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Wildlife Preservers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners research endangered animal species and how they might be preserved by writing speeches to present to classmates.
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Partners in Nature

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students role-play how animals and plants depend on and help each other in symbiotic relationships. Working in pairs, they role-play the animals' relationship. They may also choose to draw pictures of these partnerships.
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Animal Parade

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students begin the activity by coloring animals on the beginning and end pages. They are to put the other pages in order based on the animals place in the parade.
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Build a Bug

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students design an ideally adapted macroinvertebrate to live in a water habitat. They illustrate their animal, name it and specify the adaptations it has that enable it to survive.
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Meet a Creature From Ancient China

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students view an image of a Chinese chimera and complete a chart describing what they see and understand about the creature. They compare funerary customs today to those of ancient China. They compile a list of items that might be...
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Connections

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the interdependence of the West Central African forest ecosystem. They draw pictures of items found in this ecosystem, discuss their interdependence, and answer discussion questions.
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Studies of the Eastern Worlds: Population Graphing

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in several learning/research stations in which they view artwork from various countries of the Eastern world and collect information on the populations of the Eastern countries. They then use this information...
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Observing the Elements of Water

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders conduct a closed circuit experiment to observe the elements of water. They discuss the elements of Hydrogen and Oxygen, and in small groups construct a closed circuit connected to two pencils placed in water. Students...
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Number Families

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the relationship between numbers and number families. They listen to the poem "Kangaroo and Toad" by Shel Silverstein and create a list of the largest animals they can think of. Students then order the animals...
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Point of View and Scientific Truth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the mystery of the "destructive force." They explore the concepts of natural phenomena. Students discuss the limited aspects of natural phenomena and the "whole truth" to generate new hypotheses that can be...
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Getting to Know All About You

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils learn each other's name and at the same time become familiar with the name of an endangered species. Without the student watching, their name and the name of an endangered species is placed on their back with tape. Students go...
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LESSON PLANS

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders encounter how the native and Spanish cultures influenced art on Colonial New Mexico. They experience some of the games, art and tools of colonial New Mexico. Students strive to increase new vocabulary. They also access how...
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Shine Those Shades!

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe as the /h/ sound is demonstrated and repeat it themselves. They practice saying a tongue twister using the /h/ sound stretching out the sound at the beginning of the words. They then take out primary paper and...
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The Fog is Magic

For Teachers 3rd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, 3rd graders complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Get the Facts

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize nonfiction text. After reviewing the highlight and cross out process for reading in order to summarize, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the three step process...
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The Old, Creaky Door

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching and handwriting activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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What Did You Say?

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel E in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read pseudo...
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Ehhh?? I Can't Hear You!

For Teachers K
Students identify the /e/ sound in spoken words in this lesson. They say a tongue twister with words emphasizing the short /e/ sound. They then listen to the story "Peg the Hen" and do an "I Can't Hear You" motion whenever they hear...
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The Not-So-Scary Creaky Door!

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short vowel e in spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel phoneme /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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How Much Sleep Do Animals Need?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read and complete "Guess How Much Sleep These Animals Need" worksheet. They use the chart and record how much sleep different animals get until the chart is full. They then discuss why sleep is important.
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Rocking Chair

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the /e/ with its letter representation and identify the...
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Environmental Risk Management

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concepts related to managing the environment. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students cite examples of different organisms that have been targeted to become endangered. They answer questions...
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E-E-E-E-Extra E-E-E-E-Effort

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to a tongue twister emphasizing the short e sound. They practice writing the letter e and attaching different words with that sound to it. They listen to a book about a dog that enhances the letter e. They write a...
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The Squeaky Creaky Elevator

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson in order to help develop the skills of letter recognition and corresponding sound of the phoneme. This is done with the use of a tongue twister using the phoneme of the letter "e".

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