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Human Body Activity

For Students 2nd
In this human body worksheet, 2nd graders experiment making a full-sized human body portrait. Students discuss the human body organs and their functions. Students follow and complete 8 precise directives in making a human body portrait.
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Something Fishy - Bioaccumulation of Mercury

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the dangers of eating high levels of mercury and how small amounts of mercury in water accumulate in greater quantities in organisms higher in the food chain. They list the health of effects of high levels of...
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Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students explain where the energy of food originally came from. Then the explain one of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store energy. Students also describe how ATP and ADP differ and...
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The Barn Owl Pellet

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the factors that affect the number and types of organisms that an ecosystem can support.  In this ecosystem lesson students study the barn owl and where it is on the food chain, then dissect an owl pellet.
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Diet: You Are What You Eat

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the issue of food quality to assess the dangers of pesticides, additives, and improper food preparation. After keeping food diaries and categorizing foods, they fill in food pyramids based on their journal entries....
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Classify the Microbes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners classify microorganisms into categories based on their characteristics. Pupils use a taxonomic key to identify organisms. They classify certain bacteria, protists, and viruses using a classification or taxonmic key.
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Animals and Plants of BC's Rocky Shore: lesson 3

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a mural of the food chain of the animals and plants of BC's rocky shore. In this food chain lesson plan, students also play a food chain matching game.
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Making and Using a Gel Person to Teach Human Anatomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate organs, anatomical planes and transverse sections of the human body using gel people. In this human anatomy lesson plan, students use gel molds, gel and food items to make models of the human body. They create a...
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Web of Life Game: Trout

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars explore the concept of food webs.  In this food web lesson, students demonstarte the connection between species.  Young scholars use a ball of string show how the food web works, then have a class discussion. 
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Ecosystem Game

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine the ecosystem by playing a game. In this ecosystem lesson, students are put into groups of decomposers, consumers, and producers. Students create a list of animals that fit into each group and items that represent...
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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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Field Trip to the Watsonville Wetlands

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the differences between food webs and food chains.  In this wetland lesson students play a food web game and go on a scavenger hunt. 
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Pollution and Marine Life

For Students 7th - 9th
In this pollution and marine life worksheet, students use 9 given terms related to types of pollution and ocean food chains to complete sentences. Students number the effects of human sewage and soil runoff that harm ocean organisms in...
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Microorganisms: Good Guys or Bad Guys?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars discover the role microorganisms play in our lives. In this decomposition lesson, students examine decaying foods and plants in order to analyze the different bacteria that grows. Young scholars discuss the good and bad of...
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Breaking It Down

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explain the mechanism of digestion. In this biology lesson, 7th graders perform an iodine test to check for the presence of starch. They discuss how energy travels through the food chain.
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Coral Reef Community

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the coral reef. In this food chain lesson, students study the plants and animals of the coral reef and how they each play a role in that ecosystem. They participate in a class play to demonstrate the types of animals in...
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Cycles, Systems, and Webs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review the parts of the plant and their functions.  In this plant lesson, 4th graders recognize that plants must transfer energy to make food.  Students understand the interdependence of organisms in an...
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Oyster Morphs: Adaptations to the Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students demonstrate how organisms adapt to their environment. They examine prey and predators, natural selection, and adaptations by representing oyster morph.
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Habitats

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete food chains for organisms in three environments. They use copies of the Habitat worksheet. Students review the food chain terms with the teacher. They research related food chains, and interlink these to form a food...
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Marine Life Research and Persuasive Conservation Pamphlet

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine conservation and research a type of fish that is under environmental stress.  In this conservation instructional activity students create a pamphlet about the conservation of a marine organism.
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Project Conclusion

For Teachers 5th - 11th
In this cells activity students answer questions regarding the characteristics of living organisms observed during a pond water survey.  Students draw diagrams of a food chain. 
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Web of Predators and Prey

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the food chain by researching the Internet.  In this ecosystem lesson plan, students view the video "Competitor and Predator" and read a book from the series "The Magic School Bus."  Students utilize a...
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Striking a Balance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars simulate animals in a food chain. In this food chain lesson plan, students are identified as grasshoppers, frogs or hawks. Popcorn is spread across a lawn and young scholars are given baggies (stomachs) and colored sashes...
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Owl Pellets

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the role of owls in their ecosystem. In this food chain lesson, 6th graders illustrate an owl food chain, dissect an owl pellet, and analyze data. Students discuss what would happen to owls if there were an...

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