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Create a Critter Collage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a collage. In this animal classification lesson, students discuss why and how scientists classify animals. Learners view pictures of different animals and decide which class each animal belongs to. Students compare...
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Happy in My Habitat

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create animal habitats and explain the biomes they live in.  In this habitat lesson, 4th graders recognize the basic needs of animals, characteristics of animals differences and places where they live. Students...
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Deserts: How Do You Define One?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify what constitutes as a desert by reading a habitat checklist.  In this environment lesson, 2nd graders read a nature website to discover facts about the desert and where they are located.  Students...
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Physical Geography of Africa

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the topography of Africa.  For this physical geography lesson, 5th graders research the six regions of Africa and complete a physical map.  Students locate various landforms in Africa.  Students...
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Feature Column: Virtual Field Trips

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars discover ways to stay healthy by utilizing Internet education software.  In this computer technology lesson, students investigate Internet programs that simulate a field trip by showing images and video.  Young...
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Dimension Review

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students differentiate the pros and cons of different areas. In this geometry lesson, students compare and contrast different sizes based on their area. They put an image to the size of a shape.
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English Exercises: Animals

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this animal exercises online worksheet, students choose the correct word from a drop down menu in each of 10 sentences to name the animal. They fill in the blanks in 10 sentences based on the description of an animal and complete a...
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Forest as a Filter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experiment using soil and water. In this forest as a filter lesson, students identify the role of forest cover, vegetation, and foliage impacts erosion and evaporation. Students conduct a simple experiment, form a hypothesis,...
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Dissecting Owl Pellets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students dissect owl pellets. In this dissecting owl pellets instructional activity, students discuss birds of prey and make predictions about what they may find during the investigation. Students tease out skull and bones and try to...
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Botanical Garden Field Trip

For Teachers K - 7th
Students take a field trip to a botanical garden. In this habitat lesson, students walk through the garden and see various species of plants and animals. Students take a canopy walk and see coniferous trees. Students write about what...
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Biomes of the World (and Canada)

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students explore environments by analyzing food chains. For this biome identification lesson, students define a list of environmental vocabulary terms such as tundra, rain-forest and desert. Students create a fictional self sustainable...
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Poke and Look Learning Books

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read Poke and Look Learning Books and complete predicting activities, reading, questioning, and more. In this Poke and Look Learning Books, students do this for 13 different books.
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Geography

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students participate in software based geography activities.
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Community Action

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders brainstorm a list of decisions that students make daily that affect the welfare of the environment categorizing them as being either helpful or harmful. They then trace local actions to distant consequences to determine how...
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Rain Forest Project

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students recognize the relationships among the various parts of the world's environment. They practice the concepts of ecology and ecology. The importance of recycling and the complexities of world politics is also taught.
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What's Goin' Down?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this service learning instructional activity, students investigate the locations of the world's rain forests and concerns regarding the world's rain forests.
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Rainforests: What Are They?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate rain forests by reading a habitat checklist.  In this environment lesson, 2nd graders read the book The Great Kapok Tree, and discuss what characteristics make up a rain forest.  Students explore a...
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Puerto Rican Parrot Paradise

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the environment of the Puerto Rican Parrot. They visualize the ecosystem with and without information. They conduct research to find information and participate in classroom discussion to demonstrate comprehension of...
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Habitats and All That

For Teachers 1st
First graders read books, complete online explorations and discuss the ways in which animals adapt to their habitats in order to survive. They create accordion books, play matching games and dramatize animal adaptations.
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Prereading

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in think-pair-share reading strategy in this lesson plan. They identify their purpose for reading as well as purposes for reading fiction/nonfiction. They list and discuss several prereading activities, and...
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Rain Forest Stencils

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore animals of the rain forest. They create a drawing of an animal in the rain forest. Students research the animal and write a paragraph about the animal. They use a stencil to create a picture of a rain forest animal.
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The Great Kapok Tree: A Social Studies Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils examine how plants, animals and people need each other in order to survive. They simulate an ecosystem in a food web and role play certain animals or plants. They answer questions about their simulation to finish the instructional...
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The Great Kapok Tree - Economic Impact of Deforestation

For Teachers K - 7th
Students read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry. They, in groups, research the economic impacts of deforestation in areas with rain forest and identify resources that humans use from the rain forest.
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The Great Kapok Tree

For Teachers K - 7th
Pupils read The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. After reading the story, they center on the controversy of destroying the rain forest or conserving it. Students have to make an informed decision about rain forest destruction.

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