Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Mister Runtles' Bet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers listen to a story dealing with exponential and linear growth. After reading the story, students complete a table comparing information. Using a calculator, high schoolers graph the rice and daily population of flies....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

TRADERS' GAME

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers play a game aimed at demonstrating how relationships with other communities or countries affect the food and fiber system. The game simulates the unequal distribution of natural resources which creates the need for...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Birds of Wisconsin

For Teachers 1st
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Back To School Crossword

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this reading worksheet, pupils analyze 10 words which pertain to Back to school time. Students read clues and fit the words in the crossword puzzle.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cloze Passage: Fishes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this cloze passage worksheet, students read a passage and fill in blanks with words given in a word list. The passage is about fish and their characteristics.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

S-O-I-L Soil

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research soil, its nutrients, and plant growth. In this soil lesson plan, 5th graders create soil journals, trace flowers, and include nutrient information on each petal. Students read an excerpt from "McBroom Tells the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Learning about Titles

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this title worksheet, students read titles, then fill in blanks after reading short passages, selecting a title and then filling in facts.
Activity
Curated OER

Nativity Play

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students participate in a play. In this Christmas lesson, students act out the Nativity. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Ostrich (Struthio Camelus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the ostrich. Discusses physical characteristics, where they are found, the uniqueness of their eggs, the different species, diet, predators, and reproduction.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes Chrysocome)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the rockhopper penguin. Discusses where the name comes from, the three species types, where they can be found, physical characteristics, locomotion, diet, predators, egg-laying behavior, and...
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Royal Penguin (Eudyptes Schlegeli)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the royal penguin. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, how it differs from the macaroni penguin, locomotion, diet, predators, egg-laying behavior, and threats to its...
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Sea Turtle (Chelonioidea)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about sea turtles. Discusses where they are found, the different species, egg-laying behavior, threats, diet, migration, reproduction, predators, and size.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: California Crab Boat: How Do Animals Reproduce?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Join Lisa and her uncle to find out about animals and how they reproduce.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Camp Paws and Claws: Pets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This multi-day series of lessons will engage students in reading and listenting comprehension strategies related to books about animals. Students will retell, dramatize, and illustrate their new animal knowledge.
eBook
LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: The Lost Egg [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The ebook shares the story of an egg that fell out of its nest. Numerous animals encounter this lost egg before its mother eventually rejoined with it.
Handout
Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Mallee Fowl

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the facts on this megapod, the Mallee Fowl. At this site from Unique Australian Animals, you'll find a nice overview on the Mallee Fowl along with several Mallee images.
Interactive
Other

Warrensburg Web Quest Academy Program: Are Chickens the Only Ones?

For Students 1st - 3rd
After reading the book Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller, have students try this WebQuest to learn more about the different types of animals that lay eggs.
PPT
University of Southern California

Structure of Matter: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide show that demonstrates the development of physical structure in the animal world, moving from sponges through mammals.
Activity
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Animal Sign Guide

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this guide to help you identify signs from different animals in the wilderness. Identify tracks, chew marks, signs from animals that build, eggs, and the like.
Website
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Birds

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about birds the only way you can. A bird is a warm-blooded, egg-laying, winged vertebrate that has a body covered with feathers. Find out all about all of the different birds you can here.
Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Placental Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief article defines "placental mammals," lists examples of these animals, and describes the characteristics which render their classification.
Graphic
Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Bunny With Easter Eggs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cartoon bunny surrounded by colored Easter eggs.
Handout
Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Platypus

For Students 9th - 10th
The duck-billed platypus of eastern Australia is one of two mammals that bear their young in eggs. This illustrated article features many facts and photographs about this intriguing animal.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science: Life Sci: Animal Characteristics and Classification

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents an overview of the major animals groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates, invertebrates, those having live births and...