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Temperate Forest: Comparing Deciduous and Evergreen Trees

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students  compare deciduous and evergreen trees. In this tree instructional activity, students list the differences between these two species of trees.
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De-composers - Terrarium

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars explore the environment by building a mock ecosystem. In this rainforest analysis lesson, students define many environmental and rainforest related vocabulary terms and discuss the current status of our planet's...
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Making a Soil Separator

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate botany by creating a soil separating device.  For this plant life lesson, students identify the needs of plants and how important the right soil is in the growing process.  Students define different soil...
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Richmond Nature Park Field Trip

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify different plants and their uses by attending a field trip. In this Canadian plant activity, students explore the great outdoors of Vancouver, B.C. and discuss the uses of plants by the Native Americans that once resided...
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Forest Ecology

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students examine the different plants and animals in British Columbia.  In this forest ecology lesson plan students explore how ecosystems work, classify animals and investigate food webs and chains. 
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Force and Motion - Part 2

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students test different objects such as dominoes, marshmallows, slides, and more to test their force, motion, gravity, friction, and the concept of matter. In this force and motion lesson plan, students understand that the force an...
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Changing States of Matter - Making Ice Cream

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students make ice cream as a result of viewing changes of states of matter. In this matter lesson plan, students learn how heating and cooling can effect a state of matter to change.
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Pond Ecosystem Field Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate the environment by participating in a class trip. In this pond ecosystem instructional activity, students define a list of vocabulary terms associated with ponds such as invertebrate and metamorphosis. Students...
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Obtaining Food -- The Impact of Over-fishing

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students play a fishing game. In this food supply lesson students regulate their fishing in a game about over-fishing. The students identify resources that could be extracted from that biome.
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Germs and the Body

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore biology by completing an illness worksheet. In this human germs lesson, students identify how germs are transferred from one body to another and the prevention methods that can be taken. Students complete a worksheet...
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Dinosaurs 1: Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore dinosaurs. In this dinosaur identification instructional activity, students watch video clips for different dinosaurs from the Discovery Kids website. Students discuss the clips with their teacher. Students may then role...
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Mental Health 3: Mental Health Through Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the impact and portrayal of mental illness in literature. They develop thier ideas about mental health through the arts in this the third instructional activity on mental health.
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Who Cares About the Forest?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars explore the natural environment and people's views, in particular the Native Americans. For this environment lesson students discover the many uses of wood as it pertains to our natural resources.
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Where Are The Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils study what happened to the dinosaurs and possible causes of extinction.  In this investigative lesson students create dinosaur eggs. 
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Kitty Tunes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students compare cat calls. For this wildlife lesson, students listen to cat calls and compose their own raps that feature the calls of Florida panthers.
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Oh Panther

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students play a game that replicates the balance of prey and predators in an ecosystem. In this physical education activity, students follow the instructions to play "Oh Panther!" Students collect data regarding the game and discuss the...
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Populations – The Survival of the Fittest (Part 1)

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explain in their own words why organisms live together. In this biology activity, students model what happens to organisms if their environment changes. They explain the importance of evolution.
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Populations- The Survival of the Fittest

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the ways that populations become diverse and how mutation changes the diversity of a population.  In this exploratory lesson plan students study natural selection by completing a lab activity and discussing what...
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Flowers and Pollination

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore the environment by researching plant reproduction. In this pollination lesson plan, students define botany related vocabulary terms such as disc flower, petal and fertilization. Students dissect a flower with their...
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Earthworms and Making a Wormery

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the environment by researching insects. In this earthworm lesson, students utilize soil and plexiglass to build a see through wormery in which students can observe the worms at work. Students identify the benefits of...
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The Salmon Estuary And Human Impacts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students have discussions and complete activities about the pacific salmon life cycle and marine parasites. In this salmon lesson plan, students complete activities such as observing sea lice, playing a tag game, and a board game.
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A Peek into the Lives of Stars!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a model of the birth of a star and demonstrate the stages of the star's lifecycle.  For this star lifecycle lesson, students mix flour and water in a jar to model the birth of a star, then role-play the entire...
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Iona Wastewater Treatment Plant Field Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students go on a field trip to the Iona Wastewater Treatment Plant and learn about sewage, waste, and pollution. In this treatment plant lesson plan, students also complete collection samples of quadrats.
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Wind and Air Pressure

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students make an anemometer, barometer, and wind catcher to see how wind and air pressure are related. For this wind lesson plan, students use these tools to measure the wind speed.

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