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Carnivorous Plants

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how carnivorous plants get their nutrients from animals.  For this food web lesson students examine how the plants attract their prey and are given many onilne sources to research.
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Food Chains and Webs

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Starting with a simple food chain, young scientists interpret the difference and interrelatedness between herbivores, carnivores and producers. They answer questions related to cause and effect of food chain disruptions, including the...
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Skulls Tell It All

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Skulls tell it all, and with this lesson plan, you will tell it all to your class! Youngsters view animal skulls, analyzing the shape of teeth and the placement of the eye sockets. They associate these adaptations with the types of food...
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Animals and Engineering

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study animal classification and their interactions.  In this animals and engineering lesson students study animal communities and how engineers use this knowledge to create new technologies. 
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Food Grab

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze animal adaptations. In this animal adaptation lesson, students create food-gathering devices. Students design devices that would protect animals or plants from predators.
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Yummy Plant Parts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine plant parts. In this botany lesson, students examine various edible plants and how their adaptations help them to grow. They observe stems, leaves, roots and flowers of plants and discuss the relationship between the...
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Striking a Balance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars simulate animals in a food chain. In this food chain lesson plan, students are identified as grasshoppers, frogs or hawks. Popcorn is spread across a lawn and young scholars are given baggies (stomachs) and colored sashes...
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Elements of Biology: Organization In Living Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the recent research on dinosaurs.  In this dinosaur lesson students write a report on the new findings and how it has changed ideas on dinosaurs. 
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My Colorful Food Chain

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore biology by participating in a dietary habit activity. In this food chain lesson, students discuss their own diets and the animals we feed upon daily. Students create a poster demonstrating the animals that we feed upon...
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Recyclers to the Rescue

For Teachers 5th
Producers, consumers, food chains, and plants are the stars of this science lesson. Learners take part in an inquiry which helps them to discover the most effective and efficient way to grow a producer. They have a variety of containers...
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Producers and Energy Transfer

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss the relationship between producers, consumers, and decomposers as they look at the energy pyramid. While working in small groups, they create an ecosystem that includes all or some of the given categories, and they...
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Fun With Food Chains

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore our ecosystem by researching animal eating habits. In this food chain lesson, students identify the links between predator and prey and the energy that passes between organisms based on what their diet consists of....
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Striking a Balance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the many different food chains. They participate in a game in which the class is divided into the different parts of the food chain.
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Living & Non-Living Interactions

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
What better way to learn about ecosystems than by getting outside and observing them first hand? Accompanying a field trip to a local park or outdoor space, this series of collaborative activities engages children in...
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Interdependence and Adaptation

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders construct a food web to illustrate how animals and plants are interdependent. In this interdependence lesson, 5th graders identify how consumers, producers, herbivores, carnivores and predators are related in a habitat....
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The Effects of Pesticides on the Food Chain

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders generalize that all animals, including people, depend on plants as a food source. In this science lesson plan, 4th graders describe and construct a food chain, tell how pesticides enter the food chain, and discuss possible...
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Bugs in the Woods

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify insects and plants in the forest ecosystem in a structured field trip with stations and activity booklets.  In this bugs lesson, 2nd graders explore the ecosystem of the forest, complete the booklet and play...
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Venus Flytrap

For Teachers K - 12th
Students study the Venus Flytrap including its habitat and how it eats.  In this ecology lesson students complete several experiments using a Venus Flytrap to see how it reacts to various conditions. 
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Marshland Ecosystem

For Teachers K - 12th
Students classify animals based on their physical characteristics and eating habits.  In this animal identification lesson plan, students investigate the life forms shown on a Parisian ceramic basin, and discover ecosystem the...
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Food Chains Are Not A Necklace!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine how food chains interact with different plants and animals. They practice using new vocabulary. They also discover the role of pesticides in the environment.
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Constructing Food Chains

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Young scholars explore different habitats and the food chains within.   In this food web lesson students construct food chains for different habitats.
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Survival Features

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify features of producers, herbivores and carnivores. They discuss the features that aid in survival for those animals. They organize animals into categories to complete the lesson.
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Bog Science

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study bogs. They tour, collect physical, chemical, and biological data and analyze a pristine bog community. Using the data, they draw a map and a cross section of the bog.
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Skull Science

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
What can your class learn from a skull? With proper facilitation, they can learn about diet, physical adaptations, special differences, and even the environment. Pupils will examine a series of mammal skulls and pelts to help them...

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