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My Favorite Meal

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Pupils investigate ecological systems and the multiple uses of the environment by studying the osprey population.
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The Great American Alligator

For Students 6th - 10th
In this alligator activity, students read a short essay describing the natural history of this reptile. Then students complete 3 fill in the blank and 3 short answer questions.
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Saving Habitat

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners pick an animal native to Maryland and research how populations of that animal might be affected by land use changes over the past thirty years. They predict population trends for the next thirty years.
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March Market

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students role play a living wetland food web. They trace the food web associated with the items in their lunch.
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Creatures That Glow In The Night

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the different bioluminescent organisms. They use microscopes in order to make observations and draw what is seen. Students demonstrate they have studies the differences between the process of photosynthesis and...
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Surviving in Our Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the characteristics of a frog and compare them to a human child. They draw and describe the best environment for a human to live in and the best environment for a frog to live in based on their physical...
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Animal Life Histories Derived From Morphology

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn the mechanisms of natural selection by deducing information from the physical appearance of the animal.
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Wildlife Habitat

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain what a habitat is and describe its four elements. They see how an area's habitat suitability varies with different species of wildlife. They name factors that affect habitat suitability.
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Animals Abound Pre/Post Assessment

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars prepare for or evaluate their experiences in learning about animal persistence. This is part of a multi-segmented unit on animal living, adaptation, and survival.
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Web of Life - Ecosystem

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders play the roles of various organisms in an ecosystem (focusing on insects) and pass yarn or string around to other organisms from largest animals to the smallest. The end product is a web which shows how all of these animals...
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Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill while evaluating oil spill clean up activities. They discover the long term impact can have on an ecosystem by completing this experiment.
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Venom!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the nature of venom. They conduct an experiment to demonstrate how proteins such as venoms can be denatured using raw eggs, beakers, heated water, and compresses.
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The Web of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a game in which they discover the balance of life in the ocean. They identify different organisms that rely on different types of food. They answer questions to complete the lesson plan.
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Habitat Movies

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create movies of various habitats and animals using their knowledge of the subject and the computer program iMovie. Emphasis is placed on cooperative learning and research.
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Amazing Bird Adaptions--Why Am I A Bird?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and classify birds found in Illinois. Using the internet, they discover how birds have adapted over time and how the adaptations have increased their life span. They compare and contrast the various adaptations...
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Sand Tracks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the different markings animals make while walking through the sand. In an activity, the teacher hold up the same tracks individually and they must guess the animal who made them. They discuss the results as a class to...
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Create a Habitat for an Animal

For Students 5th - 6th
In this marine life worksheet, students label the ocean animal and each part of its habitat. Students then draw one of the habitats including the animals and plants that live there.
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Food Webs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover how organisms depend upon each other in an ecosystem. In this ecosystems lesson, 4th graders use food webs to discuss the interdependence between organisms in an ecosystem.
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Animals Spiral Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this animal puzzle worksheet, students use a set of 8 clues about animals to complete a spiral puzzle. A reference web site is included for additional activities. 
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Australian Animal Fact Finding Mission

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Australian fact finding worksheet, students answer a set of 8 questions about an Australian animal they are researching. 
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Primate Characteristics and Exaptation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils compare the features of gorilla to humans. For this biology lesson, students simulate adaptation using materials found in the classroom. They explain what exaptation means.
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Buzzle.com: Animal Sake: 10 Examples of Predator Prey Relationships

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what a predator-prey relationship is and describes ten examples of this.
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University of Wyoming: Predator Prey Database

For Students 9th - 10th
You can download a database made by Dr. Robert LaVinge. The database will give you almost every predator prey relationship.
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Ck 12: Episd: Predation

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discover the predator prey relationship and the ways organisms adapt to predation. Understand the impact predation has on population size and evolution.

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