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Brown Pelicans

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Even animals that are part of the same species have differences. Learners read a passage about white and brown pelicans and compare their features. They recognize that although the birds look very similar, they also have their own unique...
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Organizer
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Pelicans in Peril

For Students 4th - 9th
In this Gulf oil spill worksheet, students examine an article regarding the brown pelican and the effects of the oil spill as well as a photograph.
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Picture Scramble: Manatee, American Alligator, Brown Pelican

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this science and visual discrimination worksheet, pupils examine images of a manatee, American alligator and brown pelican. Next to each picture is the same image which has been divided into 9 pieces and scrambled. Students place the...
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The Brown Pelican Experts

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare and contrast adaptations of brown pelicans and examine how they survive in different environments. They also make predictions of some adaptations that could be needed in certain types of ecosystems.
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Lessons of the Lorax

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read a story that is about the brown pelicans. Then they use the story narrative in order to apply it to the concept of adaptations in different species. The benefits of certain adaptations is examined.
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Birds Word Search

For Students 4th - 5th
In this student-made birds word search learning exercise, students locate forty-five bird names hidden in a puzzle. They finds words such as buzzard, mockingbird, pelican, sparrow, thrush, and woodpecker.
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Who Am I? - Animal Picture and Word Match

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this matching worksheet, students match the pictures of a variety of animals with their names which are located in a word bank at the bottom of the page. They see animals which include an osprey, an ibis, a pelican, and an alligator.
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Picture Scramble

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this picture scramble worksheet, students place scrambled pieces of a picture in the correct place to create a full picture of a bullfrog, a pelican and a striped hyena. There are nine scrambled pieces for each of the three puzzles.
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Mangrove Ecosystem

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Eager ecologists explore ecosystems through video and photographs of a Mangrove. They discuss the animals in this habitat and how they interact with each other after reading and discussing "The Sea, the Storm and the Mangrove Tangle."...
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Celebrate Endangered Species Day at Your School

For Teachers K - 8th
Learn how your school can join numerous conservation organizations in celebrating Endangered Species Day on May 17th.
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Adaptation Investigation - Extreme Beaks

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Find photos of bird beaks or show a prepared four slide PowerPoint, "Extreme Beaks" to introduce your class to this special animal adaptation. Provide them with a data table and supplies to try gathering food with tools that each...
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Indian River Lagoon

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, learners complete 7 sentences about the Indian River Lagoon. Students also locate 12 words in an estuary word search.
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Next Stop, the Watsonville Wetlands

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study bird migrations and the importance of wetlands.  In this migration lesson students play a game and complete a computer activity. 
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Progression's Price

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students reflect upon their regional and national environments, analyze causes of environmental problems as well as their implications, and examine effects of population growth as they participate in "The Popcorn Game."
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Bird Bodies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars read about and explore the different types of birds. They discuss how all birds are alike and what makes some different from the others. They experiment picking up "food items" using different tools that represent...
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Shadow Know-How: Shorebirds

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this science worksheet, students will identify 10 different types of shorebirds by the shape of their shadow. The birds are shown in their natural habitat.
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Name Scramble

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this name scramble worksheet, young scholars practice the skill of unscrambling the names of ten waterbirds and near shore birds for mastery.
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Bird Beaks and Feet

For Students 4th - 12th
In this bird adaptations worksheet, students look at different bird pictures and determine what the bird eats and where it lives by looking at its beak and feet. Students complete a graphic organizer and 5 short answer questions.
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Flip Camera Lesson: Louisiana Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars research and present information about Louisiana animal adaptations. In this animal adaptation and video camera lesson, students choose an animal from a teacher prepared list. They use the Internet to find five adaptations...
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Monsters of the Deep

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students describe major features of cold seep communities, and list at least five organisms typical of these communities. They infer probable trophic relationships among organisms typical of cold-seep communities.
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N.A.M.I.B. (Namib Animal Mobile of Interesting Birds)

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students investigate the birds of the Namib Desert. They watch and discuss a video, and color and construct a bird mobile of the various birds that live in the Namib Desert.
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Australian Animals

For Students 6th - 8th
In this biology worksheet, students find the animals that are related to the continent of Australia. The answers are found by clicking the button found at the bottom of the page.
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Who Am I? Species of Birds

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students examine 16 detailed pictures of birds. Students identify each bird and write the name on the line. Answers are given upside down at the bottom of the page.
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Who Am I?- Bird Identification Worksheet

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this fill in the blank worksheet, learners identify names of bird in 16 pictures. They write the name of the birds on a blank line above each bird using the names from a word bank at the bottom of the page.

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