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Ground Zero

For Teachers 6th
Don't harbor any negative feelings toward negative numbers. Scholars learn about different classifications of rational numbers, including negative integers. They also develop definitions of the opposite and the absolute value of a...
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Hunt the Fact Monster

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Fact Monster search engine activity, students access the Internet to a specific website to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Researching Skills: Researching on the Web

For Students 7th - 9th
How do researchers narrow their searches so that they get the most useful and accurate information available? This essential question is at the heart of the activities suggested by a research skills worksheet. Tips include how to craft...
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Turtle Shell Craft

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Have your class learn about turtles and adaptation using this lesson. Learners discuss turtles, the unique design of their shells, and the ways they have adapted to their surroundings. Then, they make a paper bag model to simulate a...
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How Do Bats Navigate At Night?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Through an experiment, learners explore how bats use echolocation. First, they discuss how sound travels through air waves. Then, they talk about the ways bats navigate in the dark. As an extension, they can write about what they have...
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SPLASH – Monitoring Humpback Whales

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view a video about the humpback whale and why it is endangered. For this endangered species lesson, students recognize the importance of observing and following an endangered species in an ecosystem. Students identify the...
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The Animal Kingdom

For Students 4th - 6th
In this animal kingdom worksheet, learners read for information and determine comprehension. In this matching and fill in the blanks worksheet, students answer twelve questions.
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Basic Exercises in Logic

For Students 9th - 11th
In this logic worksheet, students are taught about the use of syllogisms to solve problems. They use diagrams to visually show the relationships between objects. They complete two given syllogisms and answer questions about their results.
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Relative Dating-Telling Time Using Fossils

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore how to read fossil range charts. They develop an knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the fossil record. Students become familiar with the concepts index fossil and fossil range. Students use bar graphs to...
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Bat Ecology

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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English Exercises: Animals

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this animal exercises online worksheet, students choose the correct word from a drop down menu in each of 10 sentences to name the animal. They fill in the blanks in 10 sentences based on the description of an animal and complete a...
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Geometry Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn the basic definitions of a quadrilateral, parallelogram, rectangle and square and explain the relationship/classification process between them.
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Animal Classes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research animals through books and magazines and put them into their various classes. In this animal classes lesson plan, 3rd graders describe the characteristics of animals in each class.
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Animals Finding Rice Paddies

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the animals who live in rice paddies and create a chart.  In this rice lesson, 4th graders link the types of animals living in each ecosystem with a bar graph. Students use colored bars to show...
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Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

For Students All
In this learning exercise, students answer questions regarding the function of an egg.
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Gray Whales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Explore the majestic grey whale while deepening your understanding of animal adaptations. Grey whales from head to toe are specifically designed to fit their environment. Learners will examine the ways in which the flippers, head, body,...
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Dinosaur Tracks: From Stride To Leg Length To Speed

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the relationship between leg length, stride length, and speed in humans and bipedal dinosaurs. They collect data and graph these human characteristics then use actual data collected from dinosaur track pads and fossils...
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What's Your Classification

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students classify animals. In this animal groups lesson, students watch a video on animal groups and review the six animal groups. Students practice classifying animals using stuffed animals.
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Animal Classification

For Students 4th - 6th
In this animal classification worksheet, students read for information and comprehension. In this fill in the blank and multiple choice worksheet, students answer five questions.
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How do animals survive winter?

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners make a chart about hibernation. In this hibernation lesson plan, students discuss hibernation and read about it. Then they fill in a chart about how different animals know when and how to hibernate.
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If I Could Talk Like the Animals. . .

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss a film review of the animated movie Antz and then write a monologue from the perspective of a non-human organism.
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Milk: A Practical Application

For Teachers All
Explain the coagulation and coalescence processes associated with milk protein and cheese. List the components of milk and explain how each component is dispersed in the milk. Describe what happens when milk protein is coagulated Discuss...
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Abiotic and Biotic Factors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine abiotic and biotic factors. They define biotic and abiotic, categorize a list of items onto a Venn diagram, label various items from areas on the school grounds as biotic or abiotic, and diagram a magazine picture.
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Whale Blubber

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the purpose and characteristics of whale blubber. They work together to complete an experiment to test the fat as an insulator. They discover how humans use materials to protect them from the cold.

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