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Mock Fly-Tying

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students make their own fly-fishing flies.  In this aquatic macroinvertebrates lesson, students look at images of different species of aquatic macroinvertebrates.  Students compare the similarities and differences among the species. ...
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Adaptations-What a Concept

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners study the pink river dolphin and how it has adapted to its environment.  In this adaptations lesson students construct a map that represents certain relationships. 
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Life is Weird

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the organisms that are found in cold seeps and see how they interact with each-other.  In this biological organism lesson students describe the major features of cold seeps and the process of chemosynthesis. 
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Life is Weird

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students describe features of cold seep communities and list organisms that can be found in these communities.  In this exploratory lesson plan students complete an activity and describe the process of chemosynthesis. 
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Animal Parenting

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students analyze parenting instincts. For this parenting instincts lesson, students view a drawing of animal they studies and describe what they learned about the animal. Students teach the class about their animal and the class creates...
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The Salmon Estuary And Human Impacts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students have discussions and complete activities about the pacific salmon life cycle and marine parasites. In this salmon lesson plan, students complete activities such as observing sea lice, playing a tag game, and a board game.
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Pond Ecosystem Field Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate the environment by participating in a class trip. In this pond ecosystem lesson, students define a list of vocabulary terms associated with ponds such as invertebrate and metamorphosis. Students attend a field trip...
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Comparing and Contrasting

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners practice compare and contrast skills. In this science and language development lesson, students complete a T chart generating traits of a snail and a clam. Learners complete a related worksheet.
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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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Light My Fire ...Fly

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine fire flies. They measure the frequency of light stimulus used by communicating fire flies. Students explore the concept of organisms using light to communicate. Students film the fire flies and quantify the duration...
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Brine Shrimp Life Cycle

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the life cycle of the brine shrimp. They use a variety of resources to find the details of each step. Students compare the life cycles of different organisms. They create diagrams of the different stages while...
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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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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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Meet the Arctic Benthos

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students recognize and identify major groups found in the Arctic benthos. They describe common feeding strategies used by benthic animals in the Arctic Ocean. They discuss relationships between
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Let's Get to the Bottom of the Arctic!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils identify the three realms of the Arctic Ocean, and describe the relationships between these realms. They describe different species associations in a benthic community.
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Interaction Actions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in groups, write about things that happen as a result of interacting with their environment.
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Stream Habitats and Biota

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars identify native and introduced species of fish, shellfish and insects that inhabit Hawaii's streams. They use this information to predict the impact of stream restoration projects in Hawaii.
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Amphipod Ecology

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students count amphipods under kelp wracks of varying ages to explain how long it takes for them to find their food source. They collect and represent the data.
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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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Land Use

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine ecosystems that covered Illinois 200 years ago, investigate some living and non-living components of ecosystems, identify components of prairie system, create food webs, and observe human effects on environment. Lessons...
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Build A "Bug"

For Teachers K - 6th
Students brainstorm different adaptations that bug would need to live in aquatic environment, and watch presentation where classmate is dressed up in costume to represent adaptations necessary for macroinvertebrate to survive in water.
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Hatching Brine shrimp

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the life cycle using brine shrimp as an example. They conduct observations by watching the shrimp hatch out of cysts. Students design simple experiment to structure an observation. The experiment is approved...
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Make Words: Harlequin Duck

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this science and language arts worksheet, students look at a picture of a harlequin duck and read a factual paragraph. Students then make as many words as they can from the letters in "Harlequin duck."
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The Effect of Automobile Exhaust on Hydra in an Environmental Chamber

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the structure and habitat of the hydra in this lab lesson. Students determine if the hydra can be used as an indicator to detect pollution from automobile exhaust.

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