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Mitosis: Divide to Survive

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify the purpose of cellular mitosis. They work in groups of four to use images of animal and plant cell mitosis to illustrate each step in the mitosis process on their graphic organizer.
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Farm Animals

For Teachers 1st
First graders use this Web Quest to find out about 6 different farm animals. They explore what each animal eats and what food humans get from each animal. They study about are pigs, sheep, goats, horses, cows, and chickens.
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Ordinal Positions in a Sequence

For Teachers K
Students study ordinal positions through class reading and discussion, complete an Animal Parade activity sheet and Internet activity to demonstrate knowledge about ordinal positions with 100% accuracy, and play a math computer game.
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Help! Someone Has Destroyed My Home!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use a mystery bag to discover ways in which humans endanger the life of animals by changing their habitat. In this animal habitat instructional activity, 5th graders work with a partner to design a solution to the problem...
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Strawberry Girl: Outdoors in Florida

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore nature by researching the state of Florida. In this animal identification lesson, students read a children' story and research the Internet to discover the difference in animal life between the early 1900's and present...
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Animals: Graphic Organizer

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research information on the animal of their choice using the James E. Gerholt animal series books. They create a graphic organizer (concept web) using Kid Pix Deluxe 3 software, display information on screen, and create a...
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Creature Features

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate animals and how they adapt to their environment. They design a multimedia presentation that includes information about an animal of their choice. They include a title card, habitats, adaptations, and a predator/ prey...
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Writing Thank You Notes

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write to a veteran. In this letter writing lesson, 6th graders identify the five parts of a letter and discuss the importance of sending thank you notes. Students write a thank you note to a veteran.
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It's a Small, Small World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast the different characteristics of animal-like, plant-like, and fungus-like protists. They list examples and describe the characteristics shared by the three protist groups. They create a brochure or slideshow...
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Who's New in the Deep Sea?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the methods and technology that scientists use to study the deep sea and other remote environments.  In this ocean habitats lesson students make observations about organisms from video clips, generate questions and...
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Cryptid Zoo

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore cryptids.  In this story writing and technology lesson, students define "cryptid," write a short script, and draw an illustration for an imaginary animal character. Learners read their script aloud into a microphone...
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Frogs, Frogs, And More Frogs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review the life cycle of a frog. They use the computer to research specific information about their frog and write a descriptive paragraph using the information obtained on the computer. They access websites imbedded in...
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Habitats Past and Present

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the changes in animal habitats. In this ecosystem lesson, students use the Internet to explore the changes in the environment since the 1700's. Students complete a Venn diagram to compare the differences in the animal...
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What is American Culture

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create what they feel is American Culture using a video camera and capturing 5 frames. They are animating parts of a poem in small groups. They decide the set up, create movable figures, and have a music section. Each person...
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Waltz Across Texas

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders conduct research about regions of Texas by using the web. They research an endangered plant AND an endangered animal that is found in their region. Students prepare and deliver oral reports about their region.
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Picture Yourself At New Market

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the functions of technology tools. In this technology lesson, students learn how to appropriately use digital cameras and upload pictures to computers. Students also investigate how to use Windows Movie Maker in order to...
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Aquaculture Science

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students research the different careers in aquaculture.  In this aquaculture activity students complete activities that include a PowerPoint presentation. 
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Using Lines, Dots, And Shapes To Create the Illusion O

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars create the illusion of texture using lines, dots, and shapes in a rendering of an animal.
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Features of Shells

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create a new shell.  In this shell features instructional activity, students different types of shells, discuss their special features and talk about how animals use shells.  Students use the Internet to research...
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Reflecting and Observing on the Field Trip to the Pond

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create an informative caption for photographs taken on a field trip to a pond.  In this pond ecosystem instructional activity, students take photographs and create captions for them.  Learners write a...
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The Rifting of Pangaea and the Gettysburg Battlefield

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze and interpret an animated model of Earth’s rifting processes.  In this Earth Science lesson, 11th graders connect Earth’s rifting processes with the Earth’s surface in the Gettysburg battlefield. ...
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Earth Science: In Depth Look at Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners engage in an interactive Internet lesson covering the reasons and results of earthquakes. After reading eyewitness accounts and viewing animations, they use seismograms to measure and locate the epicenters. In an ongoing study,...
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Obtuse Triangles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore obtuse triangles. In this geometry lesson plan, 4th graders make obtuse triangles with paper and scissors. They determine how to find the center of their triangle.
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Earth Pockets

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the Earth's natural resources. In this Earth science lesson, students read the book The Great Kapok Tree and discuss types of natural resources. Students use categories such as wood, paper, and trees and list items that...