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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...
Unit Plan
Colorado Unit Writing Project

Fun with Phonemic Awareness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The phonemic awareness activities in this packet are designed to help kids develop skills in rhyming, syllabication, blending onsets and rimes, and beginning and ending sounds. Well worth a place in your curriculum library.
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National Institute of Open Schooling

Air Pollution

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Seventy percent of the air pollution in China is due to car exhaust. Under the umbrella of environmental chemistry, learners extensively explore air pollution. From the makeup of our atmosphere to sources of major air pollutants, classes...
PPT
Biology Junction

Cellular Division

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Based on current scientific knowledge, all cells come from preexisting cells. Scholars learn about cell division, cell replication, mitosis, meiosis, and more with a PowerPoint. It describes the differences between prokaryotes and...
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Create a Coral Reef

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars create a diorama to showcase a vibrant coral reef. Six steps walk pupils through setting up the diorama box, crafting four different types of marine life, and putting it all together. 
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Wild BC

Connecting Ecosystems & Climate

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Collaborators sort a set of cards into biotic and abiotic categories. Then, as a class, they discuss their work and relate each of the abiotic components to climate change. Finally, they form a web of components by connecting those that...
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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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Curated OER

Fun With Food Chains

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students 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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Curated OER

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.
PPT
Curated OER

Plant Structure and Growth

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
This plant structure and function PowerPoint addresses the main organs and the factors that affect its development as well as going into detail about the specializations at a cellular level.   The cell functions and system...
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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

Proteins from Plants to People

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners participate in a scientific activity to identify the building blocks for proteins (amino acids) that are needed to grow. They identify foods that contain proteins, how they are digested and rearrange the building blocks. They...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, and Roundworms

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this simple animals worksheet, students read information about sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, and roundworms and then complete a chart comparing and contrasting these groups of animals. This worksheet has 11 fill in the blank...
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Curated OER

Biomes of the World (and Canada)

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students explore environments by analyzing food chains. In this biome identification instructional activity, students define a list of environmental vocabulary terms such as tundra, rain-forest and desert. Students create a fictional...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Corn and Tortillas

For Students 5th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1-page selection regarding corn and then respond to 7 matching questions regarding foods made with corn. Students then respond to 7 matching questions involving Spanish words. A...
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Curated OER

Mammals: Mammals and Their Ways

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers, in groups, observe, collect data, and analyze mammal behaviors.
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Curated OER

Food Chains and Food Webs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate food chains. In this living environment instructional activity, 4th graders begin to understand the interdependence of organisms. Students describe the connections organisms have to the ecosystem. Students...
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Curated OER

Mammals: Mammals and Their Ways

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study the difference between innate and learned behaviors. They observe the adaptations and behaviors of mammals in this series of lessons.
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Curated OER

Floods: Rising Waters and You

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students will examine how floods work and why they can cause so much damage and destruction. They use a stream table to observe the processes that lead to flooding and the effects of floods on human-made structures. Includes a guide to...
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Curated OER

Salmon and the Non-Native Species

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate the affect of non-native species on Pacific Salmon. In this non-native species and Pacific Salmon lesson, students participate in a competition and habitat loss game. They play the game in groups, while answering...
Worksheet
Curated OER

GCSE Module 6 Revision Guide-Chemistry-Oil, Fossil Fuels and Earth's Atmosphere

For Students 10th - 12th
In this oil, fossil fuels and Earth's atmosphere worksheet, students answer 3 questions about the origin of oil and its uses, the effects of burning oil and fossil fuels on the Earth's atmosphere and the origin and maintenance of the...
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Curated OER

A Matter of Survival

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders dance with inspiration from wild animals. In this creative movement instructional activity, 4th graders watch a video clip and then move like an animal might move in their natural surroundings.
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Curated OER

Land Habitats: Grade 3 Science

For Teachers 2nd
Build your students scientific vocabulary with this slide show on land habitats. Each slide provides a vocabulary word, image, and definition of a term common to habitats and the environment. Great for science class or as comprehensible...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Nature's Life Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Become a member of the Pollution Patrol and stand up to litter! After discussing the life cycle of seeds and discussing how plants figure into the food chain, young conservationists engage in several activities involving podcasts,...

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