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Soak it up

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners complete a hands on activity using hard boiled eggs, food coloring, tape, cups, water, and a knife to show how permeability affects animals. In this permeability lesson plan, students complete this activity and learn how...
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All About Birds

For Students 8th - 10th
In this birds worksheet, learners answer 25 short answer questions about birds. They color and label the different parts of a bird and fill in the correct term given the definitions.
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Kids for Conservation: Animal Unit

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars discuss animal needs and characteristics. In this animal mini-unit, students complete three activities studying different animals, their needs, how they have evolved, and how to protect them.
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Kingdom Animalia ~ A Look at the Five Major Classes

For Teachers 7th
Biological taxonomy masters examine the five main classes under phylum chordata. Pupils compare and contrast the identifying characteristics of the various organisms. They explain why taxonomy is important in classifying organisms. You...
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Identification Adventure

For Students 6th - 12th
Put all the pieces together. After a skeleton is put together, pupils play the scientist to determine the type of animal they have by using a classification tree to narrow down the identity. After each decision, they gain advice from an...
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What Kind of Animal Are You?

For Students 2nd - 4th
With the descriptions of six different animal groups (amphibians, birds, fish, insects, mammals, reptiles), students match different examples of animals to their proper groups (lizard to reptiles, girl to mammals, etc). The activity...
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Classifying Vertebrates

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study animal characteristics and classification. In this animal characteristics and classifications instructional activity, 2nd graders determine how to classify vertebrates which include mammals, reptiles, amphibians,...
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What's Your Classification

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners classify animals. In this animal groups lesson, students watch a video on animal groups and review the six animal groups. Learners practice classifying animals using stuffed animals.
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A Study of Vertebrates

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the characteristics of each vertebrate group. They take notes in a science journal, and in small groups create a HyperStudio slideshow presentation to present information about a specific vertebrate group.
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Earth's Dramatic History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a timeline.  In this Earth's History instructional activity, students research the history of life on Earth and use the information collected to create a timeline.  Students also answers the provided discussion...
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Staying Up

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students will explain the Archimedes's Principle. In this lesson on plankton, students will describe three factors that can affect the buoyancy of plankton. This lesson contains extensive background information, extensions, and multiple...
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How Fire Affects Wildllife

For Students 6th - 10th
In this ecology lesson, students select an animal to study and read about how this animal adapts to ecological disaster. They complete 5 short answer questions after reading.
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Mealworm Metamorphosis

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe offspring (mealworms) that do not initially resemble their parent organism (darkling beetles) throughout complete metamorphosis. They also create and maintain an appropriate habitat for the mealworms.
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Animal Alphabet

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify animals with each letter of the alphabet. In groups, they create a PowerPoint presentation which shows the information they have collected about each one. Using all of this information, they create an animal...
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Vertebrates

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify and describe five main groups of the Phylum Chordata. They discover that the Phylum Chordata is the vertebrates. Students identify the main difference between invertebrates and vertebrates. They read passages about...
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Addition with Regrouping

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this regrouping in addition worksheet, students use the table for the 'Threatened and Endangered Animals' and their numbers to solve the addition problems that utilize regrouping.
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The Census of Marine Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain diversity and abundance in marine life. In this oceanic biology lesson, students collect information for various geographical areas to collect a census of marine life.
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It's the Law

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars explain various scientific laws used in SCUBA diving. In this theory based lesson plan, students examine and explain how temperature, density, and salinity relate to SCUBA diving using various scientific laws to engage...
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Biology In Elementary Schools

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students classify animals into six major animal groups and describe the characteristics of the animals found within each group.  For this living and non-living animals lesson, students observe a variety of animals, both living and...
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The Froggy Page

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate the cycle of life by observing tadpoles.  In this biology lesson, students utilize the Internet to read stories, observe pictures, and listen to sounds of frogs.  Students create a poster board collage...
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Lentic Ecosystem or Lotic Ecosystem

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars explore the differences between lentic and lotic ecosystems. For this ecology lesson students study the water systems in Pennsylvania.
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Endangered species

For Teachers K - 8th
Students define the following words: extinction, endangered species, meteorite collision, glaciation and climate warming. They investigate that there are 307 species on the endangered list, and an average of 10-20 species are added each...
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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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Focus on Food Chains

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders collect and analyze data about food chains. They conduct Internet research about the habitat of a selected organism, write a narrative, and create a computer slideshow using Kid Pix computer software that illustrates the...

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