Ever wonder where marine animals go? How fast they swim? How deep they dive? Electronic tagging has opened a new window into the world of the open ocean. Ocean Tracks gives you access to data collected by tags on real live migrating...

Students review the process of science and then use the scientific process to design and carry out an experiment using pill bugs.

In this lesson plan using commonly known animals such as a fox, dog and an inchworm, students enjoy learning about the movements of various animals. The teacher demonstrates how to move and be like that animal using various exercises and...

In this lesson, students work in groups with each acting as a predator, prey, or family member in a particular habitat. They present their habitat performance to the class and students identify the habitat and animal relationships. Then,...

The following lessons help students from grades 6-8 understand sleep and circadian rhythms. Lesson topics iinclude: day and night, seasons, sundails, clocks, sleep and sleep patterns and sleeping in space.

The lessons presented in this website "introduce children to folk tales" and how these folktales are changed and affected by generational and cultural values. Includes several links to further related information on folktales, fables,...

In this lesson, students will be introduced to satellite tracking data. This data allows students to track the movement of marine animals over time. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer questions related to...

This site is filled with creative and educational activities for your unit on hibernation. These activities include hibernation clocks, KWL chart, hibernation mural and more.

Learn about leatherback turtles and dusky dolphins with the Earthwatch research teams in Costa Rica and New Zealand. Choose which animal you would like to learn more about then read field reports, meet a researcher, become a researcher...

In this interactive lesson, students act out animal movements for a short brain break.

First graders learn about change over the course of a year, investigating and exploring the four seasons and what the changing seasons mean for humans and animals. They learn about animal behavior and patterns during the seasons,...

For young children, being excluded by their peers is a common, painful experience. Role-play with a puppet or stuffed animal to explore the issue.

In this interactive lesson, students learn that animals take care of their young in many of the same ways the adults in their lives take care of them. Students watch videos from NATURE and engage in a variety of activities to check...

Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 4-LS1-2: sensation, processing, and response.

In a writing workshop activity, students determine the specific dietary, habitat, and reproductive strategies of an organism through research and observation.

Students investigate how worms will interact and adapt with their environment.

Examine characteristics of bowerbirds and their bowers. Compare and contrast various styles of bowers created by bowerbirds

Emulate the work of a naturalist by making observations of wildlife in local parks. Record field notes, including drawings, photographs and observations of behavior, on a particular animal or habitat.

This site provides a lesson plan on bats that contains links to a pre-test, notes on bats, and a post test.