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Animals Galore

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use structural characteristics to sort and classify animals into groups.
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Energy for Animals

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover how animals depend on other animals for energy. They identify sources of energy in their daily life and describes the actions of nightime and daytime animals. They list sources of food and shelter for specific...
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Creating New Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars navigate an interactive web site to create imaginary animals. They research one or more animals. They create one page report with pictures. They discuss attributes of animals they have researched.
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Investigating Animals in Water

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars observe small animal activity. They identify local water animals and describe the habitats where water animals can be found. Students collect samples to observe in the classroom.
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Learning About Animals' Bodies

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students research different animals (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, birds, fish) and create books, murals, dioramas, puppets, and sculptures to illustrate the necessity of various body parts for overall survival. In this animal...
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Adaptable Animals

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners examine the types of adaptations that animals use to survive. They research the animals and report their findings to the class.
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Classification of Animals

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice classiyfying items and identify three major characteristics scientists use to classify animals. They describe the differences between ectothermic and endothermic animals.
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Animal's Locations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify pictures of animals that are posted throughout the classroom. Using locations, they match the correct animal with its home. They discover some of the animals could live in many different places. They answer questions...
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Animals, Piece by Piece

For Teachers K
Pupils receive teacher prepared puzzles of animals. They try to name the animal by looking at only one piece. Students work in groups to assemble the puzzle pieces and name the animal. They draw their own pictures of the animals in their...
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What Animals Eat

For Teachers 1st
First graders organize animals according to what they eat. They compare the teeth of plant eaters and meat eaters.
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Animals and Their Needs

For Teachers K
Students identify the characteristics of living things and examine objects to see if they are living. They identify the needs of living things, in particular of animals and animal babies. They discuss how to care for pets.
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The Animals of Julie of the Wolves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore Arctic animal life through use of electronic resources. They discover facts about various animals that share that ecosystem with wolves.
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Animals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss the term "endangered". They identify the reasons some animals are in danger of being wiped out. They discover ways humans can help the species survive.
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Those Amazing Seaworld Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research the animals at SeaWorld and then relate the info they have found into various types of graphs; line, circle and bar. This lesson combines math and science nicely. They access a website imbedded in this plan to do their...
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Desert Animals (Introduction to Reptiles)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to a story that introduce them to reptiles. They participate in a discussion concerning these desert animals and write from the rattlesnake's point of view.
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December Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine human actions that have caused certain animals to become endangered. They discover what is being done to help endangered animals and discover what they can do to help.
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Identifying plants, animals, insects, reptiles, and birds on the prairie

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Young scholars identify all of the plant an animal life on the prairie.  In this plant identification lesson students divide into groups and draw sketches of things they saw on the prairie. 
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Wappo Indians: Animals They Hunted

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the hunting and foraging practices of the Wappo tribe. They discover Wappo words for food and determine which animals still live in Napa County. They research the diet, habits and homes of these animals.
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Animals and Initial Sounds

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore animals and initial sounds. They create a slideshow by clicking and dragging background pictures, letters, animal pictures and sounds to accompany each slide. Students search for animals whose name is the same sound...
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Ancient Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore ancient rock art in Arkansas. Through discussion, research, and hands on activities, they identify the animals and stylized features of rock art found in Arkansas. Students identify the various habitats of he animals...
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Mythical Animals

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils create imaginary animals by assembling pictures of body parts from pictures of real animals. This is one of three linked tasks. The others are "Who's Parts Do I Have?" and "Animals Piece by Piece."
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Value: Non-Violence - Friendship With Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars discuss the importance of respecting animals and properly providing for their needs. In a class setting, students read a story about animals and identify kind and caring actions toward the animals. After a class...
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Animals in the Landscape Mural

For Teachers K
Students design animals and settings for the class mural they find on the visual journey to a farm through the cutting, tearing, pasting, and coloring of colored paper. Visualizing and designing constructed paper forms fosters Students'...
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Animals in Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.

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