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Life is Weird!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students describe major features of cold seep communities, and list at least five organisms typical of these communities. They infer probable trophic relationships among organisms typical of cold-seep communities and the surrounding...
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Marine Communities

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students view a video and then complete lab exercises to help them explain marine communities and animals in them.
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Contrivances: Orchids and the Panda's Thumb

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read and discuss selected and edited excerpts from the essays of Stephen Jay Gould on the subject of contrivances.
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Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the unique parts of the body of skates and their egg cases.
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Designing Tools for Ocean Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the methods and tools used in ocean exploration. They, in groups, simulate an ocean exploration and consider what tools facilitate the exploration's objectives.
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Black Pearls

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine where pearls come from and where mollusks are found. They discover how pearls are formed in nature and how they are they made by humans. They use ordinary oyster shells to examine mother of pearl.
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Water Quality

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students are presented with a hypothetical situation to investigate the water quality of the James River. They are given data to analyze and put into the graphic organizer that is included to help solve the problem. The lesson includes...
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What Do We Have In Common?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders perform a dissection on a mussels and label their internal organs. In groups, they compare and contrast the mussels structure to those of human beings. They also review the functions that are necessary for survival and...
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Not Just For A Baby's Bottom

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate the presence of talc in the geologic record. The different characteristics of talc is covered. The lesson includes background information for the teacher.
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Mother's Day Wampum Beads

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research the historical significance of Mother's Day and the cultural background of Wampum Beads. They create colorful Mother's Day gifts. They increase their knowledge of color theory.
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Relating Number of Insect Species to Water Quality

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are asked to respond to questions such as:" Have there been surveys of the area to inventory the species?" (For example, for a wetland area, do they know what amphibians live there and how abundant they are?) Are there any...
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Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students gain understanding of structure, characteristics, and basic needs of living things and their role in world, identify parts of skate, observe details of skate's body and skate egg case, and identify unique characteristics of skates.
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Word Lists for Group Two- Spelling Patterns- r, l, d, b, f, h, i, u

For Students 2nd
In this phonics and spelling worksheet, students examine word lists that contain common spelling patterns including: CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, CCVCC.
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Oddball Out: Shells

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this problem solving worksheet, students analyze a row of pictures of various shells to determine which creature is different from the others pictured.
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Make Words: Humpback Whale

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this language arts and science worksheet, students examine a picture of a humpback whale and read an informative paragraph. Students then make at least 28 words from the letters in "humpback whale."
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Junie B.'s Muscle Mania

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this muscles worksheet, students fill in the names of 5 muscles from a word bank (with clues) in a diagram of a runner. This is related to the Junie B. Jones series and the directions are written in Junie-style language.
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Linking Verbs (Online Interactive)

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this linking verbs worksheet, students learn to recognize linking verbs in sentences. Students read the information and study examples of linking verbs. Students identify the linking verbs in 10 sentences. This is an online...
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Mussel Movements

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students consider the impact of invasive species on local environments. In this ecology lesson, watch the video, Arizona Wildlife Views, which focuses on invasive species. Students develop vocabulary, relate to meaningful comprehension...
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Word Family- "AM"

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word family worksheet, students alphabetize a set of 10 words in the "AM" word family. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Nudibranchs-Splendid Sea Slugs

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students brainstorm a list of colorful animals and research why they are colorful. In this biology instructional activity, students sketch what a nudibranchs look like before watching a video. They compare their sketch to the actual...
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The Dead Zone: A Marine Horror Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students graph dissolved oxygen versus depth using data taken from NECOP Program. In this marine science activity, students explain the causes of hypoxia. They recommend possible solutions to this problem.
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Blood, I Presume?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explain the value of blood in trials.  For this DNA lesson students work together to collect and share information and ideas that they come up with after learning how to distinguish blood from other stains. 
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Collective Nouns and Pronouns

For Students 4th - 6th
In this collective nouns and pronouns worksheet, students discover how to form the plurals of nouns that are countable and uncountable.
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Captivating Clownfish Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this online quiz worksheet, learners answer a set of multiple choice questions about clownfish. Page includes links to answers and resources.

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