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Discovering New Species

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify animals observed by Lewis and Clark while evaluating the animal's habitat and describing the animal's behavior. Students construct a food web mobile to illustrate the animal's position in the food web in the 19th...
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Action Verbs

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students determine which action verb completes nine sentences grammatically correct. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Sunshine Math- Earth, XXIV

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math story problems worksheet, learners solve 8 varied problems that include: calculator work, making a list, money, area, and ordered pairs.
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Sorting long a words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this long a words worksheet, students fill in the blank with words that have a long a sound in it. Students fill in the blank to 6 sentences.
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Drawing Conclusions: Hidden Ideas

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this drawing conclusions worksheet, students read a one sentence story. From two choices, students fill in the missing word to tell the story's hidden idea.
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Make Your Own Constellation Myth

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars examine constellation myths. In this constellation myth lesson, students read "Orion, the Hunter", "Ursa Major, the Great Bear", and Taurus, the Bull". Young scholars discuss similarities and differences in the 3 myths,...
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1st Grade Vocabulary

For Teachers 1st
For this vocabulary words worksheet, 1st graders answer multiple choice questions about opposites of words, root words, meaning of words, and more. Students complete 15 questions.
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Grammar Test: lesson 24

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this verbs activity, students choose the correct verbs for the sentences, write the correct verb tense, and fill in the blanks with verbs. Students complete 23 problems total.
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Looking After Pets

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students work in groups to compose their own "Duty of Care" for pets and make their own individual list from this discussion and illustrate it with drawing or images taken from magazines, websites or newspapers.
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Biodiversity Bird Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the influence of biodiversity on human culture through the use of birds. They brainstorm words that come to mind when they think of human cultures. They describe ways that human culture and biodiversity are linked.
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Reading Comprehension: Elephants

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this comprehension worksheet, students read a web site passage about elephants, then complete a set of 10 true/false questions.
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Endangered Species Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders gain a better understanding of endangered species. This lesson requires a field trip to the North Carolina Zoological park. At the park, 7th graders use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to identify and categorize the...
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Survivor

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate changes in the ecosystem within the school year. They see that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time. They, in groups, collect data in quadrants in the fall,...
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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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Alligators-Alligators Lesson plan

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In the lesson plan, Alligators, students sing a song about alligators. Students explore characteristics about alligators through learning a song. Students follow the teacher's lead by repeating the teacher and then singing as a group. ...
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Apostrophes

For Students 4th - 5th
In these apostrophes worksheets, students complete 4 sets of activities for apostrophes. Students fill in the blanks with contractions, write sentences with contractions, find missing apostrophes, and add apostrophes to the paragraphs.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Animals

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource describes the most popular animals at the world-famous San Diego Zoo. Each profile gives background about a specific animal, and more information about the species.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Animal Cams

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a variety of live animal cams including cams of the lions, the giant pandas, and the elephants. In addition to the live cams, information on each animal is provided.
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Read Write Think: Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Observe animal behavior patterns and their habitats using one of the many webcams broadcasting from zoos and aquariums around the United States and the world in this inquiry-based activity that focuses on observation logs, class...
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Colchester Zoo, England

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is the homepage of the Colchester Zoo in Colchester, England. There is information about the zoo and the animals. There is a virtual tour and there are real player and QuickTime videos under the "Display and Feeding Times" category.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Denver Zoo: Conservation: Just Like Me

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Learn about the habits of different zoo animals and how they are like human children. Includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.
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Leningrad Zoo (Official Site)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Russian content! Gives detailed information about groups of animals such as mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Also contains many photographs of animals as well as links to other Russian and world zoos. In addition, it offers...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the National Zoological Park right at our fingertips. Students will find many things to explore at this colorful and engaging site. Any study of animals will have a successful start here. Chances are students can catch their...
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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Our Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This comprehensive resource provides photos and animal fact sheets that list special adaptations for a wide variety of animals. See some animals with their young.

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