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Community Distribution

For Students 7th - 12th
In this community distribution activity, students will review 5 terms associated with biomes, ecosystems, and communities. Students will then match 11 terms as either relating to marine biomes or land biomes. This activity has 5 fill in...
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Global Warming or Climate Change?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this online interactive global warming and climate change learning exercise, learners respond to 10 multiple choice questions regarding the information included in the provided paragraphs.
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Global Warming or Climate Change?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this online interactive global warming and climate change learning exercise, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions regarding the information included in the provided paragraphs.
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Mount Everest History Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore Mount Everest. In this exploration lesson, students read "The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest," by Steve Jenkins. Students then respond to discussion questions and participate in a map skills activity.
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Places and Production

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the economy and the market value of goods. In this algebra lesson, students differentiate between domestic goods value and international good value. The define and identify the importance of GDP or Gross Domestic...
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Planting a Monarch Butterfly Garden

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students raise money to purchase milkweed plants for their butterfly garden. In this gardening lesson plan, students listen to the story Miss Rumphius to determine why it is important to plant milkweed for butterflies. Students develop...
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Biomes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the worlds biomes and see how organisms adapt to these ecological communities.  In this world's biomes lesson students research and write a paper about one of the world's biomes. 
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Habitat Hunt

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read several nonfiction texts and practice finding the main idea for the text as well as learn about various habitats. In this main idea lesson plan, 3rd graders read several nonfiction texts and make habitat cards....
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Are There Too Many Elk?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study elk populations in Arizona.  In this data lesson students read an article on monitoring elk populations, analyze data and make management recommendations. 
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Your Favorite Wild Animal

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this research skills instructional activity, students select a wild animal and then respond to 5 short answer questions regarding it. In addition, students draw a picture of it and define 6 habitat terms.
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Where Does It Come From?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine food sources. In this agriculture lesson, students investigate how food is stored, moved, and processed as they participate in a classroom activity.
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You Need How Much Food When? Where?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore how human activities shape the earth's surface.  In this awareness instructional activity, 9th graders create pictographs showing the relations of food, people, land, and resources. Students complete worksheet.
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Too Many Otters

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the habitat of otters. In this animal science instructional activity, 2nd graders role play the job of wildlife biologists and try to manage the otter population. Students use a map to track their specific...
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Diversity Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in teams to characterize their biomes and compare them to the biomes of the rest of the class. In this biomes lesson plan, students complete a bean activity, relate it to the diversity in biomes, and then research and...
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Are There Too Many Elk?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use information about elk populations in Arizona to make recommendations about population management. In this ecology lesson, students discover the problems associated with having a heard of elk that is too large. After...
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Life As A Tree

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders design a plate to represent the three parts of a tree. In this tree parts lesson plan, 3rd graders learn about the functions of each part and design the plate to resemble the rings of the tree.
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Ecosystem Organization

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the structure of ecosystems. In this ecology instructional activity, students listen to a lecture on relationships among organisms and biomes. Students use the information to create ecosystem organization pyramids.
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Climate and Temperature

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore what the soil temperature would be on the north and south sides of a building. In this temperature lesson, students hypothesize what the results will be using a thermometer and then after a week see what the...
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Colors of Africa

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students view and discuss the colors of Africa by seeing African items, the flag, and coloring pictures. Students work with the colors black, red, yellow, and green.
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Animals

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this animals worksheet, students guess the animals described with has got or hasn't got, complete questions, choose the correct animal, and more. Students complete 5 activities total.
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Animal Tracks

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students study animals. In this science lesson plan, students make plaster casts of animals that live in the area. Students identify the tracks.
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Comparing Ecosystems

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, in groups, research two biomes. They create a Venn diagram and include the characteristics of each biome, placing similar features in the overlapping area of the circles.
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Charting Diversity

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students organize different species of plans and animals according to various characteristics. Students then determine what characteristics enable them to survive in their habitat. Game ideas and activities are included.
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Forest Management Dilemmas

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss forest management dilemmas and make uninformed decisions as to whether they are appropriate management techniques. They draw bar graphs of the class opinion for each dilemma. They use media sources to become more...

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