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Hazards: First Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 1st Standards
Examine the environmental hazards associated with volcanoes with a three-part science lesson. In the pre-lab, first graders learn that gas, landslides, ash, and lava are all hazards that come from volcanoes. They then explore hazardous...
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Wildlife Conservation I

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Focusing on the wildlife in their area, learners identify endangered and threatened species and what these animals need to survive. While this lesson involves animals in the Long Island area, it could be adapted for use with any area.
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Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover the adaptation of species through analyzing pictures.  In this scientific discovery instructional activity, 5th graders discuss the concept of adaptation in order for survival.  Students view many images of extinct...
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Where Have All the Endangered Gone?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore animals that are endangered. They choose an endangered animal that they would like to keep from becoming extinct. Students create a persuasive presentation to persuade someone to understand why they feel keeping their...
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Animals Alphabetical Order

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this animals instructional activity, students put names of animals into alphabetical order. Students put 15 animal names into alphabetical order.
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Devastating Deforestation Triarama

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students become familiar with the process of deforestation and its impact upon rainforests and people who depend on them. They research endangered and already-extinct species of rainforest animals and plants. Students fabricate a 3D...
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The Environment and Animals

For Students 7th
In this environment and animals worksheet, 7th graders match ten pictures with their actual titles, answer seven statements as true and false, and discuss six questions together.
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Ice Age Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the ice age and the animals that were on the Earth at that time and have a debate on the explanation for the extinction of the ice age animals.
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Endangered Species

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students decide which of a group of animals should take priority over others for survival. They listen to a story of endangered animals and in groups or pairs complete a worksheet to save three of the animals on the worksheet as the...
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The Ice Age

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the ice age and the causes of it.  In this Ice Age lesson students examine why those animals became extinct and complete activity sheets.
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Vanished!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research how certain types of animals became extinct, and write report about their chosen species, explaining scientific theories or facts about how it became extinct, and how extinction has affected other species and the...
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Wild Wildlife

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students assess how people both support and refute actions that lead to the extinction of animals. They examine how the wild tiger population has grown from near-extinction due to conservation efforts. They investigate an animal species...
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Where Are the Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of extinction. In this dinosaur instructional activity, students view a video and have a class discussion about the extinction of dinosaurs. They create a dinosaur egg and imagine what life would be like for...
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"I have a Bone to Pick With You"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore dinosaur classifications and how animals of long ago became extinct. They conduct research, classify dinosaurs, and in small groups, develop a name of a new dinosaur, create a poster, and present the information to...
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Why preserve biodiversity?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view photos of endangered species on the Internet and discuss the reasons why these animals are threatened and why they should be protected. They use the words: biodiversity, ecosystem, and extinction in sentences to demonstrate...
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Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study dinosaurs by completing two activities and group discussion. For this dinosaur lesson, students discuss dinosaurs and extinction as a class. Students make dinosaur dioramas, a hatchable dinosaur egg after watching a video...
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Dinosaurs - Physical Characteristics

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students describe the physical characteristics of dinosaurs, compare and contrast the evolution of land, and they explore the extinction of dinosaurs.
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The Ice Age

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars study the differences in the Ice Age terminology and what causes them.  In this Ice Age lesson plan students examine what plants and animals lived during the Ice Age. 
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Life at Risk

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the characteristics of the peregrine falcon. They investigate endangered and extinct species, and how the environment affects the process.
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Where Are The Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the existence of dinosaurs as a precursor to learning about extinction. In this dinosaurs lesson, students watch dinosaur video at assigned web sites. They discuss what they observed in the videos including how the...
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Dinosaurs 1: Where are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study dinosaurs and explore the concept of extinction.  In this dinosaur lesson students create dinosaur eggs and view dinosaur dioramas.
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Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the concept of extinction by studying dinosaurs. In this living environment instructional activity, students view dinosaur video clips and define the word "extinction." Students visit the "Zoom Dinosaur" website to...
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Biodiversity - Does It Really Matter?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine biodiversity, ecosystems, and extinction. They are divided into groups to discuss why they think biodiversity is important.
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Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the lives of dinosaurs. In this dinosaur lesson, students create dinosaur dioramas that depict how and where the creatures lived. Students also discuss extinction with their teacher.

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