Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Animal Habitats: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers 3rd
The activities and exercises in this packet, the third in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on animal habitats, are designed for learners who need extra support with the basic...
Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Animal Habitats: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers 3rd
This activities in this packet, the second in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on animal habitats, are designed specifically for English language learners.
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Anthropogenic Biomes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If you teach a man to fish, he will never go hungry—or he will overfish and permanently damage the ecosystem? Address the traditional biomes as well as the human-included ecosystems and contrasts the biotic and abiotic factors in each....
Unit Plan
National Geographic

Animal Habitats

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Explore animal habitats and reinforce speaking, listening, reading comprehension, and writing skills with a unit that focuses on the Arctic, desert, ocean, prairie, and rainforest. Enthusiastic scientists read informational text to...
Activity
Curated OER

The Gopher Tortoise

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Can you believe the gopher tortoise was around when the dinosaurs were walking the Earth. Learn all about this creature that is one of Florida's most popular reptiles. Hands-on-activities and a glossary full of scientific terms...
Handout
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Adaptations – Designs for Survival

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
What's the difference between behavioral adaptations and physical adaptations? Learn about the various ways that organisms adapt to their environment with a worksheet about the creatures of the Hudson River.
Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Manduca sexta: Caterpillar Dissection

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Caterpillars have an amazing, yet tough job to perform in their short lives — eat much, avoid predators, and try not to let all those comments about being the unattractive stage of the life cycle get to them. How do they handle it all?...
Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How do seeds get around? It's not like plants can control seed dispersal—or can they? Dig deeper into the amazing mechanisms of seed dispersal observed in tropical plants through interactives, a video, and plenty of hands-on data...
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Anthropocene: Human Impact on the Environment

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Will human existence define an epoch? Many scientists think we are in a new epoch, the anthropocene, defined by humans and our impact on the environment. An online interactive demonstrates the immense impact humans have had on every part...
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

WildCam Gorongosa

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
After years of war and unrest, how quickly will nature recover? Started as a project to track lion populations, WildCam Gorongosa now tracks many species. Through hidden camera evidence, scientists know species are returning to the area....
Handout
Australian National Botanic Gardens

Aboriginal Plant Use in South-Eastern Australia

For Students 9th - 12th
The Aboriginal people of Australia survived for over 40,000 years by using the plants that grow in the bush for food, medicine, tools, and utensils. Introduce young botanists to the wonders of the Outback with a 25-page packet that...
Lesson Plan
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Jump, Glide, or Fly? Exploring Bird Evolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How have birds evolved from prehistoric animals? With the three-part lesson, small groups first research different prehistoric animals and determine whether they are birds. Then, scholars explore different bird adaptations using the Flap...
Lesson Plan
Community Resources for Science

Food Webs/Clipfish

For Teachers 6th
Human impact on habitats can be alarming. A hands-on activity has learners explore the impact of human interactions with different environments using a gamified approach. They simulate the impact of a species' abundance under different...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Wildlife Federation

Forest Floor Investigation

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Most living things go unnoticed. Change that using a fun activity about the nutrient cycle. Pupils use hula hoops to mark areas of study and then make observations about the living things they see. They first make surface observations,...
Website
American Museum of Natural History

Fascinating Fish

For Students 6th - 12th
A fish is not just a fish. So many fish in remote places have unique characteristics. Take a trip with an ichthyologist to the Congo River to discover the species of one of the most diverse fish populations in the world. The online...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sampling and Comparing Biodiversity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compares the density and distribution differences of four species of spiders in two hypothetical habitats. They "sample" two habitats and then do calculations such as average density and relative distributions to compare the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Working for Water

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners examine the ways that government works to help improve aquatic habitats. In this water habitats instructional activity students view a video and plan a school restoration project. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Marine & Aquatic Habitats Activities - Habitats of Birds, Fish, and Mammals on the Island and the Pacific Region

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create habitats in jars to understand integral aspects of plants' and animals' habitats.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Looking for Biodiversity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore habitats and see that there are a variety of plants that can be found and that biodiversity is an important characteristic.  In this biodiversity lesson students complete an activity that explains how to perform a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Puerto Rican Parrot Paradise

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the environment of the Puerto Rican Parrot. They visualize the ecosystem with and without information. They conduct research to find information and participate in classroom discussion to demonstrate comprehension of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biomes: Freshwater & Seawater

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars observe organisms behavior and adaptations.  In this biomes lesson students conduct fieldwork to determine water quality and answer questions about the differences between different habitats. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Maintaining Strong Fisheries

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners play a game about the life cycle of a blue crab in order to witness the causes of changes in the crab population and discuss what a resource manager could do to keep a stable crab population. Students then create a game titled...
Organizer
Curated OER

What Are Some Different Food Chains?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this food chains worksheet, students compare and contrast examples of food chains in aquatic and terrestrial habitats. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Down There?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils analyze data on coral reefs and use this to help characterize reefs.  In this mapping coral reefs lesson students identify and explain the major threats to coral reefs.

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