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Life Cycle of Animals: Chicken, Duck, Frog

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this animal life cycles worksheet, students complete a ten question true/false assessment pertaining to life cycles of the frog, duck, or chicken. Students draw the life cycle of each animal in a separate box.
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Starfish Challenge

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this starfish activity activity, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions that require them to exhibit the knowledge they have regarding starfish.
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Octopus Challenge

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this octopus facts worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions that require them to exhibit what they know about octopus.
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Dinosaur Challenge

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this dinosaur facts worksheet, students respond to 11 multiple choice questions that require them to exhibit what they know about dinosaurs.
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Soil Factors

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the nine soil factors to use in field study and to complete an exam. They learn the components and characteristics of soil.
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The Plant Bartering System

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore plant characteristics by viewing a flower and seed presentation. In this environmental adaptation activity, 5th graders identify specific traits plants have in order to allow them to grow in different climates...
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The Creation of an Imaginary Species

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students explore the characteristics that distinguish different forms of animal life on Earth which are the results of natural selection and adaptations to their environment. The creatures are created using a game and then drawn by the...
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Discovering Prehistoric People of Wisconsin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students list the characteristics of the four main groups of prehistoric people of Wisconsin. They compare the characteristics of the groups of to determine the chronological order of existence in Wisconsin.
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Chicago: The City in Art, 1995-2000

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine a mural of animals and talk about animal classification. They act as scientists and keep a record, called a Jungle Journal, of plants and animals they observe while studying the rainforest.
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Clearly Classified

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Young scholars review the classification system for living organisms and apply it the classification of insects and flowers in the still life by Ambrosius Bosschaert. They create a chart classifying the animals and plants in the painting...
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The Five Classes of Vertebrates

For Students 5th
In this vertebrates classification worksheet, 5th graders unscramble 15 words to find answers to clues. Each clue gives information about the characteristics of vertebrates.  
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Constructing a Dichotomous Key

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students construct a dichotomous key using 10 shoes from students in the classroom. In this dichotomous key lesson plan, students use the chalk board and their pile of 10 shoes to create a dichotomous key. They divide the shoes into 2...
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Classification and Identification

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students, after exploring and analyzing diagrammatic and taxonomic keys and their association to marine sciences, identify and classify objects and organisms based on visual attributes/characteristics. They research and create their own...
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The Great Jellybean Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars explore natural selection and its influence on the populations to fine tune traits and characteristics. The acquisition of traits developed out of need is examined through a game played in class.
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Echinoderms

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this echinoderm worksheet, students will explore the characteristics of echinoderms including their body structures and larval stages. Then students will match the five classes of echinoderms to their descriptions. This worksheet has...
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Amphibians

For Students 5th - 12th
In this amphibian instructional activity, students will review the characteristics of the class Amphibia, including frogs and toads, salamanders, and caecilians. This instructional activity has 3 short answer questions, 5 matching...
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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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Penguin Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this animal science worksheet, students answer fifteen questions about penguins. The questions included true or false and fill in the blanks. Students will need prior knowledge about penguins to complete this worksheet. The questions...
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Adopt-An-Insect III

For Students 7th - 9th
In this biology learning exercise, students search through the links provided on insects to identify the order to which each insect belongs. Then they write the characteristics that distinguish insects from other arthropods. Students...
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Plant and Animal Cells

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate parts of a cell. In this plant cell lesson, students determine the difference between plant and animal cells. Students discover that coral is an animal based on cell characteristics. Students create puppets to...
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Generating Power

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars construct a working model of a turbine and explain how water generates power. By the end of the lesson, they list the effects of Kingsley Dam on people, plans, and animals -- both positive and negative.
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Arthropods

For Students 9th - 12th
In this arthropods worksheet, students review the characteristics of arthropods by choosing from 15 terms to fill in the blank of 10 statements.
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Continent of Africa

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this geography worksheet, students examine a map of Africa and read about the characteristics of the continent. They use the map and information to answer 10 online fill in the blank questions.
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Cows, Worms and Compost

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore agriculture by viewing a PowerPoint presentation in class. In this animal relationship lesson, 3rd graders identify the types of farm animals humans feed on and their dependency on such small insects like worms....