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Desert Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students survive within an ecosystem, an animal must be physically and behaviorally adapted to the conditions of its environment.
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Habitats and All That

For Teachers 1st
First graders read books, complete online explorations and discuss the ways in which animals adapt to their habitats in order to survive. They create accordion books, play matching games and dramatize animal adaptations.
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Research PowerPoint Presentations

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a PowerPoint presentation about an animal they chose to research.
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Multiplication: Building Models, Representations and Explanations

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore multiplication concepts through skip counting, repeated addition and arrays. Using animal characteristics as a context, 1st graders solve problems using mathematical tools such as hundreds charts, number lines, ...
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Photomosaic Pixel Composite

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students select an animal to research. After completing the research they illustrate and paint their animal in the style of a Japanese scroll. Their illustrations are scanned into the computer and imported to PowerPoint. Students...
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Food Chains and Food Webs

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students discuss the characteristics of producers, consumers and decomposers. Using a flow chart, they construct a food chain to visually show how organisms with different energy sources depend upon one another. Students explore a...
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Radical Raptors

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students are introduced to raptors and their role in the environment. They identify three characteristics of raptors and list several types of raptors found in nature. They discuss their positive and negative experiences with raptors and...
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Africa: Animals of the African Savannahs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore animals of the savannah. In this science lesson plan, students discuss the characteristics of animals that live on the savannah. Students create an animal that would be able to live on the savannah.
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Life Cycle of Animals: Chicken, Duck, Frog

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this animal life cycles worksheet, students complete a ten question true/false assessment pertaining to life cycles of the frog, duck, or chicken. Students draw the life cycle of each animal in a separate box.
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Exploring African Music

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils appreciate African Music and the rich culture it represents. They identify two characteristics of African Music in their journals.
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Papel Picado ( Mexican Cut Paper)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders describe the characteristics of a piece of "papel picado", or Mexican cut paper, which is seen in the Dia de los Muertos festival. They predict what medium was used in the papel picado art. They explain how the scene in the...
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Classification of Animals

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the characteristics of vertebrates. They classify each as mammal, fish, bird, and reptiles. Students explore the differences between various types of animals and classify each.
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The Four Seasons

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners examine four paintings by Robert Harris and identify the season portrayed. Using the characteristics for each season, they write a poem and create a drawing of their own. In groups, they describe the different types of...
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Animals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders define and describe the characteristics of a mammal and a mammal's importance to man. They also describe the life cycle of a frog and compare and contrast a larva and an adult frog. Finally, 2nd graders study and explain...
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Cell Pizza

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify parts and functions of microscope. Students watch video, Cells and Life about cell parts with actual pictures and actual cells. Students discuss video and identify parts of the cells that animals and plants have in...
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Somebody's Knocking At My Door

For Teachers K
Students perform animal sounds and movements, demonstrate a steady beat using both feet, and perform portions of the song "Somebody's Knocking At My Door" in this Music lesson for the Kindergarten classroom. State and National Standards...
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Using a Dichotomous Key for Invertebrate Phyla

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use a key to determine the phyla of invertebrates. They are broken into groups and each group gets a stack of pictures and uses the key to determine which phyla the animal belongs to. There are also individual questions...
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The Fastest Pig in the West in the Classroom: Zodiac Signs

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore Chinese culture by reading a story with their class. In this astrology activity, students read a chapter from the book The Fastest Pig in the West and discuss the relevance of the Chinese zodiac in modern society....
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And the Rains Came Down: A South American Rainforest

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine the characteristics of a South American tropical rainforest. They analyze maps, develop graphs, listen to the book, The Great Kapok Tree, and create a rainforest mural.
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Periodic Table

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the metallic and nonmetallic elements on the Periodic Table. They identify the characteristics of these elements.
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Waddle You Know About Penguins

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the similarities and differences of the seventeen species of penguins. They investigate habitats and how these habitats are suited to each species characteristics. They see how animals adapt to their environments.
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Music in Other Cultures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the musical concepts of timbre, melody, and rhythm. They listen to and identify characteristics of music from other cultures.
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Bats: Fact and Fiction

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students describe the characteristics and behaviors of bats. After viewing a video, they explain how bats use echolocation to navigate and how they find their young within a group. They list four misconceptions about the animal and...
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Living vs. Non-Living Things

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders describe the characteristics that determine if something is living, dead, or non-living. They determine the difference between living and non-living things. Students determine if an object is living or non-living and...

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