Purdue University
The Scientific Process of Conservation Biology: Analyze, Design, Debate
Scientists use data to learn about species survival—and your classes can too! A set of four lessons guides learners through a process to draw conclusions about the fluctuations in the population of the Hellbender species. They read...
Alabama Wildlife Federation
Songbird Survey
Serenade your classes with a selection of bird songs. Scholars learn to identify birds by their songs with practice and then take their skills to the outdoors. They identify mating pairs while on a nature walk and repeat their walk over...
American Museum of Natural History
What's This? Reproduction
Attracting the right mate is as important for humans as any other species. An interesting lesson teaches individuals about several strategies that animals and plants have adapted to attract their mates. From colorful nests to powerful...
American Museum of Natural History
Horse Gaits Flipbooks Walk, Trot, and Gallop!
Scholars follow seven steps to create horse-themed flipbooks. Three printable options allow them to choose from walking, trotting, or galloping scene.
PBS
Categorizing Matter | UNC-TV Science
Take the difficulty out of classifying matter with an easy-to-follow activity that makes distinguishing between pure substances and mixtures simple. Scholars explore how matter is grouped between two categories—pure substances and...
PBS
Properties of Matter: Matter's Physical Properties | UNC-TV Science
Does gold really boil? Learn what temperature gold boils at and more using an animated activity about the properties of matter. Scientists learn about the properties of matter including examples of physical properties, the effect changes...
Curated OER
A Day in the Life of a San Francisco Native Animal
Students write from an animal's perspective. For this writing lesson students explore the landscape of San Francisco prior to the arrival of the explorers. Students research animals indigenous to the area.
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Night Eyes
Fifth graders identify nocturnal animals based on specific characteristics. In this animals lesson, 5th graders observe an area at night using flashlights. Students record their findings and discuss as a group.
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What Lives in the Open Ocean and Where Do They Live?
Students explore oceanography by participating in a flash card activity. In this ocean inhabitant lesson, students define a list of ocean related vocabulary terms and answer ocean geography study questions. Students utilize organism...
Teach Engineering
Rock and Boat
Present the class with a question on whether the water level of a pond will rise they take a large rock out of a boat and drop it into the pond. Groups come down on all sides of the question and try to justify their answers. The activity...
Curated OER
Energy for You
Young scholars investigate the energy sources used in student's communities. They explore where the energy comes from, how it is transported, and the uses to which it is put. They review the meanings of vocabulary renewable and newable...
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Where do Butterflies Come From?
After tapping into their memories or experiences of baby animals, viewers delve into the insect life cycle of a butterfly and the amphibian life cycle of a frog. When exploring life cycles, show this presentation to your elementary life...
Curated OER
What Kind of Animal Is That? Scavenger Hunt
In this animals activity, learners explore the Internet to access one specific website to locate the answers to match up five zoo animals to their descriptions.
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Animals and Habitats
In this animal habitats worksheet, students match the 4 pictured animals to the pictures that feature their respective habitats.
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Animal With Hooves
In this animal coloring activity, learners study and color an outline picture of an unidentified mammal with hooves. There are no directions.
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Animal Flashcards
For this science worksheet, students view a variety of pictures and flashcards to master the differences of each one while working in groups of two or three.
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River Animal Picture and Word Search
In this word search worksheet, students locate the names of 20 animals. They see both the name and a picture of the birds, fish, and small animals that they are trying to locate. The solution is included on the page.
Curated OER
Worksheet 4--Animal Houses 2
In this national park worksheet, students view five different habitats/houses that animals may live in and draw the animals that may indeed reside in each one.
Curated OER
Animal Habitats Cut and Paste
In this animal homes worksheet, young scholars cut out 6 pictures of animals and paste them under the appropriate habitat: water or land.
Curated OER
In the Wild
Third graders examine the concept of ecology and how animals are suited to their habitats. In this animal adaptation instructional activity, 3rd graders identify a variety of plants and animal species that live in a Beech forest.Students...
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Related Lessons Animal
Learners examine the extinction of dinosaurs. In this dinosaur lesson students create their own dinosaur eggs, get into groups and complete a diorama activity.
Bronx Zoo
How Animals Shape Up
Most drawings are comprised of a set of very basic shapes. Young zoologists examine the shapes that make up different animals they see at the zoo. They'll discuss the shapes that make up a head, body, and legs of an animal and then draw...
Curated OER
Animal Adaptation
Third graders read in their textbooks about how water affects habitats and discuss vocabulary and pictures from the lesson. Then in groups of two, they observe the teacher's example of a headline. They are then assigned to their own...
Curated OER
Animal Crossword
In this science activity, students read 5 clues about animals and place the answers in a crossword puzzle. Most of the clues mention the importance of staying out of the sun and wearing sunscreen. There is no word bank for this easy...