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Farm Stories, Animal Webbing, Favorite Farm Animal Graph

For Teachers K
Students brainstorm animals they would expect to see on a farm. They save these on a Kidspiration web. Students watch or read a farm story. They discuss the characters. Students vote for their favorite farm animal and crate a graph using...
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Science: Animal Body Parts

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars examine animal vocabulary words and identify which animals have those characteristics. In small groups, they play an animal card game involving more vocabulary words. Students continue to drill on terms by completing...
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Animated Project for Curriculum Areas

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners use an animation program plan and create a short animation movie showing what they have learned in math or any other curriculum area.
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Plant and Animal Cells - Are they Different?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners observe the similarities and differences between plant and animal cells. In this cell activity, students use microscopes to observe self prepared slides of animal and plant cells.
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Horse Sculpture (or animal of choice)

For Teachers 6th - 9th
After a discussion on horse in art and a presentation on safety techniques using materials, students construct a horse sculpture (or other animal of their choice) from sticks and natural fibers.
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Animal Behavior

For Students 6th - 12th
For this animal behavior worksheet, students will read information about reflex behaviors and instinct behaviors. Then students will complete 1 short answer and 1 fill in the blank question.
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Follow Those Tracks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe a picture containing patterns of animal tracks, infer what might have happened based upon the pattern of tracks, and write a story describing what might have happened.
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Animal Classification

For Students 4th - 6th
In this animal classification worksheet, students read for information and comprehension. In this fill in the blank and multiple choice worksheet, students answer five questions.
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Beginning Matching - Animals Part 2

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this ELL, animal vocabulary worksheet with an animal theme, students match 9 different animal vocabulary words to 9 pictures of different animals.
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Gray Whales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Explore the majestic grey whale while deepening your understanding of animal adaptations. Grey whales from head to toe are specifically designed to fit their environment. Learners will examine the ways in which the flippers, head, body,...
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Human VS Animal Skeletons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research and compare human and animal skeletons. They identify human skeletons basic functions and parts.
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The Art of Adaptation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine and discuss animal adaptation. They read an article about snakes, conduct research on ways animals adapt, develop a diagram, and write a short story written from the perspective of the animal they researched.
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You Talkin' To Me?: Investigations in Animal Behavior

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate a variety of animal behaviors, examine various modes of animal communication, and develop a catalog analyzing, interpreting, and reporting their results.
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Animal Adaptions

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the idea that adaptations are necessary for the survival of a species. They gather books, magazines, and identified web sites to pick three species of animals, describe the type of environment in which each of the...
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Species Charades

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students identify endangered species. In this endangered species lesson, the teacher leads a discussion about endangered species, then the class plays a game of charades to pantomime animal behavior.
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Animal Behavior

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate stimulus-response behavior, learned behavior in animals and innate behavior in animals. In this animal behavior lesson plan, students answer questions about their reactions to a toy cap gun that is fired off in...
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English Exercises: Animals 1

For Students K - 1st
In this animal names interactive worksheet, students use drop down menus to choose the name of each of 15 animals that are pictured. They submit their answers using the "Done" button.
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Animal Similes

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this recognizing similes worksheet, students read the words in the word bank for clues and fill in the blanks with animal names to complete the similes. Students write 12 short answers.
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Beginning Matching - Animals Part 1

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this ELL, animal vocabulary learning exercise, students match 9 different animal vocabulary words with 9 different pictures of animals.
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Comparing Plant and Animal Cells

For Students 8th - 10th
In this comparing plant and animal cell worksheet, learners use a microscope to observe cheek cells and onion cells. They compare their observations and answer 3 questions about their discoveries.
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How Animals Use Their Senses to Find Food

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students plan a scavenger hunt for food and provide classmates with clues. In this animal adaptation lesson plan, students view videos showing how various animal species find food. They create a scavenger hunt for their classmates that...
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The Key To Classifying Animals

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explorers of the environment construct a dichotomous key for a variety of organisms and design a key to classify Galapagos animals based on descriptions and images. The lesson includes a link to an animal gallery and the worksheet for...
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Global Greenup

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students utilize satellite images to track the life cycle of vegetational growth over a large area. Animal migratory patterns are compared to this cycle.
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How Do Pinnipeds Stay Warm?

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Learners experiment to determine ways different types of insulation materials work. In this animal adaptation lesson, they make hand coverings from plastic bags, shortening, feathers, and wool. They observe effects of these insulating...

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