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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Comparing Plants and Animals

For Students 4th - 6th
A tutorial that compares and constrast plants and animals. Explore how living things their obtain basic needs, protect, support, and reproduce. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Smithsonian Education presents a series of three lesson plans whose focus is plants and animals in their role as partners in pollination. Each lesson plan comes complete with clear learning objectives, materials list, subjects covered,...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Tundra Biome: Info About Its Plants and Animals

For Students 4th - 8th
Describes the features and characteristics of the tundra biome, the different types, where they are found, their climate and seasonal changes, and their plants and animals.
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University of California

South Coast Science Project: Mimicking Plants and Animals Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, young scholars are challenged to think about external features that animals and plants have that humans have copied. Students then apply their engineering skills to design a jacket. In addition, this activity introduces...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian in Your Classroom: Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination

For Teachers 4th - 9th
A lesson unit on pollination. Includes background information, lessons and activity pages. One handout is in Spanish.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Trb 4:5 Investigation 2 Elevation, Plants & Animals

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders will understand that elevation is one of the things that affect where and how plants and animals live.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Living Things and Their Needs: Plant or Animal?

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, students investigate and compare the needs of plants and animals. The lesson can be downloaded in PDF format.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Flora and Fauna of the Ordovician Period

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes plants and animals that lived during the Ordovician Period, where it falls in the geologic time scale, tectonic activity happening then, the climate and environment, and extinction events.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Britannica Kids: Ireland: Natural Resources, Plants, and Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of Ireland's natural resources, including both the plant and animal life.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Britannica Kids: Ireland: Natural Resources, Plants, and Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of Ireland's natural resources, including both the plant and animal life.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: The Desert

For Students Pre-K - K
Learn about the plants and animals that live in the desert. Book includes audio narration in 8 additional languages with text in English.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: The Prairie

For Students K - 1st
Learn about the plants and animals that live on the prairie. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: Spring Comes to the Desert

For Students K - 1st
Learn about springtime in the desert and the plants and animals that live there. Book includes audio narration in 20 additional languages with text in English.
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Other

Biodome De Montreal: Fact Sheets: Plants and Animals of the Biodome

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a searchable database with fact sheets for animals and for plants from a variety of ecosystems, including tropical forests and the Antarctic. The fact sheets have several pictures and very detailed information about each species.
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Other

Ohio Dept. Of Education: Plants and Animals Around the Year

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This is a unit for Grade Two where students investigate the plants and animals found in their schoolyard and prepare a poster display.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Life Cycles of Plants and Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This lesson activity helps students learn that things change over time and how both plants and animals change in their life cycles. They will demonstrate what they've learned on a Venn diagram and a t-chart.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Where Plants and Animals Live

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining habitats where plants and animals live. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science: Earth Science: Fossils of Plants and Animals

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains what fossils are, describes how they form, and discusses what scientists can learn from fossils.
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FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: The Flow of Energy Through Plants and Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the different ecological roles of organisms in the ecosystem, and find out how the energy flows through them.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Prairie Life: Observation and Recording of Plant and Animal Life

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars will learn about prairie life as they investigate the plants and animals that live there. They will then share their observations with their classmates.
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Other

Nature's Partners: Pollinators, Plants, and You [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers will love this comprehensive Grades 3-6 curriculum on pollinators. There are six modules of detailed plans and accompanying materials. Pre-assessment activities and teacher background information, as well as supplemental...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Plants and Animals of the Tropical Rainforest Biome

For Students 4th - 7th
Describes the layers of a rainforest, adaptations plants have made, and animals that live there.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Grassland Biome: Animals and Plants

For Students 4th - 7th
Describes the characteristics, biodiversity, and the adaptations of the plants and animals of temperate and tropical grasslands.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: The Forest

For Students K - 1st Standards
Take a walk in the forest and enjoy the trees and animals that live there. Book includes audio narration in 7 additional languages with text in English.

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