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Frog Metamorphosis

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils play 20 Questions with animal characteristics and then view an animation of how a tadpole changes into a frog. They consider the importance of camouflage to frogs and write out the story of a frog from tadpole to adult.
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Footprint Detectives: Making Inferences Using Dinosaur Trackways

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students analyze and discuss footprints and dinosaur tracks. They listen to books about paleontologists, create and analyze their own trackways using black paper and chalk, examine the data, and form hypotheses about footprints and...
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Discovering New Species

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners 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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Whale Adaptations

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explore whales and how they have adapted to survive in the ocean.  In this whale adaptations lesson students complete several activities that allow them to investigate animal adaptations.
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Worm Weather Predicted

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine worm habitats. In this animal habitats lesson, students participate in a lab activity that requires them to explore the adaptations that earthworms make to their environment.
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Understanding Science Vocabulary And Categorization

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils explore and examine scientific language and categorization as related to commonly known plants and animals. They hypothesize about a specific plant or animal, how it was scientifically named, what concepts and vocabulary is...
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Science: Birds in Flight

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars identify and examine adaptations in birds that enable them to fly. They conduct Internet research to relate these adaptations to the physics of flight. Students observe birds in flight and describe their behavior and...
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Science Talk about Mammals and Reptiles/Amphibians

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use the internet to research mammals, reptiles and amphibians. They list important items about their chosen animal. Students identify characteristics of an animal and where they live. They classify animals as a mammal,...
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How the Heightened Senses of the Sea Turtle, Elephant, and Eagle Are Evident in the Brain

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the senses of different animals. In this biology lesson plan students will study the animals selected for their grades. The students will learn about the brain and how the senses of that animal have developed.
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Bats: Fact and Fiction

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners describe the characteristics and behaviors of bats. After viewing a video, they explain how bats use echolocation to navigate and how they find their young within a group. They list four misconceptions about the animal and...
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The Intertidal Zone

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research the diverse animal and plant life that inhabit the intertidal zones along the Pacific rocky coast. As students progress through this lesson, they begin to recognize distinct behaviors, adaptations, and characteristics...
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Safety and Injury Protection

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify safety rules for passengers and pedestrians and explore school bus safety. They also complete a picture illustrating a school bus safety rule, as well as, discuss bus behavior rules.
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Biomes: Freshwater & Seawater

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars observe organisms behavior and adaptations.  In this biomes lesson students conduct fieldwork to determine water quality and answer questions about the differences between different habitats. 
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Desert Animals

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate and identify a variety of animals that live in the desert. They complete a class KWL chart, then listen to the book Way Out in the Desert. Next, 1st graders observe a presentation of live desert animals, and...
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How to Speak Cat

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore feline communication. In this comprehension instructional activity, students discuss how to read animal body language. Students look at images of cats and decide what the animal is trying to say.
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SKULL DIVERSITY

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore the similarities and differences of animal skulls.
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Naming Zoo Animals (In Navajo)

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners investigate zoo animals and name various zoo animals in Navajo. They take a field trip to the zoo, take digital pictures of various animals, conduct research, and name each animal in Navajo.
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Chicken Little

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to the story "Chicken Little" as it is read to the whole group while recognizing similarities in the character's names. They create another character to be added to the story using the same rhyming pattern and make...
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Meet the Tarantula

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study tarantulas. In this tarantula lesson, students discover the general description of the arachnid as well pointers regarding its behavior, reproduction, habitat, food schedule, and handling tips.
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Graphing Real World Situations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students solve linear equations using graphs. In this algebra lesson plan, students depict real life situation using lines and functions. They identify the slope, data and predict graphing behavior.
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Whales, Whales, Whales!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
The title says it all! Help your pupils learn all about whales. Class members research different species of whales and share the information via video conferences with kids from another school. They conduct research on a selected species...
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Threatened, Endangered & Extinct Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the basic needs of living organisms. In this science lesson, students study ecosystems and discover that organisms have basic needs that must be met.
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You Are What You Eat: Plastics and Marine Life

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners study the different types of plastics and see which ones sink or remain buoyant.  In this ocean environmental lesson plan students complete several handouts, and view a film on PBS.
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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers K
Pupils read books about animals and describe their structures, how they grow and change, and their life cycles. In this animals lesson plan, students also make animals out of pasta.

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