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Animals Word Search Puzzle
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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Word Search Match
Go beyond a traditional word search with a clue matching, word search combo. Scholars read clues, write the word that matches, then search for the word in a puzzle. Clues and words offer insight into the life of polar bears.
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Australian Animals Internet Hunt
In this online/interactive worksheet about animals in Australia, students 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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Scavenger Hunt Worksheet
Exactly how environmentally friendly is your school? From the air fresheners in the bathrooms to the cleaning solvents used in the classrooms, young conservationists search the school grounds for sources of air pollution in...
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Animals Letter Shapes
Add some excitement to a basic life science worksheet by using this simple word puzzle! Scholars read 8 definitions and write the correct animal-related vocabulary word in the boxes provided. The boxes for each definition show the...
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Academic Raceway: Animals
Race to the finish line with this interactive PowerPoint! Students must answer multiple choice questions about animals to get to the Winners' Circle. Tip: Have students play individually until they can get all of the questions correct.
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Animals Vocabulary Decoder Worksheet
Add some decoding to your scholar's review of basic life science terms in this decorder instructional activity, where students match 15 words to their definitions. Words such as mammal and amphibian must be matched to their written...
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Internet Animal Scavenger Hunt
In this Internet animal scavenger hunt worksheet, students do research online to answer 10 essay questions about animals. No specific site suggestions are given.
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Internet Scavenger Hunt
Students use a computer and the internet to click on highlighted words to find certain answers. They then write the answer to the questions on paper. Finally, students choose one animal to write about. They research the animal on the...
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Games on Echolocation
Get a little batty with life science! This fun simulation game replicates how bats use echolocation to hunt moths in their native Hawaiian habitat. After creating blind folds and discussing some basic principles of echolocation, students...
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Animals Quick Vocabulary Review Worksheet
In this animals vocabulary activity, students write the animal vocabulary word that goes with the definition. Students complete this for 15 words.
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Animals-Spelling Activity
In this animals spelling worksheet, students are given definitions related to animals and their habitat, then fill in missing letters in words to complete the matching animal spelling word.
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Animals Vocabulary Maze
In this animal vocabulary learning exercise, students read the clue and answer it with an animal vocabulary word and then find the word in the maze. Students complete 14 questions.
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Internet Invertebrates Scavenger Hunt
In this invertebrates scavenger hunt learning exercise, students research on the Internet 10 various types of invertebrates. They read each question first to determine what they need to look for on the Internet. Then, students respond to...
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Word Grid
For this soil worksheet, students find words that represent soil words in a word search. Students search for 9 words in this word search.
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Panther Scavenger Hunt
Students research a website to learn about the Florida panther. In this animal research lesson plan, students use the scavenger hunt directions to search a website about Florida panthers. Students also solve word puzzles within the...
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Soil Treasure Hunt
Students explore the concept of soil and decomposition. In this soil and decomposition lesson, students investigate bags of soil. Students then learn how animals and other organisms help in the decomposition process.
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The Water Cycle for Schools: Advanced Ages
Explore the water cycle in an interactive diagram of the process. The diagram shows how water is a moving system and constantly changing forms. The resourc includes vocabulary words that pupils click on in order to discover more about...
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A Dinosaur Scavenger Hunt
Students explain what a fossil is, learn six dinosaurs and tell one characteristic about each, then describe verbally what a dinosaur might have looked like.
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Beneficial Bug Scavenger Hunt
Many people think of bugs as annoying pests to be squashed, but most insects and spiders are beneficial, eating the actual pests or pollinating plants. After reviewing some of the common bugs in your area (they may differ from those...
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Night Hike
Learners explore Upham Woods at night and investigate about the special adaptations of nocturnal animals. They identify three nocturnal animals and how they are adapted to the night. Students explain what night vision is and how it works.
Out of Africa Wildlife Park
A Thematic Learning Guide to Lions
Written as an accompaniment to a field trip to the Out of Africa Wildlife Park in Arizona, this is an interdisciplinary, themed lesson on lions. Even if you cannot take your upper-elementary kids to this attraction, there are a few...
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Habitats of the World
Learners discover that the Earth supports many different animal habitats. In this habitat instructional activity students research different habitats of the world. Learners show how the animals in their habitat are adapted.
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4-h Veterinary Science Activity Page
The 4-H teaches students about agriculture, health, and animal care - the last of which is the focus of this activity. From dogs and cats to pigs and hedgehogs, this worksheet provides helpful tips for caring for animals, as well as...