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Compound Species

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students gather pictures of animals, fish, birds, and insects, and sort them by category: land, sea, and air creatures. They choose two of these categories and imaginatively combine part of animals (such as horns, tentacles, fins, floppy...
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Curated OER

Leader of the School

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars are read a book about the oceans and discuss the characterstics of the main character that makes him a leader. As a class, they use sponges and contruction paper to make their own ocean scene. To end the lesson, they add...
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Curated OER

Soil Conservation Coloring Sheet

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this soil conservation coloring worksheet, students color the picture of healthy fish and read a sentence regarding soil conservation.
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Curated OER

Describing Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
While a short review of animals and their classifications, this could be useful when discussing this topic in the classroom. There is a list of questions at the end to help review the main ideas. Reptiles, amphibians, and mammals are...
Activity
Exploring Nature Educational Resources

Building A Classroom Food Web

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
From bears and owls to chipmunks and trees, all life depends on the sun for the energy to survive. Young biologists develop an understanding of this big idea as they arrange this series of plant and animal picture cards into food...
Handout
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Adaptations – Designs for Survival

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
What's the difference between behavioral adaptations and physical adaptations? Learn about the various ways that organisms adapt to their environment with a worksheet about the creatures of the Hudson River.
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Who am I?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Here's a worksheet that has a variety of animals pictured. Learners must cut and paste the correct name and glue it in the box with the pictured animal. Great for young learners. An answer key is included on the worksheet.
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Curated OER

Meat, Fish and Poultry: Practical Application

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A note-taking outline is given to learners which covers meat composition and quality, types of meat and storage, and cooking meat. By viewing pictures they learn to identify cuts of meat or poultry products. They discuss inspection and...
Printables
Teacher Printables

My Flip Book About . . .

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Print these as two-sided handouts from which elementary entomologists can make a flip-style book about beetles (or a variety of other animals that are available as well). They research the habitat, food, and other interesting information...
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Vertebrate Circulatorium

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
When you get to the heart of the matter, you learn a lot about an organism by studying its circulatory system! A perfect resource for a zoology or anatomy class, the simulation gives users a peek inside a variety of vertebrates to...
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Applied Science - Science and Math (K) Lab

For Teachers K
In this shape lesson, learners cut out tangram shapes and create different pictures with them. They look at 3-D shapes as well. There is a nice, hands-on component built into this lesson.
Worksheet
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The Dragonflies of Summer

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
The best thing about dragonflies is that they make great topics for informational texts. Get those readers excited with a fun and interesting insect-related text passage that can help them increase their comprehension skills. As children...
PPT
Biology Junction

Amphibians

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Biologists know of more than 2,300 living species of amphibians. Learn more about the four orders of amphibians with an interesting presentation. It explains the similarities and differences between the thousands of species of...
Lesson Plan
Foundation for Water & Energy Education

How Can Work Be Done with Water Power? Activity C

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Third in a set of lessons regarding reservoirs, dams, and hydropower, this involves a two-day hydropower plant simulation. Collaborative groups build, maintain, and finance the plant. The transparency of the reservoir setup can be...
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Consortium for Ocean Science Exploration and Engagement (COSEE)

Life Cycle of Blue King Crabs

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The blue king crab and the red king crab live in the same range but never in the same region. The third lesson plan in the series of five focuses on the blue king crab and the impact the changes in water temperature is having on its...
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EngageNY

Introduction: The Ideas of Charles Darwin

For Teachers 6th Standards
Piece by piece ... Scholars read the text World without Fish by breaking the text into pieces. They identify challenging words and determine the gist of each section as they read. They then work together in triads to answer...
Lesson Plan
Aquarium of the Pacific

Kelp Forest Habitat

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What forest is in the ocean? The class watches a video that introduces the kelp forest and the parts of kelp. Learners dive into the ocean and see what different species live near the canopy, the midwater, and the bottom of the kelp...
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The Fish Trade

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read and discuss a document regarding how the global fish trade is important to humans all over the world. Students conduct Internet research and write a scenario about what would happen if other countries did not help...
Worksheet
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Red Fish, Blue Fish-Fish and Color Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice questions about fish. Answers are a color, then the word "fish." Page has a link to answers.
Interactive
Curated OER

Betta Fish, Better Fish

For Students 4th - 7th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of trivia questions about the Betta fish. Page has a link to submit answers for review.
Interactive
Curated OER

UK Freshwater Fish Quiz

For Students 4th - 8th
In this online quiz activity, students answer a set of questions about freshwater fish in the UK. Page has a link to submit answers for correction.
Interactive
Curated OER

Freshwater Aquarium Fish

For Students 4th - 8th
In this online quiz instructional activity, students answer a set of questions about freshwater aquarium fish. Page has a link to submit answers for correction.
Interactive
Curated OER

Freshwater Fish and Fish-keeping

For Students 5th - 8th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of questions about freshwater fish. Answers may be submitted for review by clicking a link at the bottom of the page.
Worksheet
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How Do You Know Your Fish are Sick?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice trivia questions about how you know fish are sick. Page has a link to answers.

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