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At the Zoo- Color the Correct Number Worksheet

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, students read one of the numbers 1-5 at the beginning of each row of pictures. They color the number of pictures that are indicated by that number.
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What Can You Learn About Dinosaurs by Watching an Ostrich?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students often find dinosaurs interesting. However, it is doubtful that they have actually thought about the process by which scientists (and film animators) develop working models of dinosaurs. Reproducible worksheets provide...
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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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A Matter of Proportion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers measure the relative heights of the mosaic giraffe and its trainer and compare their proportions to an actual giraffe and zoo trainer.
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Pigs: Facts And Fun

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a unit on pigs. They take a field trip to the fair and zoo, watch the video of "Charlotte's Web," create a poster, read and analyze "The Three Little Pigs," write a storybook, participate in a reader's theater, and make...
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Animals in the Wild

For Teachers K
Students compare/contrast paintings with similar subjects and themes. They discuss how a painting may relate to life experiences. Students draw animal families and compose a story about a painting by Gerome. They discuss zoos and...
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Four Animal Legs at Sunset

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the book, 1, 2, 3, To The Zoo, and focus on the one-to-one correspondence while counting the animals and other objects in the story. They create page number four in their number books.
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Investigating Tropical Birds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate tropical birds. They write letters for rain forest preservation to protect tropical birds. They interview a bird professional from a local bird store or a zoo and discuss how to take care of a parrot. They use Kid...
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To Be Or Not To Be: Reading With Expression

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They listen to the teacher read "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carrol with and without expression, and discuss the differences. In small groups they...
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Let's Go to the Farm

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore corresponding letters of the alphabet with the corresponding phonemes using farm animals. They create a classroom word wall of the items they saw on a trip to the farm or zoo. Students create pictures to go along with...
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Multiplying Money

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use movie ticket prices and zoo admission prices to practice multiplying money amounts. In this money multiplication lesson, 4th graders use the Internet to find admission prices for amusement prices and movies. Students...
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Elmer the Elephant

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners read "Elmer" by David McKee. They answer comprehension questions and discuss how Elmer looks and how he is different from the elephants they see in the zoo. They complete a project in which they celebrate their individual...
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Awesome Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Engaged learners discover how an owl beak works and how animals adapt to their environment. This task is part one of a three-part series. 
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Molar Heat of Fusion for Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How can you describe heat of fusion in a way the class understands and relates the importance of this concept to present day issues? In this third lesson of the series, learners conduct an experiment, demonstrating the flow of heat...
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The Fibre Optic Cable Class

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Many people know that fiber optics are used in delivering the Internet, but are surprised to learn they are also used in astronomy. Scholars explore light, reflection, and fiber optics through hands-on activities. They discuss...
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Great Blobs of Jelly!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explain how zoo-plankton have an impact on the global process.  In this ocean zoo-plankton lesson plan students calculate carbon flux and plankton densities. 
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Going Batty

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a research project involving bats. They collect information for their project on the Internet and other educational sites. They participate in a field trip to discover more about bats at the zoo.
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Animal Adventures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students take a trip to the zoo, find the animal they researched and give their presentation about that animal. In this animals lesson plan, students work in groups to research, create a script, and present their script about that...
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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Focused little scientists will flitter their arms back and forth across the room with excitement as they learn the life cycle of a butterfly and how living things grow and change over time.
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Animal Characteristics

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate the characteristics of animals by creating a chart. In this animal life lesson, students create a KWL chart listing all the different animals a class can name. Students take a field trip to a science facility to get...
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Monkey See, Monkey Write

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create an original travel brochure after a fieldtrip to a zoo.
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"Home Sweet Home?"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research an endangered animal's habitat, investigate the survival problems. They research the animal's zoo life. They research some programs of reintroduction and chart the pros and cons of each.
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Art of Biodiversity

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars familiarize themselves with values of biodiversity. They comprehend that biodiversity has inspirational and cultural values. Students locate five works of art on Zoo grounds that represent biodiversity in some way.
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Zoobilation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research and use their findings to design a PowerPoint presentation and zoo-type habitat with the correct ecosystem for their animal group using a variety of materials such as cardboard boxes, aquariums etc.

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