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Hibernating Hoopla
Students simulate hibernation with their stuffed animals. They predict the length of time of hibernation and type their math journal entries about sorting, graphing and draw pictures. They read bear hibernation stories.
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Learning From Leaves: Adaptation Scavenger Hunt
Students participate in an adaptation scavenger hunt at. They obtain various plant specimens, and sort the plants based on whether they came from a desert, tropical rainforest, or wetlands.
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Life Cycle of the Butterfly
Students listen a variety of books on butterflies and are introduced to their life cycle. In groups, they describe the life cycle in the correct order and watch the life cycle from larva to the butterfly in a demonstration. To end the...
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Goals of the Diversity of Life Unit
Students are introduced to the unit on the importance of diversity of life and the role that interdependence plays in our worlds. this is part of a multi-lesson unit on the diversity of life.
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Investigation 4 - Plot Studies
Third graders use a plot map to study the plants and animals living in a small area of their environment.
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The History of Life
In this history of life worksheet, students review 4 vocabulary words associated with the beginnings of life. Students place these terms into a crossword puzzle and then complete 2 fill in the blank questions.
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Junior Engineering Surface Water
Pupils experience the effects of pollution and erosion on a model of a watershed and explore ways to change the outcome.
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Habitat Lap Sit
Fourth graders physically form a circle that shows the interconnectedness of the components of a habitat. They form circles and role play the parts of habitats.
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Insect Condominiums
Fourth graders design an insect home using recyclable materials making sure that the organism's needs are met. They study the concepts of niche, habitat and survival requirements.
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Biomes: Action for a Healthy Planet
Students become environmentalists. They develop solutions to modern environmental problems.
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Our Special Planet Earth
Students explore what is special about our planet. They explore the various climates that are found on the planet Earth. Students create an advertisement to convince people why their favorite environment would be the best place to visit.
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Nature's Recyclers
Young scholars create environments to demonstrate how earthworms interact with their surroundings.
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"Fall"owing Changes in the Season
Students create a whole class A-B-"C"eason Book. Each student is responsible for creating a "letter" page relating to changes, adaptations, or other fall concepts. After hard copies of the class ABC books are created, the teachers using...
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Where Have All the Endangered Gone?
Learners explore animals that are endangered. They choose an endangered animal that they would like to keep from becoming extinct. Students create a persuasive presentation to persuade someone to understand why they feel keeping their...
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Ecology
In this ecology worksheet students complete a crossword puzzle that incorporates all of the ecological vocabulary in the word puzzle.
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Ecology Worksheet
In this environment worksheet, students engage in the completion of 32 sentences to find the word that is used to complete the thoughts.
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Vermicomposting
Third graders study vermicomposting. In this vermicomposting lesson plan, 3rd graders prepare to begin a unit on decomposition by constructing a worm bin. Students collect worms to be used later in experiments.
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Dive In: Biology At The Beach
Continue the spirit of summer by studying marine life in your classrooms.
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Uen: Living and Nonliving
Third graders will be able to identify what is living and nonliving in the world around them.
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Uen: Going on a Living and Nonliving Hunt
Distinguish between things that are living, things that were once-living, and things that are nonliving.
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Uen: Trb 3:2 Investigation 1 Intro: Living & Nonliving
Third graders learn to distinguish between living and nonliving things.
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Serc: Looking for Living and Nonliving Things
Students will think about what is alive and identify the objects they observe as living or nonliving. They will record their findings in a journal, share them with their classmates, then illustrate a page for a class book of things they...
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Arts Now Learning: Dramatic Living and Non Living [Pdf]
Students explore the differences between living and nonliving things through the lens of the nursery rhyme, "Hey Diddle Diddle." After bringing the characters to life, the students discuss the concepts of living and nonliving and act out...
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Uen: Living or Nonliving
Third graders look for living and nonliving elements on the playground.