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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Where Do Animals Live?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson plan students listen and participate by filling in missing words as the teacher reads a silly poem about places where animals might live. Students are required to draw pictures representing both their favorite nonsense...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Habitats

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What is a habitat? In this lesson, students will identify that a habitat has four elements, food, water, shelter, and space. Students will identify their own habitat and create a brochure describing the habitat in terms of food, water,...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Got Energy? Spinning a Food Web

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about energy flow in food webs, including the roles of the sun, producers, consumers and decomposers in the energy cycle. They model a food web and create diagrams of food webs using their own drawings and/or images from...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Beanie Baby Habitats Collaborative Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With the booming market of "Beanie Baby" type stuffed animals being so prominent in learners' lives, this project brings that interest into the classroom through the use of research, science, hands-on experiences, and technology. The...
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Alligators & Crocodiles

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed facts about alligators and crocodils, including how to distinguish between a crocodile and an alligator, information on their eating habits, how a mama crocodile protects her young, and more. There are...
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Denver Zoo

Denver Zoo: Red River Hog

For Students 9th - 10th
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of Red River Hogs highlighting their habitats, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
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Denver Zoo

Denver Zoo: Red Kangaroo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of Red Kangaroos highlighting their habitats, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
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Denver Zoo

Denver Zoo: Llama

For Students 9th - 10th
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of llamas highlighting their habitats, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
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Nature Canada

Nature Canada: Suffield National Wildlife Area: Mammals at Risk

For Students 9th - 10th
Ord's Kangaroo Rat and Western Harvest Mouse are two prairie mammals that are being affected by the erosion of their habitats. The proposed drilling of gas wells in Alberta and the loss of prairie grasslands to agriculture are factors...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:manu: What's Happening to My Species?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learn about animals from Manu, create a mask depicting a selected animal and role play that animal. Discuss the selected animals and the threats to their survival in the Manu rainforest.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environments and Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the biosphere and its associated environments and ecosystems in the context of creating a model ecosystem, learning along the way about the animals and resources. Students investigate different types of ecosystems, learn...
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Other

The Antlion Pit: A Doodlebug Anthology

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the physical characteristics of the antlion order, Neuroptera. Identify them by their size, relationships with other animals, and about the antlion's role in certain cultures.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Camouflage Predation Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this simulation, students will understand the role of camouflage in keeping animals from attracting attention of their predators. Using newspaper and patterned wrapping paper, students will construct two habitats. Students will...