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Lake and Pond Study

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine the habitat and community structure of a pond that could support Ospreys through games and worksheets. They then go on a field trip to a pond to evaluate the suitability of the pond as an Osprey habitat.
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Coqui Frog Camouflage

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the concept of the coqui frog of Puerto Rico. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students explain in oral or written form some of the characteristics to that identify the frog. The lesson includes...
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VERTEBRATES

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders describe the main characteristics of warm-blooded vertebrate animals. They compare and contrast the two different groups of warm-blooded vertebrate animals by looking at external, reproductive, and growth characteristics.
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Population Density

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use the scientific method to conduct an experiment and use varied methods to gather background information. They correctly use lab equipment and prepare tables and graphs that organize, conclude, and present their findings. ...
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Ecology 8 Land Biomes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify and describe the main features of one land biome. After researching what a biome is, they give various examples of biomes around the world and in their backyards.
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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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Humane Science Projects

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science learning exercise, students examine the list of possible science projects. They look for the characteristics that set apart these ideas as humane.
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Everything's Connected

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore how trash decomposes. In this ecosystem activity, students discuss new vocabulary words, such as producers and consumers, and think critically to answer how landfills work.
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Are There Too Many Elk?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study elk populations in Arizona.  In this data lesson students read an article on monitoring elk populations, analyze data and make management recommendations. 
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Sky Pictures

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate constellations. In this space science lesson, students view transparencies of constellations and identify the zodiac constellations. Students research the legends connected with the constellations.
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Life's Lessons: Survival of the Fittest

For Teachers 8th
Students analyze Jack London's use of anthropomorphism to identify the importance of adaptability in life. In this literature lesson, students use the novel The Call of the Wild to identify key elements in survival. Students...
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Is Climate Change Good for Frogs?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students fill out a chart on how climate change would affect them and things around them. In this climate change lesson plan, students discuss how global warming affects them and amphibians and then fill out the chart that goes with it.
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Frog Olympics

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the attributes of amphibians. In this physical frog biology activity, students discover facts about the muscles of frogs and then play 2 games that require them to move like frogs.
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Are There Too Many Elk?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use information about elk populations in Arizona to make recommendations about population management. In this ecology lesson, students discover the problems associated with having a heard of elk that is too large. After...
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Understanding the Epidemiologic Triangle through Infectious Disease

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners examine the epidemiologic triangle. In this disease instructional activity, students discuss infectious disease as they study how they spread and discover their families' experiences with them. Learners research Internet sites...
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All/The - class: making generalizations about the group

For Students 5th - 8th
In this generalizations worksheet, students change the form of the sentences to take the subject and change it into a group generalization. Students complete 8 sentences.
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Hopping

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars practice hopping. In this physical education lesson, students discuss safety rules and respect for others while exercising. They practice how to hop and play Hop Freeze Tag. 
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Fossil Imprints

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover fossil imprints. In this fossil lesson, 3rd graders get a piece of clay and create their own fossil imprints using animals provided by the teacher. They share their fossils with their partner and complete a data...
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Vegetable Idioms

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this idioms worksheet, learners watch a video about idioms, fill in the blanks, and define what certain idioms mean. Students complete 3 activities.
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Graphing System of Equations

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve system of equation. For this algebra lesson, students graph, substitute and eliminate to solve system of equation. They identify the point of intersection and how many solution each system will have.
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The Talking Feather

For Teachers Pre-K
Students use the feather when they want to talk and the rest of the class listens. In this listening lesson plan, students practice good manners by respecting the student with the feather.
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DNA: The Search for the Genetic Material

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the history of DNA and how to extract it. In this genetic lesson students complete a DNA experiment using bacteria.
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Experimentation with Teratogens on Zebrafish

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare mitosis and meiosis with regard to chromosome number in parent cells versus daughter cells, types of cells produced, total number of cells produced, and the number of divisions. In groups, identify and differentiate the...
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Making Sense of Unusual Findings

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students work on the development of observation skills and seeing how they can be used in different contexts. The lesson plan is good for helping the beginner and novice, along with encouraging and reminding the expert observer of right...

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