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Alabama Learning Exchange

Introduction to Noctural Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars define noctural and are introduced to a variety of noctural animals. They navigate web sites in order to research noctural animals and write about and illustrate one noctural animal. They create a chart to represent the...
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Jessica Winston

Magic School Bus Going Batty

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Have a scary adventure with a set of reading activities based on Joanna Cole's The Magic School Bus Going Batty! Several worksheets encourage kids to predict what they will learn with a KWL chart, examine the new vocabulary words from...
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Activity
Scholastic

Make Hooting Owls with Your Class!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Kids create their own hooting owls using the template provided and art supplies. Pair the activity with the book, 10 Hooting Owls as suggested here, or on its own as part of a unit on owls or nocturnal animals. 
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Curated OER

The Sonoran Desert

For Teachers 3rd
Little learners examine a map of the southwestern United States and identify the Sonoran Desert. They locate different cities and rivers, determining whether or not each is found within this special ecosystem. A student handout is...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animals Vocabulary List and Definitions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this animal words worksheet, students match 15 words pertaining to animals to their definitions in another column. These definitions are related to the general animal kingdom.
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eSkeletons

Skeleton Scramble Puzzle: Suborder Prosimians

For Students 3rd - 11th
Explore the finer details of primate skulls with these puzzles, incorporating advanced scientific analysis of two suborders- Prosimians and Anthropoidea- and one superfamily- Hominoidea. Learners read about the unique characteristics of...
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Interactive
Curated OER

A Forest Dwellers Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
In this forest animals learning exercise, students complete a four question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz. Included are questions about: wild boar, roe deer, red fox and red deer.
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Curated OER

Animals Group Creative Writing

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this animals writing instructional activity, students collaborate with others to write a story about animals using the 16 words given. Students have 25 minutes to write the story.
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Curated OER

Animal Activities: Just the tracks, ma'am

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students learn most urban mammals are nocturnal and are difficult to observe. One of the simplest ways to determine the kinds of animals living in your neighborhod is to track them down.
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Unit Plan
National Wildlife Federation

Night Friends - American Bats

For Teachers K - 8th
Bats are a misunderstood species. Pupils learn about the characteristics of bats in a three-part lesson. They begin by examining the adaptations of different types of bats, then explore the misconceptions humans have about the species....
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Curated OER

Bats

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars hypothesize and model how the bones in a bat wing are made up.  In this exploratory lesson plan students test their hypothesis, develop questions about bat parts and watch a video on bats.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sundials

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate the different types of sundials and their history.  In this shadows and time of day instructional activity students build their own sundials. 
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Activity
Curated OER

Owl Collage

For Teachers K - 2nd
What fun! Use a simple owl template to create a fun art project with youngsters. Find feather outlines and a finished example in the materials section, and let kids get creative as they decorate their own owls. 
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Curated OER

Games on Echolocation

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Get a little batty with life science! This fun simulation game replicates how bats use echolocation to hunt moths in their native Hawaiian habitat. After creating blind folds and discussing some basic principles of echolocation, students...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

World of Insects

For Students 7th - 9th
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to the world of insects in the puzzle. There are 51 words to locate in the word search.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Dark Skies Subject Verb Worksheet and Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this subject and verb worksheet, students read the sentences and select the correct verb to complete the 6 sentences. Students then complete a word search finding the 9 nocturnal animals and space objects in the puzzle.
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Curated OER

Into the Bat Cave

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners explore the lives of bats. In this bat lesson plan, students participate in up 6 activities that focus on bats and build their background knowledge about the nocturnal mammals.
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Curated OER

Is a bat a bird?

For Teachers 1st
Provide a concise description of why a bat is not a bird by comparing their traits. This presentation defines both birds and flying mammals, explaining how they are similar and how they are different. Note: This PowerPoint is great for...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animal Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts and science activity, students examine a word bank with 27 animal terms. These are not specific names of animals but rather terms pertaining to animals such as "herbivore" and "nocturnal." Students find the words in...
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Curated OER

Cranes, Crosswalks, and Big Gulps

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars watch a video and answer questions based on wildlife jobs. In this wildlife lesson plan, students learn that biologists don't just play with animals but that there is a lot of study involved.
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Curated OER

Habitat Hopscotch

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students analyze different habitats. In this habitat lesson, students evaluate what animals need in their habitats. Students participate in the game Habitat Hopscotch.
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Curated OER

Ecology and the Conservation of Natural Resources

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners examine the habits of various organism and evaluate the need for conserving natural resources. They role-play as migrating birds traveling between habitats encountering hazards along the way. They observe animals in a...
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Curated OER

I Want To Know More...

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this animal research worksheet, learners choose an animal they want to learn more about and then research the answers to twelve questions about the animal of their choice.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animal Behavior Word Search

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this animal behaviors word puzzle activity, students examine the 16 adjectives and names in the word bank and locate them in the word search puzzle.

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