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Insect Collection
Students investigate about various biological aspects of life, while examining desert insect species. They see the diverse range of species that live in the desert, despite the apparent lack of life in the desert. students tocomprehend...
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Underwater Nature Trails
Students research dive sites on an underwater nature trail that would introduce divers to the wonders of the reef surrounding South Caicos. They then recreate each dive site using shoe box diorama and create an information station at...
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Conditions in And Connections To Indonesia
Eleventh graders research an animal and its habitat, the conditions of that habitat and how its connections to the rest of the world are affecting that habitat.
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Terrestrial Communities
Students watch a video about different terrestrial communities. They conduct an experiment with sponges conserving water. They research desert characteristics comparing them with other biomes.
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The Basics:Life Science
Students explore concepts in life science using segments drawn from Discovery Channel. For this life science lesson, students participate in discussions about the food chain. Students create a poster to illustrate a predator...
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Where Are the Dinosaurs?
Students explore what the dinosaurs were like. In this dinosaur lesson plan, the teacher peaks student curiosity about dinosaurs. This lesson plan would be a great starting point for a dinosaur unit since it primarily engages student...
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Forest Activity: Forest Layers (Grades 1-6)
Students use the Museumlink Forest Module to view landscape paintings and discuss the names and functions of the forest layers. They paint or draw a landscape of a forest with the layers and explain them.
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Meadow Study
Students examine insects they collect in a sweep nets. They identify as many of the insects as they can.
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A World of Feathered Friends
students will learn to
respect the nature around them. This respect is vital because ignorance of surrounding
nature can lead to carelessness when curiosity goes awry. A perfect example of this
wayward curiosity took place at our school...
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Communication in Bees
Eighth graders identify and interpret a scientific investigation and a hypothesis through experimentation and testing a hypothesis. They identify what scientists hypothesized about the communication of stingless bees. Finally, 8th...
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Water Trash
Students explain the ways plastic waste can affect the marine environment. They are able to describe things they can do to can down on plastic waste entering the marine environment.
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Noah's Ark, Revisited
Fourth graders do a visual presentation for a specific endangered species.
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Salinity Of Soil
Fourth graders investigate the contents of various types of soil to determine the differences in salinity levels. They conduct an experiment of observing the plants in the different soils. Students then determine survival rates by...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Where Do Animals Live?
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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Habitats
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,...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Animals in the Ecosystems
Write about animal contributions to their environment.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Animal Adaptations
Students use technology tools to research and produce a multimedia product on animals and their habitats. This a collaborative project involving the library media specialist, classroom teacher, and special education teacher.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Animal Studies
This was a collaborative effort between Melanie George and Connie Roan. Students will work in collaborative groups and investigate animal characteristics, their habitats and basic needs using the Internet and library. They will then make...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation
Observe animal behavior patterns and their habitats using one of the many webcams broadcasting from zoos and aquariums around the United States and the world in this inquiry-based activity that focuses on observation logs, class...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Fish Habitats
During this lesson, students spend time looking at pictures of fish and their habitat, talking about what all animals need to live, making a poster of a fish habitat, and finally visiting a lake.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Beanie Baby Habitats Collaborative Project
With the booming market of "Beanie Baby" type stuffed animals being so prominent in students' lives, this project brings that interest into the classroom through the use of research, science, hands-on experiences, and technology. The...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Tad the Tadpole
Tad the Tadpole is designed to demonstrate how pollution in various areas affects wildlife in their native habitats. The lesson plan is designed to stress the importance of conservation for animals and their surrounding environment. Upon...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Hush Down Under
During this lesson students will listen to a read-aloud of Possum Magic, by Mem Fox. Students will then help the teacher search the Internet for Australian connections (animals and habitats). The students will write in their journals...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Creature Comforts
What do living things need to survive? In this unit, students explore different habitats and the adaptations made by living things to survive. Students will create a website matching an animal's adaptations to its environment. Then, they...