+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Invent a Critter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a living animal that could survive in at least one specific region and use the digital desert library to gather information. In this invent a critter lesson, students draw a picture of their animal,  describe their animal...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Habitats Activity

For Students 5th - 6th
In this habitat activity, students identify and sort the animals in a box of animal crackers to the habitats to which they belong and then create a graph to document how many animals fit into each habitat.
+
Lesson Plan
Desert Discoveries

Creating a Garden Journal

For Teachers 3rd
Youngsters create science journals which are used to record observations from the school garden. The goal of this activity is to help kids tune into nature by making daily observations on the growth of the plants, and also to take note...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Coyote

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this coloring worksheet, students study a large black line drawing of a coyote. Students will color the picture. There are no word labels on this page.
+
Organizer
Curated OER

QUIZ 1A: Nouns, People, Places, Animals, and Things

For Students 4th - 7th
In this noun classification worksheet, students 25 nouns in the provided word bank and classify them in a graphic organizer according to common and proper nouns that that name people, places, or things.
+
Organizer
Curated OER

QUIZ 1A: Nouns-People, Places, Animals, and Things

For Students 4th - 6th
In this nouns review worksheet, students examine 50 nouns and classify them in the correct columns. This worksheets requires students to note the differences between common and proper nouns.
+
Worksheet
K5 Learning

Landforms

For Students 3rd Standards
Valleys, mountains, and plateaus are just a few geographic landforms on our Earth. Read about these types and more in a brief landform passage. After reading, learners respond to six short answer comprehension questions.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biomes of the World (and Canada)

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Learners explore environments by analyzing food chains. In this biome identification instructional activity, students define a list of environmental vocabulary terms such as tundra, rain-forest and desert. Learners create a fictional...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Camp Expedition

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students select an animal to research that lives in the camp environment. Students spend time using books and the Internet to research their animals, including size and appearance. Students create a mural to depict the environment and...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Camouflage

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn how plants and animals adapt to their environments.  In this camouflage lesson, 1st graders watch a movie that explains animal camouflage, design a butterfly that blends into a classroom habitat, create a mini book...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Change or Adaptation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify the adaptive forces in the life cycle of plants, animals, and humans, isolate and identify the role that change and adaptation play in extreme environments and research and write a short term paper using MLA citations.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Working Like a Dog

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider ways animals help human beings with certain chores, then research more specific tasks dogs are trained to do. They create a help wanted ad enumerating the traits a dog should have before applying for a particular position.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's It All About?- Kansas Prairies

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the interdependence of animal life and the environment. In this Kansas prairies lesson, students read background information on prairies and complete a worksheet to identify the main idea.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Social Studies and Children's Literature

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are read a story about Alejandro and how he builds an oasis to attract animals. Using the text, they discover the needs of the animal not only for water but for safety. They discuss different environmental issues as well as...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Punctuating Sentences

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar activity, students read and punctuate correctly ten sentences associated with a strange desert plant. Students share their findings with their classmates.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

What Type of Skeleton?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this skeletons worksheet, students look at 7 animals and choose which of the following skeletons they have: an internal skeleton, an external skeleton or no skeleton at all. Students draw lines from each choice to each animal.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Living in the Desert: Reading Comprehension

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this comprehension activity, students read a short selection about sand gazelles, then answer 5 multiple choice questions. Answers provided.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Forests, Deserts, & Grasslands

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete activities to become familiar with the content and vocabulary related to biomes and ecosystems in order to mainstream into the classroom.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Personification

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read opening pargraphs in their books and discuss with their peers the meaning of personification. They then identify three instances in the poem "Desert Tortoise" of similarities between humans and animals citing...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ABC Safari

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study the animals and their alphabet letter. In this animal alphabet instructional activity, students associate the animals with their letter and learn facts about the animals. Students may use the cards to classify animals by...
+
Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: The Animal Bus

For Students 3rd
For this English exercises:  the animal bus worksheet, 3rd graders watch the video, interactively select the animals in the song, match the animal name to 8 pictures, fill in 10 missing words from the song using a word bank, answer 5...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bible Activities

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this religious worksheet, learners complete various activities related to the Bible. For example, students color in an illustration from the Bible and solve a related crossword puzzle. Learners also match animals to their homes in a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation 12 - Amphibians & Reptiles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare and contrast the behavior and structure of amphibians and reptiles of Utah. The Division of Wildlife Resources website is an important resource for them to access, for information as well as colorful pictures of...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Message in a Bottle

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write a short story about being stranded on a deserted island. After a brief geography review of locations at various latitudes and longitudes, 6th graders draft their story about being stranded. They use sensory and...

Other popular searches