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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Beanie Baby Habitats Collaborative Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With the booming market of "Beanie Baby" type stuffed animals being so prominent in learners' lives, this project brings that interest into the classroom through the use of research, science, hands-on experiences, and technology. The...
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California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
Look at pictures of some well known mountain ranges and read about the habitats, climate, plants and animals that are found on them. There is a link for additional information about the cold aeolian zone.
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Cartage: Mangrove Habitats

For Students 9th - 10th
This thorough resource lists the features that all mangrove trees have in common, the types of organisms we may find in a mangrove community, and the three most common mangrove trees.
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Cartage: Salt Marsh Habitats

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a thorough examination of salt marshes and the grasses, plant species, and animal species that inhabit these areas.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Meet the Microenvironments

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the Great Salt Lake's islands, rivers, and man-made structures that define several diverse microenvironments.
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Ite: Learning Ideas and Outcomes: Subject Focus

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This extensive lesson plan uses the painting 'A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning' as a starting point to learning in science. Students will use the work by Reubens to learn about a variety of animals and their habitats.
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California State University

Cardboard Tree and Endangered Animals Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Two short art lessons in one that introduce young learners to the idea of extinct animals and habitats. Each student will be creating and painting a habitat and assembling an owl. This could be adaptable to use the extinct animal of your...
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Nest Boxes, a.k.a Birdhouses

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the importance of bird house boxes in backyard habitats.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Support Birds: A Goal for Your Site?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what citizen scientists can do to provide appropriate habitats for native birds.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Proficient Puppeteers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students create puppets for the characters in a Reader's Theater script called 'Georgia State Animals & Plants: Habitats and Adaptations.' The puppets showcase the adaptations for each plant or animal. Students then...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: The 6 Chief Levels of Organization in Ecology

For Students 5th - 8th
Describes six levels of organization in the biological world - individual species, population, community, ecosystem, biome, and biosphere.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Pretty Cool Penguins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson is part of an interdisciplinary primary life science unit addressing adaptation and habitats by focusing on penguins. This lesson is primarily technology based and should take place near the end of the unit, after students...
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Cartage: Nonvascular Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Evolutionary history, reproduction, habitats, energy acquisition, division and more.
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Reading Plants: Vocabulary [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 5th
A one-page glossary of words that might be used by elementary students when learning about plants and their habitats.
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University of California

University of California Berkeley: Ecosystem Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
A simulator reviewing over the concepts of ecosystem equilibrium.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Biome in a Baggie

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This ZOOMSci video segment shows how to create self-contained environments and explore how plants grow under different conditions. [3:24]
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Birds

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about birds, as well as several pictures.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Cats in the Wildlife Garden: Can They Have Cake and Catio Too?

For Students 9th - 10th
Habitat Network offers one solution to having an indoor or outdoor cat- a cat patio, or catio.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Don't Be an Ecological Trap

For Students 9th - 10th
With the help of some economics metaphors, Habitat Network delves into the scary-sounding "ecological trap" and helps bring it to light.

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