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Y7 Variation and Habitats (S)
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms relating to variations and habitats of living things. There are 37 biology terms located in the word search.
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Micro-organisms and Ecology
In this ecology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to micro-organisms and the study of ecology. There are 30 biology terms located in the word search.
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Great Expectations 4
Students comprehend how Dicken's set piece on snobbery. They discuss how Lean uses costume, actors' non-verbal communcication and props to convey Victorian class customs, distinctions, and snobbery. Students are shown "The Jolly Bargee"...
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Meeting Environmental Demands
Students investigate the concept of adapting to an environment. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information search is focused upon animals picked by the students that need to be classified and then write a...
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Who's There
Fifth graders, in groups, make a list of at least three animals that would survive well in a particular environment. After an allotted time, they pass their list to another group, where they will add to it. They discuss adaptations each...
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Science: Vocabulary Memory Game
Fourth graders increase their comprehension of science terms by playing a vocabulary matching game. In small groups, they take turns trying to match vocabulary terms with the correct definitions. Missed words are added to the students'...
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My Life as a Loggerhead
Students discuss the current flow of the Gulf Stream and the characteristics of the Sargasso Sea. They visit websites to gather information on loggerhead sea turtles. Students imagine that they are newly hatched loggerhead turtles.
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Wacky Water Critters
Students recognize the biodiversity that exists in a wetland ecosystem. They identify individual wetland organisms. Students define, identify, and comprehend the importance of adaptations. They describe the process of metamorphosis.
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Adaptations To the Environment
Students design and construct an imaginary animal that is perfectly adapted to a particular type of biome. They give the animal a scientific name, place it in a phylum and write descriptions about its behavior, reproduction, foraging,...
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Habitats
Students are introduced to various animals and their habitats. In groups, they must determine which animal skin matches the correct animal and identify the texture. They discuss the reason for the texture and width of the skin to end...
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Blubber Gloves
Fifth graders examine animal adaptations and how they meet their needs in a variety of environments. They discuss how they might adapt to their own environment before discussing how an animal could adapt. Next, they complete an...
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Mallard's Wet Olympics
Students investigate some of the different characteristics of living things. They make observations from reading and interactive media. Students observe that animals move in different ways and have adaptations to aid in that action.
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Adaptations/ The American Horseshoe Crab
Eighth graders engage in a lesson about the horseshoe crab. They investigate the various adaptations of the organism. Students also conduct research to find how the crab is used for manufacturing different medicines. They synthesize the...
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Science: Why Animals Hibernate
Second graders investigate the reasons animals hibernate. They measure their own heart rates and compare them to those of a hibernating bear. In their journals, 2nd graders record facts about and characteristics of hibernation and...
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Build A "Bug"
Students brainstorm different adaptations that bug would need to live in aquatic environment, and watch presentation where classmate is dressed up in costume to represent adaptations necessary for macroinvertebrate to survive in water.
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Animal Adaptation
Third graders read in their textbooks about how water affects habitats and discuss vocabulary and pictures from the lesson. Then in groups of two, they observe the teacher's example of a headline. They are then assigned to their own...
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Turtle Adaptations
Pupils identify structural adaptations of different types of turtles, and compare and contrast adaptations of painted turtles, sea turtles, and desert tortoises using a chart.
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Adapting to those strange American ways!
Students edit video tapes of two German immigrants according to the slant: How did you adapt to the strange American ways after immigrating to the Omaha area? Students work in groups to name ten problems immigrants might encounter in the...
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Adapted to Fire
Fourth graders explore forest species' adaptations to fire by participating in a scavenger hunt and mapping a burned forest. Students create maps and explore how indigenous species adapted to living with fire.
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Adaptations
Eighth graders choose an animal and research its various adaptations using
their information, 8th graders create an informational tri-fold brochure or newsletter. They should include facts about the animal's adaptations as well as...
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The Evolution of Canis pedatus
Learners examine the given characteristics of a previously unknown dog-like creature, Canis pedatus, to decide if the creatures would survive when relocated to a new environment. They work in small groups to decide whether or not the...
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Change by Chance?
Sixth graders are able to see the role of chance in evolution. The activity is similar to the party game "gossip" or "telephone." Students start off with a drawing of an animal which changes as they pass their copies of the animal to...
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Polar Bear Adaptations
Learners explore the adaptations that are made by polar bears. They discuss the color of polar bears as well as the dominant color that is found in the arctic. Students create a polar bear puppet.
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Amazing Bird Adaptions--Why Am I A Bird?
Fourth graders identify and classify birds found in Illinois. Using the internet, they discover how birds have adapted over time and how the adaptations have increased their life span. They compare and contrast the various adaptations...