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Understanding Science Vocabulary And Categorization

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore and examine scientific language and categorization as related to commonly known plants and animals. They hypothesize about a specific plant or animal, how it was scientifically named, what concepts and vocabulary...
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Marine & Aquatic Habitats Activities - Habitats of Birds, Fish, and Mammals on the Island and the Pacific Region

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create habitats in jars to understand integral aspects of plants' and animals' habitats.
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Getting a Handle on Your Bee

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers observe dried bees, carefully glue them to toothpicks, and use them for cross pollinating their Brassica plants. They also describe reasons why two similar investigations can produce different results. Finally,...
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Watersheds and Wetlands Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the characteristics of wetlands and watersheds. In this wetlands and watersheds instructional activity, students study the characteristics of wetlands. They investigate the plants and animals that live there and will tell...
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Let it Grow!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explain the relationship of plants and animals in the environment. They name the basic requirements for plant growth and define the terms photosynthesis, stomata, chlorophyll and xylem.
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Animal Masks

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students design and make animal masks. In this research and application lesson, students use a computer to research what a panther eats, select an animal mask they want to make and then use the materials provided to create their...
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Keys and Classifying

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students classify plants and animals. In this organisms lesson, students define classification and sort various objects according to its attributes. Students then research wildlife of Utah and group the organisms into categories.
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Biology Quiz

For Students 6th - 12th
In this biology worksheet, students complete short answer questions about botany, animals, plants, DNA, and more. Students complete 15 short answer questions.
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Snug in the Snow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore how snow helps animals survive in the wild. In this animal science lesson, students review key vocabulary words and discuss types of animal adaptations. Students construct shoebox to simulate the snowy environment where...
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Rain Reasons

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore how climatic factors influence the growth of plants. They create an experiment to find how variations in water, light, and temperature affect plant growth and describe how precipitation and geography can affect the...
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Food Chains

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners investigate how food chains work. For this food chains lesson, students construct a food web for a pear tree habitat. The interactive whiteboard is an optional tool in this lesson.
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Plant Identification Pictionary

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine ecosystems and the variety of plants and animals that can be found in them.  In this plant identification lesson students identify the basic parts of a plant and categorize them according to their...
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Plant Parts and Their Diseases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students see how certain plants are very important to us. They explain that healthy plants are important to keep people healthy. They study the major parts of a plant (root, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit and seeds) and their basic...
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Learning From Leaves: Adaptations To Differing Light Levels

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils, in groups, examine plants with different light levels. They are given plants from a tropical and desert region. They write a hypothesis at the beginning of the experiment.
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Clearly Classified

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate plants and insects.  In this science classification lesson, students create separate categories for insects and plants by characteristics.  Learners discover scientific names of insects.
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Looking for Biodiversity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore habitats and see that there are a variety of plants that can be found and that biodiversity is an important characteristic.  In this biodiversity lesson students complete an activity that explains how to perform a...
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Life Cycles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore life cycles. They examine pictures of the various stages of life cycles and put them in the correct order. Students match pictures of eggs to the correct parents. They discuss the importance of knowing the life...
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How Do Scientists Classify Organisms?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this classification worksheet, students write in examples of the 6 kingdoms: archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Kindergarten Children

For Students K
In this picture labeling worksheet, students label the pictures as either animals, plants, food, furniture, or toys. Students label 30 pictures total.
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Packing For A Trip to the Colonies

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Colonial America worksheet, students complete a chart with information about what was native to the colonies and what was brought in by the settlers. Students make notes about: animals, farming techniques, food crops and other...
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Dna in the Garden - Where It All Began

For Students 5th - 6th
In this DNA worksheet, students read about Gregor Mendel and his experiments with plants and DNA. Students complete a crossword puzzle using 10 vocabulary words from the selection.
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Seasonal Scroll Painting

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students take a field trip to a Botanical Gardens. They observe plants and the seasonal changes they go through and create their own scroll painting.
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Looking at Flowers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use their bee sticks to cross-pollinate their Fast Plants and also focus in on the anatomy of flowers. They analyze how the parts of a system go together, and how these parts depend on each other. Finally, students...
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Botany Scavenger Hunt Where's the Ginkgo?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners use a science journal to log plants that are native to Alabama. In this plant lesson plan, students identify characteristics, describe environments, and classify the plants that they find.

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