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Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Section One: What is Biodiversity?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Four intriguing and scientific activities invite learners to explore the natural resources of their town. The activities cover concepts such as genetic traits, organizing species in a taxonomy, the differences between different species...
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Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Section Two: Why is Biodiversity Important?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Explore soil, genetic traits, natural resources, and pollution in a series of lessons that focus on biodiversity. Kids complete experiments to learn more about the importance of varied genes and organisms in an ecosystem.
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Curated OER

Cycles of Life in an Urban Habitat: Changes in Biodiversity

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders compare and contrast animate and inanimate objects. In this environmental science lesson, 2nd graders create simple food webs. They observe their environment and create a collage about it.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biodiversity

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils complete activities to study the importance of biodiversity. For this biodiversity lesson, students find images to categorize into organism groups and illustrate their interconnections. Pupils use measurement tools to study a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introducing Biodiversity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate biodiversity by creating reports with their classmates.  In this ecosystem lesson plan, students utilize the Internet to research the different types of life in our environment and different locations around the...
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Curated OER

Rainforest Alliance: Biodiversity

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare biodiversity in their neighborhood and in the rainforest. In this biodiversity instructional activity, 5th graders read stories and gather information about the diversity of life found in their area and in the...
Organizer
Curated OER

ESL Holiday Lessons: Biodiversity Day

For Students 7th - 11th
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article about World Biodiversity Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30 short...
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EngageNY

Close Reading: Blue Creek, a Rainforest in Belize (Page 12)

For Teachers 5th Standards
Peace and quiet. After reading page 12 of The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, scholars participate in a silent conversation with a chalk talk activity. They take turns describing how the rainforest is diverse by writing on chart...
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Curated OER

Michigan Ecosystems: The Web They Weave

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners examine the forest ecosystem and how all life in the forest depends upon itself.  In this ecological instructional activity, students participate in a personal connections activity where someone pulls on a string and...
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New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2010

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This exam covers every topic in a typical first-year biology course. A wide variety of question styles gives high schoolers every opportunity to show what they know. Why start from scratch when a comprehensive final exam is easily...
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Curated OER

Biodiversity Bird Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils examine the influence of biodiversity on human culture through the use of birds. They brainstorm words that come to mind when they think of human cultures. They describe ways that human culture and biodiversity are linked.
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Curated OER

Art of Biodiversity

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students familiarize themselves with values of biodiversity. They comprehend that biodiversity has inspirational and cultural values. Students locate five works of art on Zoo grounds that represent biodiversity in some way.
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Curated OER

Habitat Basics

For Teachers 1st
First graders get out and explore two different habitats to examine how each one meets the needs of the plants and animals that dwell there. They discuss what they've learned about animal habitats as they explore the outdoor environment....
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Curated OER

Eco-Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the Earth's various biomes and ecosystems using Internet research. They create a multimedia poem using the photos, sounds, and vocabulary from their research.
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Curated OER

Habitat Art: Florida Panthers

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learners discover the lifestyles of a Florida Panther by investigating its habitat.  In this wild animal lesson plan, students utilize the Internet to research the habits of a Panther and what their habitat is.  Learners create...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Toward a Sustainable Agriculture

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners analyze organic production systems. In this organic agriculture instructional activity, students examine key organic practices for both crop and livestock. This instructional activity includes 5 different activities, 4 critical...
Interactive
Curated OER

Saving Tropical Rainforests

For Students 4th - 6th
In this rainforest worksheet, students watch a video of Prince Charles wanting to save the tropical rainforest and then fill in the blanks to sentences about the video. Students complete 12 sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Loss of Nature Will Damage Economies

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English instructional activity, students read "Loss of Nature Will Damage Economies," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Frog's Life Story

For Teachers K - 8th
Students investigate the lives of frogs by completing several worksheets.  In this biology lesson, students discover the life cycle of a frog from tadpole to death.  Students complete frog life cycle puzzle as well as create a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Far Away is a Tropial Rainforest?

For Teachers K
Students explore how far a rainforest is from their home. In this rainforest lesson students examine how far they live away from the rainforest. Students use the length of their school day to compare how long it will take to travel to...