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Striking a Balance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars demonstrate understanding of food chain by assuming roles of animals, playing tag, and simulating feeding relationships.
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Striking a Balance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the many different food chains. They participate in a game in which the class is divided into the different parts of the food chain.
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Striking a Balance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in an activity that demonstrates the principles and dynamics of food chains. They discover that the sun's energy is captured by individual plants and transferred to animals.
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Striking a Balance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers 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 high schoolers are given baggies (stomachs) and colored sashes...
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Finding Caterpillars

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils examine how animals protect themselves from predators and camouflage themselves. They participate in a simulation in which they locate red and green yarn "caterpillars," organize their data, and generate a bar graph using...