Students study ice worms  and describe how they interact with other species.  In this methane hydrate instructional activity students study ice worms and hydrate shrimp to learn their behavior and can participate in an optional...

Students identify the basic characteristics of the prairie ecosystem, and several commonly known prairie species. They create a classroom mural of a prairie ecosystem; and create reports about what they have found out.

High schoolers explain why some species of plants and animals occur in more than one area. They watch as the teacher puts an overlapping circles on the chalkboard, students are asked to predict what kinds of things they would expect to...

Seventh graders study and explore the base of PA game fish species and characteristics.  In this cooperative learning lesson students create a fish fact game by researching information on certain species then play it. 

Young scholars explore Florida's springs using video segments. In this video lesson, students examine Florida's springs ecosystem, the animals that live there and the red tide that threatens the environment. The lesson includes...

Students identify the role predators/prey play in food chains, differentiate between food chains and webs, identify factors that affect the balance in food webs, and propose solutions to protect endangered species' environments and...

Eighth graders examine Sakinaw Sockeye as species at risk, participate in role playing exercise to consider different perspectives of various interest groups, and try to come to consensus on how to deal with dwindling Sakinaw sockeye...

Students explore Earth's biosphere. In this biosphere instructional activity, students participate in group activities regarding biotic and abiotic factors, population density, and species' habitats.

Students explore the importance of the dry forest. For this science lesson, students discuss the history of dry forests and changes that have occurred due to human interaction. Students create a map showing the historical range of the...

Students identify and explore life forms of various biomes, define transitional regions, examine effects of abiotic and biotic interactions, research a biome, and produce newspaper that features environmental information. Lessons all on...

Sixth graders learn the classification system of living organisms. They identify general body parts of an insect, learn insect classification into orders, families, genus and species, and classify given insects by using a scientific...

Students explore how genetic information is passed down from parent to offspring. Because of this, they examine how this causes the variation in each species.

Students are introduced to the animals of Asia. In this biodiversity lesson, students use interactive maps to identify animals from Asia, then play a memory game to reinforce the information.

Learners discuss the history of humans.  In this human history lesson, students describe how the placement of the continents changed and where the humans began and traveled to. They discuss interaction with Neanderthals and dogs. 

In this interactive grammar worksheet, students add the word is, are, has or have into each of the ten sentences.

In this verb tense and pandas activity, 6th graders read a long passage about panda and interactively select the correct word to fill in 44 blanks in the story, with immediate online feedback.

Fourth graders are introduced to the concept of ecosystem; specifically, the interrelationships among plants and animals within an ecosystem, and their relationships to the environment in which they live and interact.

Students examine how connected they are to the environment and how organisms are affected by other organisms. They also discover that the environment is affected by human interactions.

Students investigate living organisms and define the properties of a living species.  In this life characteristic lesson, students examine plants in their class and discuss whether or not they are alive.  Students create a...

In this forest animals learning exercise, students complete a four question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz. Included are questions about: wild boar, roe deer, red fox and red deer.

In this online interactive plant quiz worksheet, students respond to 6 multiple choice questions that require them to identify the Latin names of plants.

In this articles worksheet, students complete a ten question on-line interactive quiz on the correct use of "a" or "an". Students also have the option of marking "nothing" if no article is needed.

Students describe features of cold seep communities and investigate five organisms that live there.  In this biological organisms lesson plan students research a given species and give an oral presentation on their results. 

In this dinosaur worksheet, students focus on the myths associated with dinosaurs. Students complete 4 fill in the blank questions using the interactive drop down menu for each and a word search.