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Fabulous Felines

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students learn how cats communicate with humans. In this non verbal communication lesson, students learn how cats communicate with humans. Students discuss how they communicate their thoughts and feelings and the differences between...
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Canine Companions

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students interpret canine verbal and non-verbal communication. In this dog communication instructional activity, students discuss dog communication through bark and body language. Students study the 'reading canine body postures'...
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Saving the Trees

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify why trees are important. In this environmental lesson, students read the book The Giving Tree and list reasons why humans need trees. Learners create a storybook to explain why other natural resources are important to...
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Learning to Communicate with Dogs: The Importance of Training

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners learn the importance of communication especially when it comes to animals. Students are shown video clips of a dog displaying unwanted behavior. Learners participate in a class brainstorm where they list ideas of how people...
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Discussion of Adaptation

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discuss ways in which dinosaurs adapted to their environments. They apply the same logic to an analysis of human habitat, survival needs, and survival need fulfillment to explain how people have adapted to their environment.
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Evacuating a Volcano: A Simulation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore hazards associated with cataclysmic natural events, and human responses to them by creating emergency plans.
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Hypothermia on the High Seas

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify and present the effects on humans when the body temperature falls, demonstrate and explain how the body loses heat, and understand hypothermia and cold water survival techniques.
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Water Quality

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze water quality and turbidity of collected samples. In this physics lesson plan, students conduct tests to identify the suspended particles in the samples. They explain how human activities affect water quality.
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Fables Unit Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd
Students study fables in a broad context. In this literary lesson on fables, students define terms unique to them. Students use a variety of technological resources to gather and classify information into three categories. Students also...
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Learning the Effects of Weather

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine how weather affects animals and people. They discuss Navajo and Ute stories told during different seasons of the year, and create a drawing of people or animal behavior and the connection to the weather.
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LOOKING DEEPER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study trauma, recognize episodes that can produce it, and behaviors it can elicit. They glean an example of a potentially traumatic event. They need to think who might be traumatized and why.
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Brief Encounters (Looking at Ourselves and Others)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a simulation in which they examine how different cultures interact with one another. In groups, they follow the behaviors for their specific group while a group of observers records their interactions. To end the...
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Fish Anatomy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify and interpret the internal anatomy of the fish. They also identify and define vocabulary for anatomical parts and anatomical functions and forms. Finally, students identify and interpret the differences in fish...
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Sports and Exercise Activity

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice utilizing motor skills by participating in different sports activities.  In this physical education lesson, 8th graders participate in racquetball, shuttle cock, and baseball style activities in order to...
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Where No Student Has Gone Before

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a story about an unknown planet invaded by humans as a pre-reading activity for the novel, A Wrinkle In Time. They discuss good versus evil, and identify examples of the theme good vs. evil in books, film, and...
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Understanding Greek Mythology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the role of Greek mythology in ancient Greek life. They discuss the origins of the Greek gods and goddesses, conduct Internet research, and present a project in the form of a dialogue between a Greek god and a...
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The Energy Equation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore human energy components. In this personal health lesson, students determine how food, sleep, and exercise impact human energy levels as they play BAM! Body and Mind  interactive games. Students create motivational...
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Secrets of the Shark

For Teachers 5th - 10th
For this sharks worksheet, students answer short answer questions about sharks, their behaviors, and their habitats. Students complete 19 questions total.
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On Ice

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders research the effects of methamphetamines on the human body. They create a poster showing their campaign to prevent its use.
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Familiarizing Students with the 5 Food Groups

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review a variety of foods and classify them into food groups. They identify the benefits of each food group to our bodies and consider how deficiencies of these groups affect humans. They sort pictures, view a video and write...
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Social Studies: Classroom Culture

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compose a list of classroom cultural values. They begin with a list of unacceptable behaviors. Each student presents two ideas they think should be part of the class culture. Students try to persuade classmates to accept...
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Blood Vessels & Circulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a layered curriculum designed lesson in order to study the cardiovascular system of the human body. The assessments and activities are student centered.
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The Chaos Game

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students measure and predict the behavior of a fractal.  In this investigative activity students divide into groups, and participate in an activity that includes drawing triangles and coloring vertices. 
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Mammals Crossword

For Students 6th - 10th
In this mammals worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 37 questions about characteristics, behavior and types of mammals.

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