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Language Arts: Five Senses Walk

For Teachers 1st
First graders take a discovery walk around the school. They use their observations to compose a class book about their school.
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Insect Unit

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use technology to investigate the concept of an insect. They use Kidspiration in order to create an insect. Then research is conducted to match the picture with the correct insect. Then students write a report about the...
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Ecology Vocabulary

For Students 5th - 8th
In this ecology worksheet, students read the vocabulary words and then categorize a species found in a field, meadow, or fencerow in their state or region. Students complete 6 problems.
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Home Sweet Home

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars examine the animals that live in trees. They identify their sounds, footprints and droppings. They draw pictures of the animals as well.
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Bluebirds Ecology Vocabulary Exercise

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this bluebirds worksheet, students categorize bluebird species found in their state and define vocabulary related to it. Students complete 6 vocabulary words.
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Exploring Limu Diversity

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore limu diversity. In this ocean ecosystem lesson, students classify limu according to its physical properties. Young scholars work in small groups to generate scientific observations and sort limu by characteristics.
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And the Rains Came Down: A South American Rainforest

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners examine the characteristics of a South American tropical rainforest. They analyze maps, develop graphs, listen to the book, The Great Kapok Tree, and create a rainforest mural.
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Is Climate Change Good for Frogs?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students fill out a chart on how climate change would affect them and things around them. In this climate change lesson plan, students discuss how global warming affects them and amphibians and then fill out the chart that goes with it.
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Forest Ecology or Who Lives Here?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore a hardwood forest. In this forest ecology lesson, students examine the diversity and animals and plants as they explore their habitats at Poricy Park Conservatory. Students determine how biodiversity and abiotic elements...
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The Chinese Zodiac

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create their own personalized Zodiac page on a word processing document after researching and discussing the origins of Zodiak signs. This lesson does include resource links and may be controversial.
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The Chinese Zodiac And The Western Zodiac

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create individual horoscopes that contrast and compare Western and Chinese views of their futures using poster boards and magic markers. In-class discussion is used to evaluate the use of the Zodiac in different cultures.
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It's Okay to Exhale: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students will observe the differences between photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Then they observe the links due to climate changes and relate how climate change affects their lives.
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The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 3 Ls1 1: Plant and Animal Life Cycles

For Teachers 3rd
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 3-LS1-1: plant and animal life cycles.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Animal Life Cycles Introduction

For Students 3rd
Third graders will explain commonalities in animal life cycles as well and to compare life cycles of different animal groups.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Animals: Animal Life Cycles

For Students 2nd - 4th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of animal life cycles.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Investigating and Comparing Life Cycles

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about plant and animal life cycles through this 5E structured module.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Embryology: The 21 Day Chick Lifecycle

For Students 2nd - 6th
Provides a look at the development of a chick during each day of the 21-day chick lifecycle. Gives detailed information about the major events that happen each day in the development. Contains many photographs of real chicks in...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Reference: Life Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out some common characteristics of animal life cycles across different types of species.
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Earth Life

Earth Life/life Cycles of Insects

For Students 9th - 10th
A vey in-depth look at the life cycle of insects. You will learn about the metamorphisis and reproduction of insects.
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Utah STEM Foundation

Utah Stem Action Center: Life Cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
All living things go through a life cycle that repeats over and over again. Watch a video, answer discussion questions, and make a fun craft out of household items.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Life Cycles With Butterflies

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
This site is a lesson plan for teachers. It is a lesson to study the life cycles of a butterfly. It explains how the students would find caterpillars and build a home for them.
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Into the Outdoors

Into the Outdoors: Comparing Fish Life Cycles

For Students 6th - 8th
A video exploring life cycles of different species living in the same ecosystem and the influence of the ecosystem on the animal's life. Students will learn about comparisons in the animals' sexual maturity age, quantity of eggs laid,...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Themepark: Cycles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a large collection of resources on cycles of nature and the Earth. There is a constant exchange of the elements between air, earth, water, plants, and animals. Most biological processes wind up back where they started. These...
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Animals Life Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this puzzle is Animals: Life Cycle.

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