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Biodiversity

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders visit the playground to look for signs of life. They search for insects, birds, animal tracks, feathers, nests, trees, soil, etc. They then compose a class list that shows all findings in the schoolyard and post it in the...
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Rain Forest Terrariums

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders make rain forest terrariums in order to observe a simulated mini-environment. They place the layers and plants into container and place where it can be observed. They observe the closed water system in the container before...
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Piranhas

For Students 5th - 6th
For this piranhas worksheet, students read information about piranhas and select the correct word or phrases to complete the 15 gaps in the text choosing from multiple choice suggestions. This worksheet is online and interactive.
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Module 1, Unit 2, Lesson Plan 2: PCR and DNA Diagnosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the importance of the Polymerase Chain Reaction for biologists. They explain what factors make the Polymerase Chain Reaction possible. Students explain the steps in thermocycling and what happens during each step.
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The Earth's Rain Forests

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the importance of the world's rain forests. In this rain forest instructional activity, students read about the role of the rain forests in the world's environment. Students then write a formal letter to a member of...
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Deforestation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners study the effects of deforestation. In this environmental lesson, students view a PowerPoint slideshow about the importance of trees. Learners read The Lorax and discuss what the characters represent in our society.
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The Long Road to Coffee

For Teachers K
Students organize picture cards of the sequene of how food gets from a farm to their home. They then sequence cards of how coffee grown in Colombia gets to their home comparing the differences.
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Tropical Rain Forests

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read a story about the Rain Forest, participate in a class discussion, and complete the Canopy picture match with poems.
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Global Warming

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars read information about global warming and make their own greenhouse. In this global warming lesson, students read several pages of global warming and climate information. Young scholars then make their own greenhouse and...
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Rain Forest Reporters

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students work as magazine reporters to produce a print or multimedia magazine about rain forests.
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Week 7: Animal Adaptations - Bird Beaks

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Learners use tools to represent bird beaks and pick up different types of food with them in order to discover which beak would help the bird survive depending on their food type.
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Celebrate the Beauty of Wildlife

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Take advantage pupils' spring fever by learning about trees and wildlife.
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Forest Layers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe the layers of the forest on a walk in the woods. They break up into groups to create murals, posters, or brochures illustrating the forest layers of Washington's Lowland Forests.
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Ecosystems

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Examine how living and non-living things work together in a reading passage about ecosystems. Class members read the text and then respond to five response questions that relate specifically to the content of the passage.
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Conservation Island

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Why not walk in the footsteps of Teddy Roosevelt and become a conservationist? After discussing issues and reasons for animal extinction, the class creates their own conservation plans. Each small group is given mock data regarding a...
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Biodiversity: El Imposible National Park, El Salvador

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the concept of how the more diverse an ecosystem is, the more interdependence of species exists within that system. The complex relationships among diverse species are difficult to identify. As species disappear or...
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Community Action

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders brainstorm a list of decisions that students make daily that affect the welfare of the environment categorizing them as being either helpful or harmful. They then trace local actions to distant consequences to determine how...
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The Rain Forest of Costa Rica

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine and discuss the topography, climate, natural resources and artwork of Costa Rica. They develop a diagram of the layers of the rain forest, and design a tourist brochure or advertisement promoting Costa Rica's...
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Energy Flow and the Food Chain

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete discussions and worksheets about the Hawaiian food chain. In this food chain lesson plan, students research decomposers, consumers, and producers.
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The Crash Scene

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore geography by participating in a mapping activity. In this engineering instructional activity, 5th graders identify the differences between latitude and longitude and practice locating precise points on a globe or...
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It's Goin' Down; The Rain Forest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the global problem of deforestation. In this environmental lesson plan, students identify organizations on the quest to stop deforestation. Students also discover what they can do to solve this global dilemma.
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Habitats

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify characteristics of various habitats. In this habitats lesson plan, 2nd graders read Where the Forest Meets the Sea and Swimmy to identify the settings of different habitats. Students construct murals of different...
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Earth Day Lessons With The Right Stuff

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Earth Day lessons provide a great way to teach students about the significance of the event, and how they can make a difference.
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Crossword: Rain Forest

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this crossword worksheet, students solve a crossword puzzle by solving clues about the Rain Forest. For example, "The area or environment where an animal lives."

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