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Adopt-An-Insect Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a school-wide insect collection investigate the insect world. For this project, each grade level "adopts" specific orders of insects, collect specimens, create classroom collections, and complete related activities.
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Examining Infiltration Rates of Various Soil Types

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students formulate their own hypothesis, determine which variables are important to test their hypothesis, design an experiment in which they collect data. They utilize instruments and tools to measure, calculate, and organize data.
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Simon Says Lining Up

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice keeping quiet while standing in line. They play Simon says with the teacher to identify the parts of their muscles, bones, or other body parts such as hair, knees, and eyes. Students complete movements only if they...
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Lake Pepperidge Farm

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students calculate proportions to determine the total population of Lake Pepperidge Farm. They collect a blind sample of fish and count the number of tagged and untagged fish. They collect data from all samples and record the data in a...
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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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What Does a Wolf Need to Survive?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures which surround a picture of a wolf. Students are instructed to circle all the items a wolf needs to survive in the wild.
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Shadow Know-How

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this fill in the blank worksheet, students fill in the names of eleven Australian animals by identifying them by their shadows.
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Name Scramble: Desert Mammals

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this problem solving worksheet, students analyze a row of pictures of various desert mammals to determine which creature is different from the others pictured.
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The Great American Alligator

For Students 6th - 10th
In this alligator activity, students read a short essay describing the natural history of this reptile. Then students complete 3 fill in the blank and 3 short answer questions.
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Organizer
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Sorting and Classifying Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this sorting and classifying learning exercise, students read the names of 12 animals and sort the animals into three groups based on a single characteristic. The groups will be of the student's own choice. Note: The names of the...
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Physics at the Zoo

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students visit a local zoo and answer physics questions that are a part of zoo life.  In this zoo physics instructional activity students answer questions that have to do with the physics of animal size, their center of gravity and how...
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Animal Tracks

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this animal tracks worksheet, students match a set of animal pictures to their tracks, 5 animals total. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Food webs and Energy Flows

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students become familiar with food chains.  For this food chains lesson, students understand that as consumers eat other consumers energy is passed. Students understand the vocabulary associated with food chains.
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Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #92

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 12 multiple choice questions complementing the April 2008 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.
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Rabbit Hill Gardening Planning Sheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this garden planning learning exercise, students complete a chart in which students choose 3 plants that can be food for one of 5 specified animals. Students determine the space needed between the plant rows, the number of rows needed...
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Dog Breed Origins

For Students 3rd
  In this trivia quiz, the information focuses on dog breed origins. Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions and submit answers electronically via this interactive website.    

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