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Desert Discoveries

Sonoran Desert Predators and Prey

For Teachers 3rd
Here is a fabulous instructional activity the animals found in the Sonoran Desert. Learners classify these animals as predators, prey, or both! They take a look at the many adaptations that these animals utilize to help them find food,...
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Curated OER

Predator-Prey Simulation

For Students 7th - 9th
In this predator-prey worksheet, students simulate the relationship between predators and prey using small squares to represent rabbits and large squares to represent coyotes. They complete 20 rounds of the simulation trying to get the...
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Activity
BBC

Walking with Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Breath new life into your class's study of dinosaurs with this extensive collection of materials. Offering everything from a printable T-rex mask, word searches, and connect-the-dots activities to informational handouts, hands-on...
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Lesson Plan
Berkshire Museum

Camouflage!: Collecting Data and Concealing Color

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Help young scholars see the important role camouflage plays in the survival of animals with a fun science lesson. Starting with an outdoor activity, children take on the role of hungry birds as they search for worms represented by...
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Curated OER

Native Species Restoration and its Impact on Local Populations

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this native species restoration worksheet, students are given 3 scenarios to choose from to help restore a declining population of an endangered species of deer. Students make predictions about what they will think happen when the...
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Curated OER

Deer: Predation or Starvation

For Students 7th - 12th
In this balance of nature learning exercise, students use a data chart to graph wolf and deer populations over a ten-year period. Students use this graph to complete 3 short answer questions.
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K12 Reader

Hide and Seek

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Why do certain animals look the way they do? It could be because they have developed camouflage. Kids can read up on camouflage and mimicry and then respond to five questions related to the content of the passage.
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Curated OER

Habitats and Food Chains

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this food chains worksheet, students write the food chains in the 3 examples in the order of producer, predator, and prey.
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Activity
It's About Time

Natural Selection

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Are you the predator or the prey? Student groups participate in an activity to demonstrate the process of natural selection in a contained environment. After scholars complete the activity and questions, they apply their knowledge to a...
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Curated OER

Life Science Review for Grade 4

For Teachers 4th
For this life science review for grade 4 worksheet, 4th graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about life science.
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University of California

Energy and Biomass Pyramids

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Young scientists play tag as they act out the food pyramid in the ocean ecosystem. Energy circles pass from the smaller prey to the predators and at the end of the activity, a data chart and analysis questions allow pupils to apply their...
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Curated OER

Matching Science Words and Definitions About Animals

For Students 5th - 6th
In this matching science words and definitions about animals worksheet, students match fifteen science words about animals with the definitions.
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Lesson Plan
NOAA

Understanding Food Chains and Food Webs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Jump into an exploration of marine ecosystems with the first lesson in this four-part series. After first learning about crustaceans, mollusks, and other forms of sea life, young marine biologists view a PowerPoint presentation that...
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It's About Time

Who Eats Whom?

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Packed with visual aids and multiple learning opportunities, an engaging exercise challenges individuals as they explore the role of producers, consumers, and decomposers. After discussing differences between food chains, food...
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Curated OER

Animals Word Search Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
To make the classic word search more challenging and academic, this animal-terms puzzle has scholars solving clues to determine the words they find. Fifteen clues give detailed definitions of biology terms such as carnivore, reptile,...
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Curated OER

Relationships Among Living Things

For Students 7th - 9th
In this relationships among living things activity, students determine if given statements are true or false. Students correct the false statements making them true. Also, students answer several short questions that relates to...
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Kentucky School for the Deaf

Levels of Organization within an Ecosystem

For Students 5th - 10th Standards
From tiny organisms to entire biomes, young scientists examine the interdependent relationships tying all living and non-living things together with this collection of ecology resources.
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NOAA

An Ocean of Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Young biologists trace the path of the sun's energy through marine ecosystems in the second part of this four-lesson series. Building on prior knowledge about producers, consumers, and decomposers young scholars are introduced to the...
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Curated OER

The Food Chain

For Students 4th - 5th
In this food chain worksheet, students see 4 blank boxes over 2 blank lines. Each box is labeled with a new vocabulary word pertaining to the food chain. Students write a definition of each word and draw an example.
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Curated OER

Ocean Life Zones Notes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this ocean zones instructional activity, students label the ocean diagram with the different zones. Then students write in animals that live in each of the zones and research basic information about those animals. This instructional...
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Curated OER

Ocean Life Zones

For Students 8th - 10th
In this ocean worksheet, students answer questions about ocean life, the plants and animals of the ocean and their classification, the major life zones of the ocean and questions about an animal of their choice that lives in the ocean.
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Curated OER

Ocean Life Zones

For Students 7th - 10th
In this ocean zones worksheet, students determine the factors that influence life in the different zones. Students list and explain the major ocean life zones. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Endangered Species Report

For Students 5th - 7th
In this science worksheet, learners prepare their report outline on an endangered species, describe their animal's habitat, explain their eating habits as well as the main reason why their animal is an endangered species.
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Curated OER

Animals Vocabulary Fill Puzzle

For Students 4th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students figure out the answers to 15 clues going across and down associated with vertebrate animals. Students fill in a crossword puzzle.