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Environmental Problems and Solutions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
For this environmental problems and solutions worksheet, students are given a list of 25 environmental problems. They match them with a given solution and paste the matching pairs to a piece of construction paper.
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Linking Up the Food Chain

For Teachers K
Students to the book, Life in a Pond, then discuss the food chain and create a food chain mobile. On one strip of paper students draw and label a pond plant, on another a tadpole, on another a fish and on the last a person.
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Animal Classification

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders differentiate between vertebrates and invertebrates, and identify the main characteristics of mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. They sort and categorize different types of balls, discuss the characteristics...
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I Won't Live in a Toxic World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine four separate environmental health issues using fish-bowl technique, and discuss roles of both government and citizens in maintaining a pollution-free environment.
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Too Much Oxygen or Too Little?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this oxygen worksheet, students analyze date about the oxygen levels in a river to determine the cause of the dying fish. This worksheet has 2 graphs, 12 short answer questions, and 2 graphic organizers.
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Dare to Care for a Grizzly Bear

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students examine the relationship between humans and grizzly bears. In this biology lesson, students research about the bear's habits and living environment. They write a letter to the US Fish and Wildlife Service petitioning them to...
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Unusual Coral Reef Animals

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students research an unusual coral reef animal. A list of 22 animals is provided to choose from or students may choose their own. After researching the animal, students illustrate the creature and write about...
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Water Wonders

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore hydrology concepts. In this environment and biology lesson, students identify and describe macroinvertebrates using a variety of pictures and resources. Students observe and write about a classroom aquarium in which...
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Ocean Currents and Sea Surface Temperature

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use satellite data to explore sea surface temperature. They explore the relationship between the rotation of the Earth, the path of ocean current and air pressure centers. After studying maps of sea surface temperature and ocean...
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Ups and Downs of Diving

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students explore the science and sport of scuba diving. In this scuba diving lesson, students build Cartesian divers and observe their behavior under water pressure.
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Swimming With the Crabs!

For Students 6th - 9th
In this environmental science instructional activity, students complete a graphic organizer (Frayer model) on blue crabs. They write an article using the given facts.
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Goldilocks and the Real Bears

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners participate in a comparison instructional activity where they compare fictional bears to real life bears. In this science/language arts instructional activity, students read Goldilocks and the Three...
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The Future of Arctic Sea Ice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research about the importance of sea ice to world climate and sea organisms. In this earth science lesson, students create a model of present and future Arctic sea ice communities. They discuss how ice melting affects...
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Food Webs in a Pond

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explore food chains and food webs in a pond and identify common creatures found in ponds. They look for tadpoles, fish, mites and other creatures in a pond during a field trip for first hand research.
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Indian River Lagoon

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
For this science worksheet, learners complete 7 sentences about the Indian River Lagoon. Students also locate 12 words in an estuary word search.
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Oceans Away

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore oceans. In this science lesson plan, students locate oceans, seas and continents of the world, identify ocean-related occupations, and complete activities pertaining to food chains as well as pollution.
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Stacking the Deck on Nutrition

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore classification. In this science lesson plan, students arrange a variety of foods into their proper food groups. This and other related activities will aid in the development of the learners' critical thinking skills.
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Filter Feeding in Reef Sponges

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the role of sponges in our oceans.  In this biology lesson plan, students create a diagram visualizing how sponges bring food into their bodies through a filtering process.  Students discuss the connections...
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Mud Fossils

For Teachers K - 4th
Students observe real fossils. In this science lesson, students make their own mud fossils by pressing material into the mud and letting it dry in the sun for 3-4 days. Students then get the fossils out displaying their mud...
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Pollution Solution

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Young scholars explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this science lesson, students investigate the effects of oil spills and brainstorm ideas to help companies avoid them as they create models to demonstrate their...
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Protective Agencies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This rare resource is a brief overview of some of our government protective agencies. There is a slide for each of the following: Bureau of Land Management, Department of Fish and Wildlife, National Parks Service, Environmental...
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Classification Wordsearch

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students examine 20 words in a word bank; all pertain to animal classification. Students locate each word in a word search puzzle.
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Fishing

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this recreational worksheet, students study on how to assist a young boy in catching fish in a fishing maze with the boy on one end and the fish on the other end.
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Fortune Teller Fish

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate how to create and test a hypothesis. They design an experiment and set up a variable, experimental group and control group.

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