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Captive Breeding and Species Survival

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research and assess programs that strive to preserve biodiversity, such as captive-breeding programs and species-survival plans adopted by zoos, aquariums, and other institutions.
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Mother Earth

For Teachers K
Students compare natural and human made items and gain an awareness of the importance of Mother Earth to the Nez Perce people.
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Signs of Spring

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify the first signs of Spring. They track birds and butterflies on their journey North.
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"Mother Earth" -- Past

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine our connection to the Earth. They identify how Native Americans believed in a "Mother Earth". They discover how the earth and life are connected.
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Pumpkin Circuit

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners complete a variety of activities using pumpkins. They visit various stations with various pumpkin activities.
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Sunbeam Dining

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students learn at least two different things that animals eat, then construct a food chain and play a food chain game.
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Conservation Critters Anonymous

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research information about the Florida Everglades and discuss why conservation efforts are important in its preservation.
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SKY PATHS: STUDYING THE MOVEMENT OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars observe the position of an object in the sky by describing its location relative to another object or the background, describe an object's motion by tracing and measuring its position over time, and create their own myths...
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A Relatively Far Out Idea: Estimating

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate methods of estimating through cooperative group activities, hands-on activities, the use of tables and graphs and an interactive video.
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Dinosaur Prints

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine dinosaur footprints and compare them to the shape of elephant footprints and to the size of their own footprints.
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What Big Teeth You Have:

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students make their own tooth impressions of a sharp and a flat tooth and compare the differences. They make impression of fossil teeth from dinosaurs comparing the sharp and flat teeth and learning about their uses.
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Holy Habitats or Meet Metamorphosis

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine the metamorphosis of frogs and how it adapts to its environment. They research how world pollutants are effecting the amphibian population.
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Interesting Insects

For Teachers 2nd
Students discover the characteristics of insects. They explore insects through cooperative learning, group projects, hands on activities, and poetry. They gain knowledge of insect life cycles, habitat, and physical characteristics.
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Animals: Dolphins

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars use the internet to discover information about dolphins. They examine their behavior, appearance and distribution of dolphins.
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Where Have All the Glaciers Gone?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover that scientists examine evidence from around the world in order to explain global climate change. They see that records of climate change exist, and describe photographs interpreting changes in glaciers over time.
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Polar Pals: Polar Bears & Penguins

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete a variety of activities about polar bears and penguins including the "Blubber Mitten" experiment. They culminate the unit by creating a visual representation comparing and contrasting the two animals.
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How Do Storms Influence Our Lives?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate the various ways storms influence our lives. They conduct Internet research, identify the characteristics of different storms, plot storm coordinates, and write a report on a particular storm.
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Exploring Zoo Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research topics related to zoos and zoo animals. They compare and contrast the size of animals, make a book of facts about bears, draw snakes, and write animal stories and poetry. They complete a series of writing and creative...
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The Very Hungry Class

For Teachers K
Students listen to a read aloud of Eric Carle's, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, as an introduction to their study of the metamorphosis of a butterfly. They participate in a number of cross-curricular activities in this unit of lessons.
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Continents And Islands

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students engage in a literature study in order to address the concept of exploring the culture of Puerto Rico. The lesson plan looks at the culture through the eyes of two children. This helps students to connect to the content of the...
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Matter Unit

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students create products from studying about matter that include: Make a "T" chart with matter and non matter items. Write a poem, song, or rap about matter. Five vocabulary words from the chapter must be included in the poem.
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Extensions - Biology Review Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a variety of activities in order to review a Biology unit. For example, they research the Bird Flu, it's history, how it is spread, what has been done about it, what better options exist for controlling or removing it....
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Darwin vs Lamarck

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders describe variations in organisms and compare and contrast the evolutionary theories of Darwin and Lamarck. Students copy the definition of various given words and where they think they came from. They have to relate it to...
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Comparing Plants

For Students 6th - 8th
In this biology worksheet, students compare different types of plants and write down the similarities and differences on the graphic organizer.

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