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Specialized for the Sea
Students use pictures and make a mural to investigate how ocean animals are adapted to certain parts of their environment.
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A Look at Tidal Wetlands
Here is a comprehensive and lengthy presentation on tidal wetlands. Many photos of grasses and the animals that live among them are included, making this a virtual field trip. The progression of the presentation is as if you would walk...
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Arctic Animals
In this animal habitats worksheet, students study the various pictures of the animals and then make a cross over the animals that don't live in the arctic with the polar bear.
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Animals and People: Who's Behaving Badly?
Young scholars explore the relationship between human beings and animals. They participate in a variety of activities to examine animal behavior. Students create a class book and stage a mock news broadcast.
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What Lives In A Shell?
Younger students focus on animals and animal habitats in the lower grades. This resource defining habitats focuses on sea animals with shells, but could be augmented to be a richer experience.
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Costs of Providing for animals
Students explore the necessary costs of animals shelters and taking care of one pet. In this providing for animals lesson, students calculate the costs of keeping a pet. Students understand the need for outside funding for animal shelters.
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Land or Sea
In this habitats worksheet, learners cut pictures of animals and paste them to match their land or sea habitats. Students cut and paste six animals.
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Turtle Fun Facts
In this turtles worksheet, students read two pages of facts about turtles. Students match four kinds of turtle pictures to their habitats.
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Who's Who?
Students explore biology by identifying animals and their environments. In this animal characteristic lesson plan, students read assigned text about farm animals, how they are raised, and what they are used for in our society. Students...
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Hula Hoop Habitats
Students explore migration. For this science lesson, students play a game in which they explore bird migration. Students discuss the needs of birds and play a game in which they "migrate" in order to meet their needs.
Foundation for Water & Energy Education
How Can a Dam Affect a River? Activity A
Written for Washington state students in life science, this lesson provides an opportunity to examine the residents of local freshwater habitats. You or the class collects a water sample, and learners try to examine what organisms live...
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Animal Habitats
Pupils study the word habitat and its meaning. They also identify that in order for something to be classified as a habitat there needs to be the proper shelter, food, water, and space.
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Animal Bingo
Students discuss facts about animal habitats. In this animal lesson, students recall animal facts about habitats in an animal Bingo game. Teacher pieces and cards are already created and ready to print out.
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Locating Echo
Students read the book The Adventure of Echo the Bat. In this animal science lesson, students read the book and create a chart labeled "Land Feature," "Habitat," and "Food." Students fill in the table according to where the character...
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Creating a Pond Habitat
Students create a pond habitat inside and outside their classroom. For this pond lesson plan, students create a habitat with animals, water, and plants in order to create a proper pond habitat.
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Our Zoo Friends
First graders plan and create a model zoo depicting the natural habitats of animals. Their models include animals and a display of written factual information about the animals. Students present their project by conductig a tour of...
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Habitats Past and Present
Students explore the changes in animal habitats. In this ecosystem lesson, students use the Internet to explore the changes in the environment since the 1700's. Students complete a Venn diagram to compare the differences in the animal...
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Animal Homes
Students explore how an animal's relationship to its habitat affect the animal's survival. They discuss animal habitats and the animal's relationship to that habitat through the food chain, life cycle, community, and balance of nature....
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Habitats
First graders investigate animal habitats. In this habitats lesson, 1st graders visit the woods to identify examples of food, water, and shelter that animals use to survive. Students complete a worksheet.
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Enrichment Activities - "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"
Fifth graders read the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH." They discuss the various characters in the book, and the different types of conflict that take place within the book. They also research owls and rats to make comparisons...
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Habitats, Abiotic v. Biotic
Students explore and define ecosystem, ecology and habitat. They discuss abiotic and biotic organisms and the things needed for survival. After observing pictures of animals in their habitat, students compare and contrast habitats and...
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Animal Habitats
Students explore animal lifestyles by researching their characteristics. In this animal habitat lesson, students read the story Over in the Jungle and analyze the animal illustrations in the book. Students create clay animal characters...
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Holy Habitats or Meet Metamorphosis
Students examine the metamorphosis of frogs and how it adapts to its environment. They research how world pollutants are effecting the amphibian population.
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A Lesson about Animals for ESL Students: Use or Abuse?
Students discuss animal care using proper phrases of agreement and objection. They role play and make presentations on their animal studies.