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Bird and Breakfast

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners examine winter birds. In this KWL chart lesson, students fill out the chart and view a PowerPoint presentation. Learners then complete the chart and discuss winter birds.
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A Plant Begins

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students follow the growth of a plant from seed to adult plant.  In this plant lesson, students watch the growth of a plant over time and record the changes to the plant. Students complete worksheets with their observations. Students...
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Ecology Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Who doesn't love a scavenger hunt? Have your class complete a scavenger hunt to become familiar with ecology in this engaging lesson that has them organize their items on a paper bag to illustrate information. Furthermore, learners will...
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Observing Trees

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a timeline of a tree in a given time span.  In this life cycle lesson, students observe one particular tree at the beginning of the year, and continue their observations for several weeks to create a timeline of the trees...
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Traveling the Planets!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research the planets and create brochures to share their information.  In this planets lesson, 4th graders navigate the Internet to gather information for a brochure about an imaginary trip to their planet. Students...
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Cooperative Learning, Sci., Tech., Lang

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research, write, edit, revise and present a paragraph, using word processor, about animal of their choice, including description, where animal lives, what it eats, its habits, e.g. is it endangered, migration, hibernation,...
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The Life Cycle of the Butterfly

For Teachers 1st
First graders, after listening to fictional and non-fictional literature about caterpillars, and observing caterpillars from egg to butterfly, write a "biography" of a caterpillar using appropriate vocabulary and time lines.
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What Did I Touch Today?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate germs and how they travel. They graph the places in the classroom that have been touch by students to determine which five places have had the most contact. They write stories from a germ's point of view.
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Rock Star Centers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students complete a Rock Star Journal while studying the properties of their rock. They choose their own rock star, and then they are going to learn everything they can about their rock star.
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Sprouting Scientists!

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe and describe plants as they grow from seeds.
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All Sorts of Seeds!

For Teachers 1st
First graders compare seeds and explore how they are carried through the environment.
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What's the Matter? (Experiments)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe a scientific discrepant event, and are then challenged to create experiments to solve the dilemma.
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Clouds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and record different types of clouds. They use a cloud chart to discuss the three cloud types to see if students can identify the clouds they drew.
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Mineral Magic

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students classify rocks and minerals according to their characteristics, after finding the similarities and differences of school supplies and pasta.
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Cardboard Tree and Endangered Animals Lesson

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create endangered animal figures and their habitats.
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A Couch or a Potato

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners classify objects and organisms seen on the Wakulla Springs icam website as living or nonliving.
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Make Life Simple

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine six simple machines by looking at pictures of real world objects.
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FLIGHT FAIR

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars conduct their personal investigations into paper airplane flight. Cooperative teams are formed, with students choosing the paper airplane design that they are most interested in building.
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Let's Go Fact Fishing!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students work in pairs to research animals in the ocean. They use the Internet, encyclopedias, and resource books to complete an information sheet with a photo of the animal and three facts. They present their mini-reports to the class.
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Infection Wars

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore how our bodies fight infection. Using a microscope, they observe red blood cells, white blood cells and different bacteria under a microscope.
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1st Grade - Act. 22: Retelling the Tiny Seed

For Teachers 1st
First graders write sentences and illustrate ways seeds travel.
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Global Greenup

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students utilize satellite images to track the life cycle of vegetational growth over a large area. Animal migratory patterns are compared to this cycle.
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Explore: Third Grade Scents

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use the olfactory sense to determine if a marker is appropriate 'food' or not. This experience helps students explain why so many animals rely on the sense of smell to find prey.
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Disease Prevention and HIV/AIDS Education

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss communicable and non-communicable diseases, and how germs travel from person to person through the air, on objects, in body fluids, and on animals and insects. They take a short quiz.

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