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Reptile Riddles

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this reptile riddles activity, students use their vocabulary skills to respond find the answers to the 18 riddles regarding reptiles.
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What Did You Say?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this quotation worksheet, students read the punctuation rules for the use of quotation marks and commas in a direct quote. They insert the quotation marks in 5 sentences, and place the comma and quotation marks in 5 more.
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Reading Comprehension Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension quiz worksheet, students read 3 different selections, then answer a set of multiple choice questions for each. Answers can be submitted and scored on line.
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Animals

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this animals activity, students look at pictures of animals and decide the correct name of the animal and write sentences that start with "this is a" or "this is an". Students complete 2 activities.
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Dinosaur Reading Comprehension #2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this science and reading worksheet, students read 4 short paragraphs, each describing a particular dinosaur. Students answer 3 questions after each paragraph, then look up and define 3 words.
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Animal Actions: Can and Can't

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this ESL activity worksheet, students respond to 12 questions pertaining to animals using the verbs in the provided word bank.
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Readers Theatre using an Indonesian folktale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read a short play based on the Indonesian folktale Cicak and Kancil and complete related activities.
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Animal Coverings

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Summary: Categorize animal pictures by their coverings. Show photographs of animals. Ask students to give descriptive words as to how they think the animal's covering would feel if they could actually touch it.
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Animals: Gila Monsters

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars research sites about Gila monsters. They explore the physical characteristics and defense mechanisms that help Gila monsters survive in the desert. Includes photographs and a diagram.
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Balance and Flux Reveal How Organisms Are Connected in Ecosystems

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read about cats in Borneo and discuss role predators play in controlling population size. They map the interdependencies among species. They read about flux in ecosystems and complete a worksheet.
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What's Up at the Rim?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners are sent on a scavenger hunt to find as many plants as they can in nature.
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Habitats of the World

For Teachers 1st
Students complete a unit of eighteen lessons that cover climate, geography, location, plants, and animals of each of the five habitats. They are also introduced to habitat destruction and discuss ways to protect the environment. They do...
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Variations for Survival

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine two related organisms that live in different environments and compare how the physical characteristics of each organism provided it with survival advantages unique to its own environment.
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Cool Word Vocabulary

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students practice using new vocabulary by putting a picture with the new word. They also write the definitions of the new words. They use the pictures to create a clue in which others can practice the new words.
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Animal Coverings

For Teachers K
Students categorize animals by their coverings. They list descriptive words, explore a science center with actual animal coverings, match pictures of animals with coverings, and categorize pictures of animals by their coverings on a...
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Common and Science Names

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate how dinosaurs are named. They listen to the book "The Littlest Dinosaurs," discuss Greek and Latin words and word parts, identify the word parts and meanings of Triceratops, and create a drawing of a dinosaur...
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Dinosaur Time Capsule

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research prehistoric life using educational software. They design a prehistoric life while showing the use of appropriate scale and names for the prehistoric life. They follow an internet link to participate in a virtual...
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Environment: Understanding Climate Impacts

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the potential environmental consequences of climate change. They conduct Internet research to discover how climate change may impact certain species of animals and present their findings in a poster or skit. Students...
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A Tree of Life Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students solve a mystery of the identification of a unknown organism by comparing its morphological characteristics to those in a tree of life classification poster. They compare the observable characteristics of the specimen and...
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Let's Tesselate

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the geometrical concepts of translation, reflection, and rotation. They make different observations looking for the concepts that are displayed in classroom items like floor tiles, carpet designs, and visuals hung in...
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Remembering Reptiles

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars will learn to use outlines as a comprehension strategy. Summarization is the most important comprehension strategy, and should be taught to maturing readers. During this lesson learners use the story of a reptile to...
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HOLES UNIT

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students participate in the unit based on the Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar and the Walt Disney Movie "Holes". They use the layered curriculum model of assessment and activities.
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The Desert Biome

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a visual presentation of the characteristics of a biome. Working in small groups, students use traditional and online resources to gather data concerning biomes. Students use their information to create a bulletin board...
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Building Blocks Of Comprehension: What Is The Big Idea?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a lesson that is about finding the main idea of a passage of reading. They use a passage while focusing upon the words and defining vocabulary. The students work on fluency and then identify the main idea.

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