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Get Ready, Get Set, Hibernate

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students match each body part or idea from a work bank about methods of animal adaptations for winter survival. They observe as the first one, food is covered with the whole class before completing the rest of the diagram. They discuss...
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What is a Plant?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this plant characteristics instructional activity, students will read a paragraph about plants and then use the information found in that paragraph to complete 3 short answer questions about plant adaptations.
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Reconstructing a Fossil Pterosaur

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students reconstruct the skeleton of the fossil Scaphognathus crassirostis. In this fossil lesson plan, students discuss the Kingdoms of life, geologic history and the history of the skeletons of species. Students are given 20 minutes to...
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Habitats of the World

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners discover that the Earth supports many different animal habitats. In this habitat lesson students research different habitats of the world. Learners show how the animals in their habitat are adapted.
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Ecology Lessons

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the relationship between animal adaptations, habitats and community interactions.  In this ecology instructional activity students complete a skull detective worksheet then use their knowledge to analyze a skull. 
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Dragonfly Anatomy: Dragonfly Magnet or Pin

For Teachers K - 6th
Students build anatomically correct dragonflies of polymer clay, use vocabulary for body parts, and define the function of the body parts as adaptations for survival.
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Ocean Exploration

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore whales. In this animal adaptation and whale activity, students access prior knowledge about whales from previous lessons, then use background knowledge to predict the eating strategies of a baleen whale and a toothed...
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Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students describe the complementary relationships between pollinators and the plants they pollinate, identify adaptations that flowers have developed to "encourage" pollination, and create and draw their own "designer" flowers.
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Web of Life - Role-Playing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students role-play how organisms adapt to their environment. They play 20 questions with plant and animal habitats. They create a web of life to demonstrate how each plant and animal relies on the other for survival.
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If Peter Pan Can Fly, Why Can't I?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars redesign a human, using data in research, so that s/he can fly. In this flying lesson, students examine the characteristics and adaptations of groups of animals that can fly.  Using this research, young scholars work...
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Word Adaptation

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders differentiate evolution and adaptation. In this biology lesson, 7th graders make new words from a given word by adding or changing a letter. They set up a T-chart and enumerate how adaptation is like or unlike evolution.
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Blubber Gloves: It’s All About Insulation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Instill the concept of adaptation with the help of Blubber Gloves—ziplock bags, shortening, and duct tape. Scholars discuss how animals and plants keep warm in polar regions, record their predictions, and try on their Blubber Gloves to...
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Lotusland

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
It's time for a field trip! Scholars take their new-found knowledge of adaptations and seed dispersal on a field trip to a local botanical garden. They gain an up-close look at how ecological interdependence works in a distinct...
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Adaptive Worksheet-Count and Color

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this adaptive count and color worksheet, students count the number of various colored dots and record the number next to the color name .A reference website for additional resources is given.
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Adaptive Worksheet: Matching A Pattern

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this adaptive pattern worksheet, students match a pattern given at the top of a page with its identical pattern in a set of 3. A reference website for additional resources is given.
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Adaptive Sentence Activity

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this adaptive sentence instructional activity, learners use words in a word box to fill in blanks and correctly complete sentences. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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Adaptive Worksheet: Simple Questions

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this adaptive simple questions activity, learners answer 4 questions about a set of 4 pictures of everyday items. A reference website for additional resources is given.
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Adaptive Worksheet: More or Less?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this adaptive more or less worksheet, students determine which set of red dots shown in a pair has "more." A reference website for additional resources is given.
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Adaptive Worksheet: Counting 1-5

For Students K - 3rd
In this adaptive counting worksheet, students interpret a simple graph, counting the number of oranges 4 children have and recording each. A reference website for additional resources is given.
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Adaptive Math:2-Digit Addition

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this adaptive math addition worksheet, students complete a set of 20 2-digit problems. A reference website is given for additional resources.
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Adaptive Worksheet-Match Symbols and Words

For Students K - 3rd
In this adaptive matching learning exercise, students match 4 symbols to the words describing them. A reference website for additional resources is given.
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Adaptive Worksheet-Answering Questions

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this adaptive questions and answers instructional activity, students write answers to a set of 3 simple questions based on a sentence given at the top of the page.
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Adapting to Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Peter Pan doesn't want to grow up and doesn't want to change. Many middle schoolers feel the same way. The first lesson in the "Looking to the Future" module underscores the concept that change is a natural part of life and that a...
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Evidence of Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What an impression fossils make! In this activity, aspiring paleontologists view fossils and construct a timeline to further understand how the lack of natural adaptation caused historical organisms to become extinct. While they...

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