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Jr. Chef Club Super Snacks Lesson 6

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore healthy snacks. In this nutrition and cooking lesson, students observe and identify food groups on USDA's MyPyramid food guide. Students discuss how fiber helps our digestive system and follow a recipe using yeast to...
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How can my breakfast help the birds?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders design farms with a bird's habitat in mind. In this farm lesson plan, 6th graders research how sun grown coffee destroys a bird habitat, and then they make their own farm with a bird's habitat being preserved. They then...
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Ecosystems - Lessons 1 and 3

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students answer 22 multiple choice questions on ecosystem. They identify which ecosystem component is described in each of the question.
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Blue birds Project

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the eastern bluebird and acquire knowledge regarding their species and their struggle for survival. In this blue bird project lesson, students explore the blue birds' habitat and discover how they are excellent...
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Cause and Effect

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students complete a cause and effect web about eating healthy. Students write 6 different effects of eating healthy.
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Rotten Truth

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete activities to study decomposition. In this decomposition lesson, students work in pairs to observe a decay buffet experiment. Students keep compost bag journals. Students define and discuss the process of decomposition.
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Coral Reef Restaurant

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore coral reefs by re-enacting different reef organisms.
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Dietary Guidelines 2000

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research dietary guidelines and create a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation that reviews the dietary guidelines to present to their class or an elementary class.
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Sequence of Sentences

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sentence order worksheet, students read two sentences with a picture in a box. Students write the sentence letters (a, b) in order.
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Engineering and the Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore nutrition. In this nutrition lesson, students discuss a person's sense of taste and how it is different for each person. Students discuss favorite foods and how they relate to nutrition. Students cut out pictures of...
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Dino's Diner

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a modern day dinosaur menu to generate creative ideas regarding what dinosaurs would eat at an imaginary restaurant. They utilize a graphic organizer imbedded in this plan to guide their menu ideas.
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Life In Extreme Environments

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils work together to design and participate in experiments to determine the rate rotifers eat. After completing their experiments, they record and analyze their data and identify any challenges faced during the procedure. They...
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The Web of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a game in which they discover the balance of life in the ocean. They identify different organisms that rely on different types of food. They answer questions to complete the lesson.
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Food Chain Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this food chain activity, students circle organisms that complete food chains shown, 5 total. All chains begin with the sun and move through insects, plant life and animals.
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Using Children's Literature to Teach Writing: Oh, Tucker!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are read the book "Oh, Tucker". They write a paper about the positive and negative aspects of having a dog as a pet. They use a graphic organizer to organize their thoughts and they edit them the next day in class.
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Insects A-Z!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use the Internet and other resources to find insect common names that begin with each letter of the alphabet. They write a brief description of each insect, focusing on what the insect eats and where the insect lives.
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Food Webs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover how organisms depend upon each other in an ecosystem. In this ecosystems instructional activity, 4th graders use food webs to discuss the interdependence between organisms in an ecosystem.
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Food Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to the food groups on the food pyramid. Individually, they draw pictures of their favorite foods and identify which food group it belongs. To end the lesson, they discuss the importance of eating a variety...
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Lesson: Peaches

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables. They discover how to choose and store peaches and use recipes to prepare peaches. They explore the history of peaches and discuss the benefits of eating peaches.
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The Needs of Living Things

For Teachers K - 5th
Students watch video clips of animals and plants in their natural environment, to gather evidence that all living things have basic survival needs. Students draw pictures of real or imaginary pets eating, drinking, breathing, and taking...
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Biological Communities

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify consumers and producers in different communities. Students collect a variety of soil samples and record organisms found in the samples.
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Theme: Dinosaurs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify at least ten different dinosaurs and name them. Students explain the difference between plant-eating dinosaurs and meat-eating dinosaurs. Students explain how scientists know about dinosaurs.
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The Wildlife Web I

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the relationship between producers and consumers. In this activity, they trace the ingredients in the foods they eat to plants. Supplement to Natureworks episode from New Hampshire Public Television, but activities may...
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Classification of Living Things

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils classify organisms according to the rules of taxonomy. In this biology lesson, students name organisms using binomial nomenclature. They create a new organism and explain which specific group it belongs to and why.