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Patterns of Heredity

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this heredity worksheet, students will complete a graphic organizer with information relating to heredity, incomplete dominance, selective breeding, and hybrids.
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What Lives in Forests?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this forest activity, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in 3 statements about what lives in a forest habitat.
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What Makes Up an Environment?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this environment worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in the blanks of statements describing different animal adaptations.
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What is Biology?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this human needs learning exercise, students review a graphic organizer explaining the basic human needs. Then students complete 1 true or false and 2 short answer questions.
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Writing Prompts: Prose, Pamphlets and Poems

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars practice reading an atlas and writing prompts. They use graphic organizers to construct their writing prompt. They use the Internet to do their research.
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TerraCycle

What Can Nature Teach Us about Sustainable Design?

For Students 6th - 8th
Talk about Velcro®, Gecko Tape, WhalePower turbine blades, and other innovations that mimic nature to inspire your STEM or engineering class. This set of worksheets gets them thinking about imitating nature in terms of sustainable...
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Dino's Diner

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a modern day dinosaur menu to generate creative ideas regarding what dinosaurs would eat at an imaginary restaurant. They utilize a graphic organizer imbedded in this plan to guide their menu ideas.
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Types of Forces

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study scientific names and descriptions of forces.  In this motion lesson students organize information into a graphic organizer then teach it to other students. 
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Sea World Fieldtrip Follow-up

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a graphic organizer in preparation for a web page about a specific science-related topic. This lesson is used as a follow-up to a field trip experience and can be adapted for many different subjects.
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Our Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a literature study that helps students to connect with some of the issues of conservation. They list parts of the environment that need protection with the help of a graphic organizer. Then students discuss in groups...
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Everything Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use print and electronic media to find the following essential elements of these storms: characteristics, effects, safety and preparation, and interesting facts. A graphic organizer is used to gather and record this key...
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore nature by reading stories in class. In this animal characteristics instructional activity, students read the story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," by Rudyard Kipling and identify the different animals mentioned in the book. Students...
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Impace of Humanities growth on the Surrounding Animal Population

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read books about endangered animals. Using Kidspiration software, 4th graders create a presentation illustrating the plight of endangered animals. They identify problems, develop a graphic organizer, and explain the origin...
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Continental Drift

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students simulate convection waves using a model. For this earth science lesson, students explain the effect of plate movements to Earth's geography. They use the internet to find answers to graphic organizer questions.
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Geography: I Spy Environments

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine nature paintings from a Utah museum for their physical characteristics. In small groups, they observe museum postcards and discuss the season, precipitation, temperature, and geometric shapes pictured. Focusing...
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Scavenger Hunt!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students conduct Internet research to describe products made from corn. They identify how corn produces ethanol, complete a graphic organizer demonstrating the importance of corn production in people's lives, and design a poster about corn.
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What Can Change an Object's Motion?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this object in motion worksheet, students will brainstorm ideas of what can change an object's motion. Then the student will write in supporting details for each idea in a graphic organizer.
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What is Chemical Change?

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this chemical change worksheet, students will write down a chemical change and then write down 3 supporting details for that example in this graphic organizer.
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What Makes Up the Solar System?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this solar system instructional activity, students will fill in the blanks for 5 statements in this graphic organizer based on the objects found in space that make up the solar system.
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Extreme Research Report

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Investigate weather facts and figures to determine what has caused particular climate conditions. Research air pressure, temperature, wind, and humidity. Conduct online research to determine what air pressure, wind, temperature, and...
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The Responsibility of Preservation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Upper elementary and middle schoolers study the case of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird that was once-thought to be extinct. Learners explore the responsibility of people to preserve habitats, and take care of the animals who live in...
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What Is Natural?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Your junior highers will learn about which objects are natural and classify objects as abiotic or biotic. Your class will trace human products to their natural resources using matter cycles and then create their own definition of nature.
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Random House

Focus On: Censorship & Banned Books

For Students 6th - 12th
Billy Collins' "Rain" introduces the Random House 104-page magazine for educators that focuses on censorship and banned books. The resource is packed with teaching guides, articles by noted authors, and links to...
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What's Special About Nonfiction?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine the difference between nonfiction and fictional writing. They identify the characteristics of nonfiction literature and examine how a nonfiction textbook organizes information.