Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Simple Random Sampling: How Many Samples Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Teach the concept of simple random sampling through an interactive lesson. Learners explore the concept by considering the strength of sampling methods. Size of the samples varies also as individuals determine which methods lead to the...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Create and Understand Box-and-Whisker Plots: Babies in a Waiting Room

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Explore the strengths and weaknesses of box-and-whisker data display. An interactive lesson asks learners to create a box-and-whisker plot from a set of data. Challenge questions focus on determining what types of conclusions they can...
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Drawing Dinos

For Students 6th - 12th
Five steps walk budding artists through the process of drawing a dinosaur. A drawing guide showcases four dinosaurs—stegosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex, triceratops, and allosaurus. 
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American Museum of Natural History

Paleontology Books

For Students 6th - 12th
A list of 11 books about paleontology offers titles, authors, and a brief description of the tale.
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Curated OER

Jan Brett Encyclopedia Lesson

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop encyclopedia skills to locate information. For this Jan Brett library lesson, 3rd graders research animals in the encyclopedia and complete a worksheet on one animal. Students relate their work to the work of Jan...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Curated OER

Agriculture Counts

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss the kinds of things they count and how to use tally marks. In this social science instructional activity, students count animal crackers by using tally marks for each kind of animal. The tally marks are changed into...
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Curated OER

Get to Know Birds

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students observe animals in their natural habitats. In this bird identification instructional activity, students observe birds by watching and listening and report on the sightings they made. Students also document bird signs such as...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is Wrong with My Pet? - An Introduction to Zoonoses

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe how ringworm and roundworm cause diseases in both humans and animals. In this life science lesson, students research how these diseases can be transmitted. They create an information brochure to promote public awareness...
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Curated OER

A Zoo Book for All

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A visit to the local zoo launches an integrated life science/ language arts research project into the habitat, feeding habits, offspring, lifespan, and other interesting facts about animals. Each group selects two animals to photograph...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Farm Animal Alphabetical Order Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this alphabetical order worksheet, students put 8 names of farm animals in alphabetical order. No words will begin with the same letter. Note: Although the words are common nouns, they begin with capital letters.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Naturalist's Notebook

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils observe and record the behavior of a San Diego wetland animal and the characteristics of its environment. The amount of time that each animal spends resting, grooming, eating, flying, and social or individual play becomes the...
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Curated OER

Venomous Marine Animals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers name and describe six venomous marine animals. After participating in an activity, they define new vocabulary words. In groups, they complete worksheets to use while researching a specific venomous animal of their...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vanished!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research how certain types of animals became extinct, and write report about their chosen species, explaining scientific theories or facts about how it became extinct, and how extinction has affected other species and...
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Curated OER

Identification of Animals by Serum Electrophoresis

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students compare their unknown serum against a set of known serum standards and determine the animal source of their serum. They write a lab report to communicate their results.
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Curated OER

Which Animals Should Be Saved?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the concepts related to the endangerment of different animal species. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The skills of prediction are used to show the possible outcome of the extinction of a...
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Curated OER

Getting A Story

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students encounter the do's and dont's to journalism writing. Students unearth the facts of a story by watching an animated clip. Students grasp the deeper understanding of the facts of a story and how to write it correctly.
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Curated OER

Forensic Detectives: Mysteries and Solutions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine forensic science. In this video based lesson, students examine the tools and techniques of forensic science. They write a report about a fictional crime scene from the Discovery video.
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Curated OER

Love Canal-A Man Made Disaster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch a "Waste Management" Power Point as well as a "Love Canal" PowerPoint (a link is provided for the second presentation). Students write the chemical formula for each chemical and convert the contamination to grams using...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animals Lewis and Clark Encountered

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students conduct research on an animal Lewis and Clark encountered on their journey, compare numerous factors from past and present, and report findings to other groups by web page or discussion board.
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Curated OER

Aerobic and Anaerobic Microbe Analysis in a Subarctic Setting

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils investigate the relationships between protozoa, algae and monera in freshwater, shoreline soil, and reindeer rumen. They publish reports of their findings.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Living Things Depend upon Each Other

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students research animals. They identify the animals' struggle for survival, and internalize the importance of preserving an ecosystem with animal life.They collect information and write a report on their findings. Additional cross...
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Curated OER

Endangered Species and Extinction

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine the difference between extinction and endangered species. Using the internet, they research one endangered species, identify its common and specific name, where it lives and what it eats. To end the lesson,...
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Curated OER

Who Lives in the Sea? A class book (Elementary, Science)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils, assigned an alphabet letter, do research on a sea animal whose name begins with that assigned alphabet. All of the assignments then be turned into a class book.

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