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Elements of Life

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners discover they are made of elements in activities based on comparing the human body to the periodic table. In this science lesson students are engaged with 3 hands on basic chemistry activities. The learners end the lesson by...
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Fitting Trash into Yesterday: A Fifth Grade Activity

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the concept of waste management. In this recycling lesson plan, 5th graders discover the history of waste management and discuss how the U.S. should respond to the issue of ever-increasing waste.
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Forest Foundation

Nature's Treasure Chest

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Renewable, recyclable, and biodegradable. As part of their study of the forest ecosystem, class members read "Nature's Treasure Chest" about the many products made from trees and then craft their own recycled paper.
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Animals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss the term "endangered". They identify the reasons some animals are in danger of being wiped out. They discover ways humans can help the species survive.
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Ecological Communities:The Prairie

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils study the meaning of ecological community and recognize its complexity.  In this ecology lesson plan students diagram a food web.
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Compettion at its Best

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders role play predators, prey and other parts of the aquatic ecosystem. They show inter and intra-specific competition as well as the link between abiotic and biotic components in an ecosystem. Students play games about the...
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The Web of Life - Ecosystem

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars examine the concepts of ecosystems and interdependence. They construct block pyramids to demonstrate interdependence, and map off an area to observe and identify animals. They create food chain mobiles and play a web of...
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Biological Taxonomy

For Students 6th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students read about biological taxonomy. They then use the information they learned to answer the 13 questions on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Habitat survival

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study different environments and how the food chain affects the survival of different animals. In this environments lesson plan, 6th graders share the visuals which describe the characteristics of the environment that they...
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Populations and Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the factors that influence the stability of ecosystems. They construct a miniature ecosystem in a jar that includes plants, small fish, and snails, record the population changes over a period of four weeks, and...
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An Introduction to the Ocean World

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students comprehend how the organisms that exist within the ocean biome, and categorizing each into producer, consumer, or decomposer. They place various human actions under the headings of "hazard" or "help," illustrating how humans can...
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Oxygen

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars explore oxygen and its physical and chemical propeties.  In this investigative lesson students complete several experiments using oxygen.
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Community and Ecosystems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils complete a unit of lessons on ecosystems. They participate in online activities, create a diorama, write journal entries, and develop a Hyperstudio multimedia project on a selected ecosystem.
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Lake and Pond Study

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the habitat and community structure of a pond that could support Ospreys through games and worksheets. They then go on a field trip to a pond to evaluate the suitability of the pond as an Osprey habitat.
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Scientific Classification

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this scientific classification worksheet, students read about classification and the questions scientists ask in order to classify, then read about features of different classifications of animals. Worksheet is informational, no...
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Diseases

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a type of notebook or journal using colored copy paper on which to take notes. They complete research on a certain disease and report on it and then design their own disease causing bacteria or virus. Finally, 6th...
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Classify That!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students get acquainted with diverse forms of life by using modern biological classification systems to group animals that are related. They explore basic scientific groupings like genus, species, mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, and...
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Traveling Nitrogen

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students demonstrate and understanding of the nitrogen cycle by taking roles and interacting with others in a simulation activity.
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Classify That!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore diverse forms of life by using modern biological classification systems to group animals that are related. Students then study basic scientific groupings like genus, species, mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, and...
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Invasive Aquatic Plant Identification

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe aquatic plants and animals and identify their systems. In this plants and animals lesson plan, students compare systems of organisms and orally express how plants and animals rely on each other.
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Ecosystem Organization

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in a lesson about ecosystems with the intention of looking at how it is organized. They cover the biotic and abiotic factors of an ecosystem while looking at the seven types of terrestrial biomes. Students write...
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Exploring Hawaii's Beaches

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders  search the shore and find objects on the beaches of Hawaii.  In this exploring Hawaii's beaches lesson, 4th graders play "I Spy" with objected collected at the beach.  Students compare biotic and abiotic materials and...
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Knowledge Quiz: Bacteria

For Students 4th - 7th
For this bacteria quiz worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions covering a variety of concepts related to bacteria. A reference web site is included for additional resources.
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Wild Animal Science

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students discover how environmental factors impact the survival of a population. In this landscape design lesson, students create a new animal and discuss the relationship between the animal and its environment before creating a habitat...

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