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Pen Pals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils discuss the sounds that different animals make. Then they play a listening game, using the animal sounds they've discussed.
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Lightning Safety

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate how lightning is produced and ways they can keep themselves safe during a lightning storm. After a lecture/demo, students use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to reinforce the concepts taught.
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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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Sounds You See, Hear, and Feel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore and create sound wave vibrations using musical instruments and common objects. They compare/contrast and describe actions that cause sound wave vibrations that can be seen, heard, and felt.
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Weather Myths

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders relate myths to weather phenomenon. They write and illustrated a weather myth and present it to the class.
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Characteristics of Living Things: What Makes Them Tick

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students list the characteristics of living things and give specific examples of living things exhibiting these characteristics. They bring in examples of living things.
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Name It Cotton

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify products that are made from cotton. They participate in an activity in which a cotton ball is thrown to them and in turn they must name a product made from cotton.
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Milk: A Practical Application

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the impact of the physical and chemical properties of milk and its use as an important food.
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Food and You

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine the types of foods they eat. They describe the different components and resources that go into making their favorite foods. They also compare the resources going into different foods and identify ones which are more...
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A Trip To the Animal Fair

For Teachers K - 5th
Students share their experiences they have had with animals. Using photographs of their own pets, they create a booklet out of construction paper in which they identify the pets needs. They also compare and contrast what they need to...
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What do Bison Eat?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the three major categories of food eaten by bison. In groups, they collect examples of grass and forbs and press them. They complete a chart of the percentages of each type of food the bison eat in a day. They...
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"Honey Dew from Bunny Too!"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The students will design a lab to test the mechanism that triggers spore dispersal. They should have some clues after making observations of the life cycle. Part of the fun here is to let the students devise a method for testing this...
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How Much Sleep Do Animals Need?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read and complete "Guess How Much Sleep These Animals Need" worksheet. They use the chart and record how much sleep different animals get until the chart is full. They then discuss why sleep is important.
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A DAY WITHOUT AG

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars consider and discuss the meaning of the word "agriculture" and how agriculture affects their lives every day. Students identify the various ways that agriculture touches their personal lives. Young scholars use worksheets...
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Genetics, Heredity, Environment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the concept of genetics. In groups, they discover how traits are passed down from generation to generation. To end the lesson, they determine which trait they got from each parent and review how a cell divides.
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Memorization Tips: Elements/Symbols

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry instructional activity, students identify ways to memorize the elements and symbols of the periodic table for chemistry. They identify phrases that use each element in a unique way.
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Weather Poems

For Students 5th - 8th
In this weather worksheet, students use the pictures illustrated to help them unscramble each word to learn a few weather sayings. Then they identify the ways in which meteorologist tracked weather before technology.
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Animal Word Search by Hannah Sutherland

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this student made animal word search worksheet, students search for animal words hidden within the puzzle. They search for words such as butterfly, koala, meerkat, and whale.
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American Bison

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this bison worksheet, students read several paragraphs about the American Bison. Students learn about its history and its current status and answer questions about the text.
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S-O-I-L Soil

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research soil, its nutrients, and plant growth. In this soil activity, 5th graders create soil journals, trace flowers, and include nutrient information on each petal. Students read an excerpt from "McBroom Tells the...
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Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #103

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 12 multiple choice questions complementing the May 2009 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.
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Animal Electronic I.D.

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners discover ways to keep the animals in our environment safe by examining electronic I.D. tags.  In this animal safety activity, students participate in a role-playing activity in which they are monitored by an electronic I.D....
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Animal Quirks Quiz

For Students 6th - 9th
In this online quiz activity, students answer a set of multiple choice questions about animal quirks. Page includes links to answers, ads and resources.

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