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Habitat is Home

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students complete a picture to show things found in their homes.  In this habitat lesson, students discuss and make a class picture of an animal habitat and its four basic needs.  Students sing a song. Students create their own habitat...
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Team Building

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students participate in various activities to become more successful as a team member.  In this team building instructional activity, students discuss team jobs versus individual ones.  Students must work together to complete activities...
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Which Bear?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study bears. In this science lesson, students compare black, grizzly and polar bears. Students measure the bear tracks and compare the bear habitats and diet.
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Characteristics of Materials

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine everyday materials by utilizing educational software. In this group analysis activity, students identify several different fabrics and materials used in everyday life. Students participate in a computer activity in which...
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Garbage in the Garden

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create their own compost.  In this soil lesson, students fill a bag with waste and soil, in order to create a mini compost bin. Students observe the baggies over a 6 week period, they record their findings and collect data on...
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Who's Wild?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the differences between animals of the wild and domesticated animals.  In this wild animals instructional activity, students understand that tame animals ancestors were once wild.  Students illustrate the differences by...
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Hero Or Zero?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate science and technology by reading a children's book.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the story Archibald Frisby and discuss the ways we use science and technology in everyday life.  Students...
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Animal Tracks

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students study animals. In this science lesson, students make plaster casts of animals that live in the area. Students identify the tracks.
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"Ladybugs and Grasshoppers"

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners paricipate in number of activities related to ladybugs and grasshoppers.
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Baleen Whale Feeding Activity

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students compare the size of baleen whales to humans. They also assimilate the different feeding methods of baleen filter feeding and gulp feeding whales.
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Discovering Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate the physical characteristics of dinosaurs. They participate in a puppet show, take a field trip to a dinosaur museum, and compare/contrast dinosaur characteristics at the museum.
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Lesson Plan fo The Magic Eyes of Little Crab

For Teachers K - 2nd
Interested in a "how and why" story to read with young students? In this storytelling lesson, readers will discuss sea creatures, focusing on practicing new terminology through retelling the story. This resource provides a list of...
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This is for the Birds!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students complete activities to investigate wild birds. In this bird study lesson, students make a wild bird feeder to examine the proper ways to care for wild birds. Students explore organizations in their community that help wild birds...
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Snug in the Snow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore how snow helps animals survive in the wild. In this animal science lesson, students review key vocabulary words and discuss types of animal adaptations. Students construct shoebox to simulate the snowy environment where...
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Track Stories

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners identify animal tracks. In this animal track activity, students look at "track stories" and identify the animals that made the tracks. Learners discuss if they believe the animals are predators or prey. 
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Habitat Hunt

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover how hard it is for animals to find all the items needed in their habitat. In this habitat lesson, students play a game in which they pretend to be an animal, they discover that not all animals can find the food needed...
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Seashell Homes

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils listen to a story about seashells. They discuss shelled animals. Learners describe the function of seashell. Pupils relate the function of a seashell to their own dwelling. They differentiate between shelled animals that make...
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Colors

For Teachers K - 5th
Students learn about the Impressionist painters' use of color and how it connected to early nineteenth century scientific theories about color. In this colors lesson plan, students explore combinations of primary and secondary colors,...
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What is That Smell?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify various scents by using their sense of smell. In this five senses lesson, students smell items such as popcorn, mint, and lemon and identify the scents by only using their sense of smell.
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Totally Termites

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the world of termites, their adaptations, and anatomy. They examine the property risks of termites and how pest control professionals manage termite problems.
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My World

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study maps. In this social studies activity, students draw a map of either their room at home or the route they take to school. Students label items on their maps.
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Worms in a Bottle

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars gain a better understanding of the worm and its role in the recycling of organic materials into simpler forms by constructing worm bottles and observing for 60 to 90 days.
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Palace for Pill Bugs

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners build a palace fit for pill bugs.  In this experimental design lesson, students design an experiment to determine which shelter is preferred by the pills bugs.  Learners are creating a testable hypothesis, collecting data,...
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Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary

Guess What Benjamin Franklin Did!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students research Ben Franklin's inventions. In this invention lesson, students see the relationship between a need and an invention. Students will engage in a class discussion, read a handout, and play a match the invention to its...