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Interactive
Curated OER

Australian Animals Internet Hunt

For Students 4th - 6th
In this online/interactive worksheet about animals in Australia, learners read questions which include links to the internet, click on the links to discover the answers, and write the answers. Students write 21 answers. Additional...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Camouflage and Protective Coloration: A Model of Natural Selection

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study protective coloration and camouflage in animals. They create examples of each and conduct simulation-type experiments to determine which is the most effective adaptation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farm Animals And Food They Eat

For Teachers K
Students identify farm animals by the sounds they make and draw the animal and type of food they eat. For this farm animals lesson plan, students read the book Barnyard Song and view baggies of animal food.
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Printables
Twisty Noodle

Animal Facts Book

For Teachers K - 2nd
What do your pupils know about animals? Have them put together and color this little book about animals to learn about everything from camels to pandas.
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Printables
Twisty Noodle

Las Mascotas (Pets) Book

For Teachers K - 4th
What animal is that, and can you say it in Spanish? Teach your class eight different animals by asking pupils to put together this cute book that includes images and simple Spanish sentences.
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Printables
Twisty Noodle

My Book of Rodents

For Teachers K - 2nd
Squeak squeak! A four-page mini book shows learners some examples of rodents. After a lesson about mice, rats, and squirrels, have your class color these pages and publish their own rodent books.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animals Word Search Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
To make the classic word search more challenging and academic, this animal-terms puzzle has scholars solving clues to determine the words they find. Fifteen clues give detailed definitions of biology terms such as carnivore, reptile,...
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Activity
NOAA

Why is Hawaii's Ocean Important?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Studying the oceans? Focus on Hawaii's ocean with a resource packed with activity-based worksheets. Everything from products that come from the ocean to the abundance of plants and animals that call the ocean their home, Hawaii's ocean...
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Lesson Plan
Bronx Zoo

How Animals Shape Up

For Teachers K - 3rd
Most drawings are comprised of a set of very basic shapes. Young zoologists examine the shapes that make up different animals they see at the zoo. They'll discuss the shapes that make up a head, body, and legs of an animal and then draw...
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Interactive
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Project WET Foundation

We All Use Water

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
How many ways is water used? Indirect and direct water use are the two main ways humans use water, but the usage comes in many forms. Animals, agriculture, industries, transportation, and many more rely on water for different uses....
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National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Biology Reference Sheet

For Teachers 7th - 12th
First year life science or biology pupils will appreciate this all-inclusive reference page. It provides a diagram of both a plant and an animal cell, the metric system prefixes, classification levels, definitions for cell processes, the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animals Quick Vocabulary Review Worksheet

For Students 4th - 8th
In this animals vocabulary learning exercise, students write the animal vocabulary word that goes with the definition. Students complete this for 15 words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Coloring page - Gorilla

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this coloring activity, students color a gorilla. The coloring sheet brings opportunities to discuss the characteristics of these animals. Students may use this coloring sheet as a flashcard to learn about animals. They may write a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Names

For Teachers K
Students match animal pictures with animal words. In this farm animal lesson plan, students put together the parent and their offspring. Students should have prior knowledge of the basic needs of animals. Students write animal booklets.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Colors All Around: Challenge Activities (Theme 2)

For Teachers K Standards
Color, color, everywhere. As part of a three-week study of color, kindergarteners create animal color cards, design pages for an class animal book, populate an underwater scene with colorful fish, and invent and name a new color. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where are all the Animals?

For Teachers K - 9th
Students view animals that camouflage at the Shedd aquarium website. In this camouflage lesson, students recognize that there are different types of camouflage, cryptic coloring, counter-shading, warning coloration and mimicry. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Matching Games, Trees and Animals

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify and define new words as they are introduced to specific trees, leaves, animals and animal habitats, engage in literacy-related play by playing games that focus on animals and trees mentioned in book, A Tree for Me, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Effect of Natural Selection on Genes, Traits and Individuals

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Rotating through five stations, evolutionary biologists explore the question of how changes in DNA facilitate the changes in a population over time. High-quality, colorful cards of animals, skeletons, skulls, and DNA sequences can all be...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animals: Here and Now

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Discuss and identify natural habitats of animals commonly found in zoos. The class constructs and displays small "zoo like" models to show a chosen animal habitat. They write a short story or diary about an animal or pet of their choice....
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Lesson Plan
ESL Kid Stuff

Places & Where We Live

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Where does a cow live? Language learners engage in a series of activities that asks them to match animals with their habitats.
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Activity
South Gloucestershire Council

Animal Classification: A Collaborative Sorting Activity for Key Stages 2 & 3

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Introduce the logic behind a dichotomous key or administer a group performance assessment with a fun and challenging classification lesson. With explicit instructions for the teacher and for collaborative groups, as well as engaging...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Plant Parts

For Students K - 1st
Little ones identify the parts of a plant and practice following directions at the same time. They color each part of the flowering plant the color indicated on the sheet. Roots are brown, leaves are green, the flower is red, and the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hold That Pose

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars discuss the painting The Radcliffe Family and discuss what it was like for them to hold poses for portraits. In this portrait lesson plan, students then pose stuffed animals and make their own portraits.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pre-School

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars draw their hand, and color their drawing. They count the number of fingure on thier hand. Students count the number of arms on the marine animal in the picture. They count the number of legs and claws on the marine animal...