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Reef Fish Real Estate in the South Atlantic Bight

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research a species of reef fish to determine its habitat requirements as both a juvenile and an adult. They use this information to create a pamphlet in the style of a real estate brochure that describe the habitat and food...
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"Oh Deer!"

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students play a game where half of them are deer and the others are components of habitat: food, water, shelter and space. They signify their needs by hand gestures and take what they need to their side of the game. They discuss real...
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Smallville Prairie Development Project

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students, through group activities, explain the important scientific, social/historical and aesthetic values of a prairie habitat. They analyze the impact of humans on prairieland and solve a problem regarding potential development of a...
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Citizens For the New Zoo

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete Internet research to find information about an animal and its basic needs. They design a model of a zoo habitat that would accommodate their animal. They write a letter of recommendation to a Zoo board of directors...
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Move To a Healthier Aquatic Balance

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine aquatic orgnaisms and how enviromental chages affect them. This factors include: temperature, Ph, oxygen, nutrients, and pollutants. They also explore habitat quality (erosion). Students compile data and create...
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Your Favorite Wild Animal

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this research skills instructional activity, students select a wild animal and then respond to 5 short answer questions regarding it. In addition, students draw a picture of it and define 6 habitat terms.
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Feathers for Lunch Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover different types of birds and the habitats in which the dwell. In this bird lesson, students read Feathers for Lunch, discuss bird facts, and build a bird habitat.
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Special Place

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students observe and describe a "special place" chosen along a nature trail. In this habitat observational skills and writing instructional activity, students take a walk on a nature trail and choose a spot to sit and meditate. Students...
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Extinction Is Forever

For Teachers K - 8th
Students observe models of two kinds of forests with low and high biodiversity. They observe and record the effects of habitat destruction or extinction rates. They also conduct research about mass extinction like that of the ancient...
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What's in That Cake?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explore the depths of the Gulf of Mexico. In this deep-sea habitat lesson, students construct edible models of deep-sea habitats as they bake cakes that include representations of the habitats and the organisms that live there....
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Stormy Weather

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare human and wildlife environments.  In this stormy weather lesson, 5th graders imagine they are an animal or human during a storm.  Students compose a story with comparisons and reasons for how an organism's...
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Rx Rainforest:

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify plant diversity in the rainforest and the role that animals and habitats play in scientific research. They differentiate between natural habitat and laboratory research and work collaboratively to produce a video news...
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Bird Watching 101

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the basics of bird watching, finding and interpreting bird clues and attracting birds to a particular location or habitat. They go on a birding hike after a lecture on what to look and listen for in the woods.
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Texas Native Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students track the growth of their "adopted" plants in the nature habitat. They write a one page article about their plant.
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Seeing Eye "Buddies"

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe a variety of sights within their schoolyard habitat and sitting quietly back-to-back with a partner describe what they see. The partner sketches the observations, 3rd graders compare drawings with the object described.
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Animals: Polar Bears

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use the Internet to examine the polar bear. They discover information about their diet, behavior and habitat.
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Wildlife in a Poa

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the species that depend on a poa grass for their habitat and interpret data to demonstrate biomass and number pyramids. They examine the plant by digging it up and pulling it apart quickly to capture all the...
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LIONS and TIGERS and BEARS. . .Oh My! Animals of Connecticut and the World

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify and list the different types of pets owned by the children in the class. They graph the total number of each type of pet owned. They draw or cut-out a picture of an animal. Using the materials listed above, the children...
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Basic Needs of Living Things-Lesson Three

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the interconnectedness of organisms in the environment and examine how different organisms obtain their basic needs. They discuss a frog's habitat and what is found in it. Students discuss the processes of...
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Frog Habitats

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are placed in pairs and given a type of frog to research on the computer. They research its habitat for 30 minutes on the computer and then make a 3-D habitat/model of their individual frogs living environment with their...
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Build-A-Bird

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create an imaginary bird. In this anatomy lesson, students analyze how artists represent birds historically, then determine the anatomical aspects that suit a bird to its habitat. Using this information, high schoolers...
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Animals in Inspiration

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research information on a specific animal. In this animal lesson, students use books to find information about an animals diet, habitat, appearance, and any other interesting facts. Students will use this information to create a...
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Building a Butterfly Garden

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students plant a garden which will become the habitat for butterflies as they go through their life cycle.  For this life cycle lesson, students grow plants that attract butterflies and feed caterpillars in order to observe the...
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The Fall and Rise of the White-tailed Deer Population: Conservation Success Story?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze the problems that have come along with the conservation movement and the fall and rise of the white tailed deer population. In this conservation lesson plan, students see how important the deer were to the Native...

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