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Prior Knowledge Investigation-Food Webs

For Teachers 7th
Students explore food webs. They identify any misconceptions of producers, consumers or decomposers and their relationship within a food web. Students draw an example of a food web for each of the examples that are given. They address...
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Incredible Seeds

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are given a group of seeds and put in small groups. They classify their seeds based on their observations with 90% accuracy. Students draw a picture of each seed showing at least 2 characteristics of each. They write 1...
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Habitat for Sale

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are able to define habitat, and identify the four things that living things need to survive. They are able to describe how living things are adapted to their habitats.
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Window Gardens

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use a plastic sandwich bag containing a damp paper towel taped to a window as a model system to observe the germination and early growth of radish seeds. They are challenged to pose a question about seed germination and growth...
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Phase Transition Temperature of Fats

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, students investigate through experimentation the solidifying behavior of some edible fat mixtures by determining their cooling curves. Then they data-log equipment to obtain a large number of temperature...
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The Six Kingdoms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this kingdoms learning exercise, high schoolers compare the six different kingdoms. Students complete 2 short answer questions based on this information.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium: One-Two-Three

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting activity, learners examine pictures of animals that live in the Monterey Bay Aquarium. They describe the animals by telling how many of a specified characteristic they have. Example: A sea otter has one tail.
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Animal Adaptations: Focus on Bird Beaks

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore bird beaks as animal adaptation. In this bird adaptation lesson, 6th graders conduct an experiment to determine the connection between the shape of a bird's beak and the food it eats.
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Restaurant Beneath the Waves

For Students 5th - 6th
In this marine life worksheet, students fill in the boxes beside each ocean creature name with one of the following feeding methods: predator, scavenger, grazer, and filter feeder. Students then list or draw marine creatures that use the...
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Model Penguin Project

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students research and build model penguins. In this penguin lesson, students examine the anatomy of penguins by creating models and completing coloring pages.
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Plant classification

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this plant classification activity, students classify plants into flowering and non flowering plants. Students classify 14 different kinds of plants.
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Flower Power: An Introduction to Heredity

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars observe flowers and how they grow according to heredity. In this flowers lesson plan, students observe physical traits that make flowers the offspring of other flowers, and fill out worksheets according to their findings.
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Nutrients for Plants and People: Food Pyramid Garden

For Students 2nd - 8th
In this garden worksheet, students plant different types of food from the food pyramid into a garden and write a journal about all of the food. Students plant 4 levels of food from the food pyramid.
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Inside-out Adaptations

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students describe sea stars adaptations and explain how these enable them to survive in different environments.  For this animal adaptation lesson students watch a video, get into groups and create a list of characteristics of sea stars. 
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Handprint Tulips

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students create works of art. In this finger-painting lesson, students use the paints to create handprint tulips. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson to complement the theme.
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Citizen Scientist - Collect Some Data

For Students 5th - 10th
In this science project worksheet, students view a sheet of numerous science projects including weather, animals, flowers, and more. Students choose 1 project to do out of 22 projects total.
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Flowers and Pollination

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners explore the environment by researching plant reproduction. In this pollination lesson, students define botany related vocabulary terms such as disc flower, petal and fertilization. Learners dissect a flower with their classmates...
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One, Two, Three. TMV

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners, in groups, design their own experiments to determine how the mode of application of the virus extract affects the various plants that students have grown from seed.
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Flower Power

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate and explain the basic needs and life processes of plants. Key concepts include: living things change as they grow and need food, water, and air to survive. The reverse of the Kansas quarter serves as inspiration.
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Land Issues

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this unit of lessons, students examine land issues affecting the world today. They discover what it is like for animals to live and create paper animals. They also examine parts of a tree and how to make dyes from materials found in...
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"Greenhouse" Sprouts Garden

For Teachers K - 8th
Students grow sprouts in soil inside clear plastic bags. They record and monitor the growth for five days, and present their findings to the class.
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Who Needs What?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify the physical needs of animals and if plants need the same things as animals. They conduct an experiment to see if plants need light and water to grow. They compare the growth of the plants exposed to the different...
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Weeds on the Windowsill

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learners study farming and reasons to control weeds. They examine pesticides necessary for the control of weeds and the damage to the environment. Through experimentation, students plant seeds in different soils and determine if seeds...
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Our Changing Environment-- A Demonstration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe and describe changes in an environment when some of the components are changed. They recognize the process of succession by preparing a miniaturized environment in which a variety of plants and seeds are grown.

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