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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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Natural Selection And Evolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of evolution and how natural selection is used as an indicator that evolution has happened. They recognize the three effects it has on diversity and how adaptations can develop. Diversity is explained as...
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Reading Research!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students observe the pictures in non-fiction books that focus on animals in the winter. In addition, they also listed to some read aloud books about hibernation, migration, adaptation and dormancy. Students draw pictures and write notes...
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Polar Bears in Houston

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First graders read a book about animal babies from the Arctic and discuss what a polar bear needs to survive. They design a suitable zoo habitat for a polar bear using crayons and paper.
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Build-A-Horseshoe Crab

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover many facts about horseshoe crabs. Students identify the main body parts of horseshoe crab. They explore the habits of the horseshoe crab and their importances to the ecosystem. Adaptations for younger students are...
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Managing Nutrients in Livestock Manure

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Livestock managers reinforce math and science skills while learning about the nutrients found in manure. They predict which animal produces the largest amount and which animal's manure contains the most nitrogen. Finally, they compare...
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Running Water

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create products that feature the importance of water conservation. In this environmental stewardship lesson, 6th graders explore the water cycle and conduct on water usage. Students also research water pollution and...
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Critters in Your Own Backyard

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils identify various animals and their habitats, as well as their specific traits In this animal habitat instructional activity, students list animals they've seen in their backyard. Pupils select one animal and do research. Students...
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The Intertidal Zone

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research the diverse animal and plant life that inhabit the intertidal zones along the Pacific rocky coast. As students progress through this lesson plan, they begin to recognize distinct behaviors, adaptations, and...
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Worm Weather Predicted

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine worm habitats. In this animal habitats lesson plan, students participate in a lab activity that requires them to explore the adaptations that earthworms make to their environment.
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Critter Museum

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners act as directors of a new science museum where they have decided to set up a display of animals without backbones that are found in the area. To organize their display, they need to sort and classify a collection of animals and...
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Animals of the African Savannahs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars create and describe a new animal that live on the savannah following the characteristics of savannah wildlife discussed in the lesson.
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Tiki, Tiki Rainforest

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore fascinating world of rainforest, and participate in activities such as adopt-an-acre-of-the- rainforest, adopt-a-rainforest-animal, sequencing, comparing and contrasting, word processing and searching the Internet.
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Comparing Hares and Rabbits

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research and investigate the Arctic hare and the snowshoe hare, and the order hares and rabbits. They explore an animal website and compare/contrast the two animals, recording their data on a chart.
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Rain Forest Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a book about animal species found only in the Amazon rain forest. They find one species to represent each letter of the alphabet, and write each name on a different piece of paper. They illustrate each page with an...
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Habitats and Deep Sea Environments

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine and identify the characteristics of the four zones of the ocean. They discover the amount of diversity in marine habitats. They also explore the adaptations organisms have that have allowed them to survive.
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Our Lives and the Four Seasons

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare and contrast the four seasons. Using this information, they determine the plant, animal and environmental activities that can be enjoyed in each season. They discuss why the seasons must change and how humans adapt to them.
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Rain Forest Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research rainforest animals from the book The Great Kapok Tree. They create an animal presentation using PowerPoint. Pupils demonstrate their comprehension of the interdependence of the animals, people, and plants in the...
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Desert Animals

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate and identify a variety of animals that live in the desert. They complete a class KWL chart, then listen to the book Way Out in the Desert. Next, 1st graders observe a presentation of live desert animals, and...
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Cell Structure and Function

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify the main ideas of different cell theories. Using a microscope, they compare and contrast the structures and functions of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. They also compare and contrast animal and plant cells and...
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Chinese Shadow Puppet Play

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars experience through role-play the art of shadow puppetry and appreciate the role of oral traditions in Chinese history. They research the origins and history of puppetry as a part of a unit on China. They discover what...
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The Trouble with Crayfish

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare an ecosystem before and after they introduce crayfish to that ecosystem. In this ecosystem lesson plan, 4th graders see what happens when you introduce a non native animal to a habitat. Students then make...
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Bug's Eye View

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore biology by writing fictitious stories in class. In this insect life lesson, students identify many different types of insects in the animal kingdom and the classifications they fall into. Students collect insects on a...
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Africa: Animals of the African Savannahs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils explore animals of the savannah. For this science lesson, students discuss the characteristics of animals that live on the savannah. Pupils create an animal that would be able to live on the savannah.

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