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Activity
University of Pennsylvania

Evolution by Natural Selection

For Teachers 6th - 9th
A diagram, data table, and reading passage top this resource. Through it, biology beginners are introduced to the concept of natural selection. They answer some questions and then participate in a simulation using fabric as a habitat and...
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Worksheet
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Whose Home Is This?

For Students 5th
After reading a short and informative paragraph on animals and their environments, learners look at pictures of four animals, and write a short description of how each one has adapted to its environment. A suggested activity is that each...
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Worksheet
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Raven Chapter 54 Guided Notes: Community Ecology

For Students 9th - 12th
Providing a sweeping overview of population and community interactions, this ecology worksheet gets learners thinking. They differentiate between habitat and niche, describe and give exemplars of various animal and plant defenses,...
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Interactive
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Adapt a Poem to a Wetland Habitat

For Students 5th - 6th
In this adapt a poem to a wetland habitat worksheet, students read the poem "Over in the Meadow", then write 5 new stanzas using that format about a wetland or a swamp and its animals.  This page has several links to helpful websites.
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Activity
Umaine Museum of Art

Bony Fish Anatomy Worksheet

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Take time to appreciate the beauty in the anatomy of animals with this cross-curricular art and science activity. After viewing examples of fish-themed artwork, children complete the included worksheet by labeling the different parts of...
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Lesson Plan
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Squirrel Islands

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this adaptations worksheet, students read about 3 species that have changed over time to adapt to their environment. Students design a squirrel that has adapted to an island habitat that students are assigned. They describe the...
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Organizer
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Bird Beaks and Feet

For Students 4th - 12th
In this bird adaptations worksheet, students look at different bird pictures and determine what the bird eats and where it lives by looking at its beak and feet. Students complete a graphic organizer and 5 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
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Designasaurus: An Activity in Paleontology

For Students 8th - 10th
In this dinosaur activity, students are given a dinosaur skeleton and they work in teams to report about a "newly discovered dinosaur". They create and include it's name, a model of it, its size, the habitat it lived in, its diet, its...
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Lesson Plan
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Regents High School Exam: Living Environment 2008

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Tne New York Regents High School Examinations are comprehensive and include various styles of questions, includingmultiple choice and the analysis of graphs. This particular version, the 2008 Living Environment exam surveys a variety of...
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Lesson Plan
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Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2005

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The 2005 version of the Regents High School Examination in the area of ecology is as comprehensive as previous years' exams. It consists of 40 multiple choice questions on everything from the structure of DNA to the interactions within...
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Lesson Plan
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Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2003

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The living environment, from the interior of a cell to the complex relationships among populations, are queried in this final examination. Learners look at air pollution maps, diagrams of cells, population graphs, and drawing of cells....
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Lesson Plan
Consortium for Ocean Science Exploration and Engagement (COSEE)

Life Cycle of Blue King Crabs

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The blue king crab and the red king crab live in the same range but never in the same region. The third lesson in the series of five focuses on the blue king crab and the impact the changes in water temperature is having on its habitat....
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Worksheet
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Adopt An Insect

For Students 4th - 5th
In this insect learning exercise, students choose a specific insect and complete a page with facts, diagrams and answers to questions. Students will need to research adaptations, defensive structures and scientific name.
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Worksheet
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Dinner in a Woodland

For Students 5th
After reading a short paragraph about what makes up a woodland habitat, fifth graders attempt to identify the primary consumers, secondary consumers, and third order consumers in two separate food chain scenarios. They also name a hawk's...
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Worksheet
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Comparison of Evolution Mechanism

For Students 8th - 10th
In this comparison of evolution worksheets, students read information about Lamarck's hypothesis of evolution and Darwin's hypothesis of evolution. Students then rate the scenarios given as either supportive of Lamarck's or Darwin's...
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K12 Reader

Hide and Seek

For Students 6th - 8th
After examining a brief article about survival adaptations, readers identify the main idea of the passage and list two supporting details.
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eBook
Smithsonian Institution

Expedition: Insects

For Students 3rd - 5th
Get up close and personal with beautiful and sometimes dangerous insects in an exciting eBook activity! Pupils practice geography skills by reading a map with the location of six different insects. Scientists read about each insect,...
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Worksheet
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A Bug's Life

For Students 6th - 8th
In this biology worksheet, students create a presentation for a museum about the children they encounter during their journey as an insect. They identify the types of food the insect eats and its habitat. Students also describe their...
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Worksheet
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How Fire Affects Wildllife

For Students 6th - 10th
In this ecology lesson, students select an animal to study and read about how this animal adapts to ecological disaster. They complete 5 short answer questions after reading.
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Lesson Plan
Cheetah Outreach

Introduction to Cheetah

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Transform your classroom into the African savannah, a mountain range, the forest, and an urban environment! Young scientists embark on an imaginary field study observing various cat species in native habitats and recording in field guides.
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Worksheet
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Frog Questions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this frogs worksheet, students first choose a type of frog and research facts about it. Students answer 7 essay questions about habitat, food, body adaptation and protection.
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Worksheet
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Animals Must Fit In

For Students 3rd - 4th
A instructional activity on tadpoles is here for your young biologists. Learners read a short paragraph on tadpoles, then answer three questions regarding how parts of their bodies help the tadpole to survive in the pond. There is a good...
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Worksheet
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Reading: The Wolong Nature Reserve

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading for information worksheet, students read about the preservation of the pandas in the Wolong Nature Reserve in China. Students answer 6 multiple choice questions.
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Worksheet
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Environmental Issues

For Students 5th - 6th
In this environmental issues worksheet, students respond to 14 different types of questions divided into 3 sections. First, they define global warming and give an example of what they can do to slow it. Then, students define 4 terms...

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