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Is a bat a bird?

For Teachers 1st
Provide a concise description of why a bat is not a bird by comparing their traits. This presentation defines both birds and flying mammals, explaining how they are similar and how they are different. Note: This PowerPoint is great for...
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Know Your Cousins - Monotremas, Marsupials, and Placentals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars discover various mammals. In this biology lesson plan, students recognize characteristics of mammals and categorize mammal groupings. Young scholars describe how mammals grow inside the mother's body and resemble their...
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PPT
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Chalkboard Challenge: Animals

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
This animal science PowerPoint engages students in a review game about animals. This interactive game is in a "Jeopardy" style format and allows students to review facts about mammals, birds and other animals.
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Into the Bat Cave

For Teachers K - 8th
Students explore the lives of bats. In this bat lesson plan, students participate in up 6 activities that focus on bats and build their background knowledge about the nocturnal mammals.
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Ocean Life

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify marine mammals according to specific characteristics. Students read about marine mammals and list their characteristics. Next, students play a Whale and Otter game on the playground to simulate whales swimming across...
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National Wildlife Federation

Tricky Tracks

For Teachers K - 4th
While wildlife may not always be visible, they leave their marks behind for people to discover. A wildlife lesson has pupils explore the characteristics of animal tracks. They learn different types of tracks, as well as what tracks tell...
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Fur, Features, Scales, and Shells Book

For Teachers K - 2nd
What's the difference between a bear and a fish? Examine the characteristics of different animals with a set of pages for kids to color. Four pages provide different animals for each characteristic, including turtles, bears, fish, and...
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African Elephant

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this African elephant worksheet, young scholars discuss facts about the elephant, its lifespan, food it eats, its height and weight. Students then color a picture of the elephant. This one page color sheet contains one picture to...
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Handout
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Lion

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this lion worksheet, students explore the group, order and characteristics of a lion. They discover where the lion lives, its lifespan, and general facts about the "king of the jungle." Students then color a picture of a lion. This...
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Bats - Endangered Mammal

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete question sheet on Bats and research information using a list of websites provided by the teacher. They work with peers to complete a scavenger hunt worksheet about bats.
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Easy Whales Crossword Puzzle

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students examine facts about whales by solving a 6 clue crossword puzzle. Students also color the picture.
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The Science Behind Dolphins

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover facts about marine mammals, specifically dolphins. In this K-2 lesson plan, students identify the different species of Cetaceans, focusing on dolphins. Students answer true/false questions regarding cetaceans and...
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Sorting and Graphing Animals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students inquire about animals using SIRS Discoverer or eLibrary Elementary.  In this organizing data lesson, students sort pictures of animals in various ways and develop graphs. Students locate a mammal, reptile, fish, insect or bird...
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Animal Classification

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students recognize the six groups of animals (Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and arthropods) and their characteristics.  For this animal characteristics lesson, students sort animals by their traits.  Students cut and paste...
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Connect the Dots: Meerkat

For Teachers 1st
For this connect the dots worksheet, 1st graders will connect numbers 1 to 40 to reveal a picture of a mammal that is often seen standing on its hind legs: a meerkat.
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Worksheet
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Animals at Night

For Students K - 2nd
In this nocturnal animals worksheet, students study a fact page with lists of mammals, insects, birds and amphibians that they may see on the school grounds at night. There are no questions to answer.
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Spot the Differences

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
In this spot the difference worksheet, students analyze pictures of two different waterfowl and marine mammal images to see if they can find ten differences between the two.
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Animal Alphabet

For Teachers K - 2nd
Review the alphabet and the sounds each letter makes before having learners identify animals whose names begin with each letter. Working in groups of four to six, they make an animal alphabet book with the letter, a picture of the animal...
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Games on Echolocation

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Get a little batty with life science! This fun simulation game replicates how bats use echolocation to hunt moths in their native Hawaiian habitat. After creating blind folds and discussing some basic principles of echolocation, students...
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The Envelope Please

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars research an animal of the rainforest. They create a computerized claymation to present their research.
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Plant Life Cycles

For Students K - 2nd
Follow the life cycle of a dandelion with a lab sheet for kindergartners. They learn about the order of events in a dandelion's life, then put the stages of life in order. Can they describe the life cycle of a pumpkin? For extra...
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Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Gifts from Land and Water

For Teachers K - 2nd
With a series of fun hands-on simulations, young children can learn about conservation and natural resources. Your learners become land detectives, discussing and investigating the gifts that the land and water provide them. They then...
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My Body My Senses

For Teachers K - 5th
In a comprehensive unit of activities, learners explore the five senses. Youngsters discover the many different body parts and their functions that allow humans to have sense of sight, touch, smell, taste, and hearing. The best way to...
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What Do Koalas Need to Survive?

For Teachers 1st
First graders take a field trip and examine the Koala and his habitat.  In this Koala lesson, 1st graders read Possum Magic and discuss the foods of Australia.  Students view the habitat of a Koala and record what it eats, its physical...

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