesson plan, students investigate a single organism in preparation for a field trip, discovering its diet and habitat.  Students each discuss...
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Rocky Shore Food Web Drama

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore food chains. In this ecosystem lesson, students discover how plants and animals rely on each other for survival. Students research the rocky shore ecosystem and create a skit representing the ecosystem.
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Where Do All the Animals Live?

For Teachers K
Pupils study animal habitats and make a poster showing two animals, two birds, and two reptiles in their habitats.
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Working-with-Animals Careers

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First graders list and discuss careers that involve working with animals and draw pictures of careers that interest them. They compare and contrast domestic and wild animals.
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Animals of the Cold

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students access the Internet to research information about animals found in the coldest parts of the world. They gather data for collaborative exchange and research answers to teacher designed questions. They create original works of art...
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Animals from Afar

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students visualize the scope of the Roman empire by illustrating the geographic origins of various imported animals. They study how exotic animals were imported into Rome from the farthest regions of the empire.
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Debate: Should we cull animals?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine arguments for and against culling animals. Students, in groups, read news stories. They create a list of arguments, for and against, the culling of animals. Students debate, supporting their opinion. Students create...
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What Can Animals Do?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this science related worksheet, students discuss and brainstorm what animals can and cannot do and then answer twelve true and false questions regarding the subject.
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Animals of Point Reyes

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore how disasters affect animals.  In this animal habitats lesson students create an animal that will survive in Point Reyes habitats. 

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