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What Do We Use From the Rainforest?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify items we use from the rainforest. In this earth science lesson plan, students recall prior facts about the rainforest and list items we use from the rainforest. Students create "Rainforest Cookies" using ingredients...
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Trees and Erosion

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students examine the connection between trees and erosion. In this erosion lesson students experiment with the effects of rain on a hillside. Students investigate the number of trees and the amount of erosion.
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Forest Decomposition

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore decomposition. Students define and describe  components of the decomposition process. Students make a composter in a terrarium. Students record observations and changes weekly, drawing conclusions about the results...
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Learning About Trees

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify the parts of a tree. In this earth science lesson, students draw a tree on construction paper and label the parts of the tree.
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THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students describe the movement of water within the water cycle and identify the states of water as it moves through the water cycle.
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Science: Down Home Dinosaurs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
students participate in hands-on activities to discover the different types of fossils. Using teacher-provided materials, they make models of cast and trace fossils. After writing essays describing how traces are formed, students plan a...
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How Trees Contribute to the Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd
In this water cycle instructional activity, 3rd graders conduct an experiment where they observe and calculate how water transpires in different types of trees.  Students engage in a class discussion and use Venn Diagrams to compare...
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Organisms and Their Environment

For Students 5th - 12th
For this organisms and their environment worksheet, students will review concepts relating to ecological studies, levels of organization in ecology, and relationships between organisms in ecosystems. This worksheet has 10 fill in the...
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Hero Or Zero?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate science and technology by reading a children's book.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the story Archibald Frisby and discuss the ways we use science and technology in everyday life....
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Let's Go Fly a Kite

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners complete activities to learn about wind. In this wind lesson, students study wind in an open field and use a kite to complete their observations. Learners make a series of drawings to show how they flew their kites and explain...
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Good Litter, Bad Litter

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Which ones can be thrown on the ground? Discover the difference between natural litter and unhealthy trash, helping scholars by using several examples. Use the information here to give them a basic background, but also encourage prior...
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Classifying Living Things

For Students 5th - 6th
In this classification activity, students read a description of how all living things are related and describe a diagram showing how this taxonomy works. Students answer five questions related to their reading.
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Habitat, What is That?

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners explore animal habitats. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students match animals to their habitats in a classroom activity. Learners also observe a firefly habitat and read Fireflies. Students create bulletin boards...
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Storage, Use, Pollution,& Clean Up of Water

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students synthesize water resource educational posters into class presentations based on the poster's theme. Working in groups, they make presentations on wastewater, water uses, watersheds, groundwater, wetlands,water quality, and...
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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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Exploring Forest Objects

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the forest. In this ecosystems lesson plan, students rotate through sensory activity centers, brainstorm, and read about temperate forests.
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Animating Motion

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students apply what they recall about objects in motion by animati ng sequences of pictures that model a set of physical conditions. They animate the orbital motions of the Earth, the space shuttle, and the Moon based on calculations of...
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Tree Anatomy

For Teachers K
Students learn the basic anatomy of a tree through exploration of tree centers.
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Ecology

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ecology worksheet, students read information about ecology and the nine ecology subdivisions and answer comprehension questions. Students answer ten questions in this matching and fill in the blank worksheet.
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Recycling Blackout Worksheet

For Students 6th - 7th
For this recycling vocabulary worksheet, learners read 15 clues that include both a definition and word puzzle. Students must decide what recycling word the definition and puzzle describes and write the word on the line provided. 
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Europe – Religion and Reformation

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the Reformation. In this European history lesson, 9th graders explore the 95 theses of Martin Luther and discuss the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to his ideas. Students then take a quiz based on the lesson.
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The Ancient Cycads

For Students 7th - 11th
In this cycads learning exercise, students will read a short essay on the cycad tree, including it's reproductive strategies and it's general characteristics. Then students will complete 2 short answer questions based on what they read.
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Celebration Symbols and Their Meaning

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils develop a symbol that represents something they wish to celebrate or include in a celebration of their choosing.
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This One is for the Birds

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a bird feeder to form their technological skills and create a better bond with nature. In this nature lesson plan, students use websites, technology, brainstorm ideas, and build models.