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Air Quality and Transportation

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders observe car pooling patterns and the important role car pools play in reducing air pollution. They explain how they get to school and graph the types of transportation that is used. Students make a list of the different...
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India Motifs and Kalsmkari

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are exposed to some Indian motifs as seen in Hindu temples. A traditional folk art of Southern India is also introduced. They explore at least two principles of design and two elements of design into their work. Complete a...
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Teeth and Eating

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore animal diets and teeth. In this animal science lesson, students view photos of animals and their teeth. Students identify the type of diet the animal has based on the teeth. Students are introduced to the terms...
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Countdown Calendar

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a calendar of endangered species. In this preservation lesson, students research endangered species of plants and animals around the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Students gather facts about the endangered species and create...
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Lesson 3: Life Cycle of Brassica Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the life cycle of brassica plants. In this science lesson, students observe each stage in the life cycle of their plant. Students record their observations and graph the data. Students
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In the Wild

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the concept of ecology and how animals are suited to their habitats. In this animal adaptation lesson, 3rd graders identify a variety of plants and animal species that live in a Beech forest.Students create a food...
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Food Web Chasey

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students work together to review the concepts of food webs and food chains. They describe the role of plants and animals when dealing with the cycling of energy. They identify any behavioural strategies to help the animals survive.
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PLANT LIFE CYCLES

For Teachers K - 5th
Student learns about the life cycle of plants by watching a time-lapse video. This activity provides learners with further evidence that all living things grow and change as they progress through their life cycle.
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Clearly Classified

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate plants and insects.  In this science classification lesson, young scholars create separate categories for insects and plants by characteristics.  Learners discover scientific names of insects.
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Seasonal Scroll Painting

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners take a field trip to a Botanical Gardens. They observe plants and the seasonal changes they go through and create their own scroll painting.
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Looking at Flowers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use their bee sticks to cross-pollinate their Fast Plants and also focus in on the anatomy of flowers. They analyze how the parts of a system go together, and how these parts depend on each other. Finally, students describe...
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Teeth and Eating

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students conduct online research of different animals and their diet. In this animal lesson, students identify the various types of diets each animals has and their teeth. This research is done on the Internet.
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Animals and the Food Webs that Love Them

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the animals that Lewis and Clark would have encountered.  In this animals lesson students study the food web and how human populations have affected them. 
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How Are We Alike and Different?

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners review an online database and look for similarities and differences among the plants, animals, and non-living things that were listed. They compose a narrative based on their conclusions.
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Hands On Biome-Building

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create a desert biome to understand the abiotic and biotic factors of that biome. In this desert biome lesson plan, students include elevation, precipitation, temperature, plants, and more.
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National Wildlife Federation

What's Your Habitat?

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
How are third graders like rabbits? They both live in habitats and require food, water, and shelter to survive! An educational science lesson encourages your learners to think about their own habitats and survival needs, before comparing...
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The Sugar Snap Pea Experiment

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine types of plant structure. In this plant biology lesson plan, students observe various types of plants, such as ivy and grapes, and discuss the differences in structure. Additionally, students plant sugar snap peas, using...
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Pollination of Flowers by Moths

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Turn your classroom into a pollination station as your kids transform into moths or predators trying to survive and aiding in plant reproduction along the way. Using silent party blowers as proboscises, the moths will have two minutes to...
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Go To Sleep, Gecko!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the interdependence of organisms using the book "Go To Sleep, Gecko!" They examine a variety of food chains, listen to the book, and answer story comprehension questions. Students then conduct research on food...
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Earth Day Network

The Neolithic Revolution

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
With the abundance of food products we can easily access in our society today, it is easy to forget the toll this can take on our global environment. Young learners will discover how the transition to agriculture and domesticated living...
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Virginia Department of Education

Organisms in Symbiosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Searching for an activity that allows emerging biologists to explore symbiosis up close and personal? Pupils collect samples and view lichens through a microscope and conclude with a discussion about the relationship they have...
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Fun With Food Chains

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore our ecosystem by researching animal eating habits. In this food chain lesson, students identify the links between predator and prey and the energy that passes between organisms based on what their diet consists of....
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Soil Composition

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine soil. In this soil composition lesson students participate in soil sedimentation and filtration activities. The students discuss what non-living and living things are in soil and why it is so important.
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The Farmer and the Cowman

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
What is the difference between a ranch and a farm? After reading and discussing the provided background information, young agriculturalists will color, cut, and create neat little booklets that show the differences between ranches and...

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