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Animal Classifications
Third graders work in small groups to investigate how to sort a variety of items into groups and subgroups. They work on a class chart based on the activity which show how the items are classified based on commonalities. Upon completion...
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Migration Woes
Students are able to describe the reproductive cycle of the gopher frog. They are able to describe the impacts of habitat loss and degradtion on gopher frog populations. Students are explained that many factors limit the survival of...
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Animal Parenting
Students analyze parenting instincts. In this parenting instincts instructional activity, students view a drawing of animal they studies and describe what they learned about the animal. Students teach the class about their animal and the...
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Nature Art Exploration
Students draw a nature landscape using watercolors. In this life science lesson, students share their personal experience on the beauty of nature. They create clay models of different native animals.
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Types of Scientists
For this science worksheet, students match each type of scientist listed in the left-had column to its correct description found in the right-hand column. There are 34 different scientists to match on the sheet.
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Biological Taxonomy
In this biology activity, students read about biological taxonomy. They then use the information they learned to answer the 13 questions on the activity. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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"Sleep"
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about sleep cycles. Students answer 11 multiple choice questions about the text.
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Great Blobs of Jelly!
High schoolers explain how zoo-plankton have an impact on the global process. In this ocean zoo-plankton lesson students calculate carbon flux and plankton densities.
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Do You Have the Key?
Students practice using a dichotomous key. In this classification lesson plan, students read an article about scientific exploration and identification of new species. They use a dichotomous key to identify objects and create their own key.
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Outta Gas
Learners explore practical problems that are related to scuba diving. For this oxygen lesson students complete a lab activity.
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Let's Get Specific
Students explore how different species thrive. In this speciation lesson students research and complete a lab activity.
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Learning Activities: What Color Am I?
Students identify various species of anurans by their skin coloration. They describe how coloration contributes to survival.
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From Polliwog to Frog
Pupils examine how frogs change. In this life cycle lesson, students create a model to show how a frog changes throughout its life. Pupils will show the process of frog metamorphosis, from polliwog to adult frog.
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Animals Galore
Third graders use structural characteristics to sort and classify animals into groups.
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Animal Classification
Pupils classify animals. In this animal classification instructional activity, students identify characteristics from each of the 5 categories of vertebrates. Pupils group animals by categories.
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Birds of Wisconsin
First graders explore the job done by ornithologists. They role play identifying the characteristics that make a bird a bird. They discuss what makes each bird species unique. Students are introduced to Wisconsin's most common and rare...
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Amazon Alphabet
Students create an alphabetic Amazon animal mural, illustrating the diversity of life in the tropical rain forest of the Amazon Basin.
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Sorting Pond
Pupils practice balancing while learning the classifications of different animals
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An "Eggs"traordinary Sculpture
Eighth graders identify and categorize different types of animals which lay eggs, use a five step method for viewing and interpreting a piece of artwork, and use an indirect method to find the mass of a large object.
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Venom!
Students examine the nature of venom. They conduct an experiment to demonstrate how proteins such as venoms can be denatured using raw eggs, beakers, heated water, and compresses.
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Ancient Animals
Young scholars explore ancient rock art in Arkansas. Through discussion, research, and hands on activities, they identify the animals and stylized features of rock art found in Arkansas. Students identify the various habitats of he...
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Animal clues
Fifth graders use general knowledge to make educated guesses about the habitat and survival strategies of animals from Australia, Antarctica and Africa. They research to confirm and check ideas and group animals in a variety of ways.
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Not Just For A Baby's Bottom
Eighth graders investigate the presence of talc in the geologic record. The different characteristics of talc is covered. The lesson includes background information for the teacher.
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Tropical Herpefauna
Middle schoolers explore tropical herpefauna. They discuss the story "Tropical Herpefauna...Tropical What?" by Lori Bruckeim. Students discuss any concepts of the essay that need clarification and they predict, visualize, question, and...