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In the Wild

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the concept of ecology and how animals are suited to their habitats. In this animal adaptation lesson, 3rd graders identify a variety of plants and animal species that live in a Beech forest.Students create a food...
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Meerkat Quiz

For Students 4th
In this habitats worksheet, 4th graders answer 11 multiple choice questions about the lives, the habitat and the social skills of the meerkats, with answers included.
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Invent an Invertebrate

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Design a new organism with recyclable art materials! After learning about the coastal biome, learners brainstorm challenges that a plant or animal may face. They use their ideas to create a creature, complete with environmental...
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The Magic School Bus Goes to Mussel Beach

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students investigate tides and create a model of an intertidal zone. In this hands-on marine science lesson plan based on a Magic School Bus book, the teacher leads students in a discussion about tides, then helps students model a tide...
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Seaworthy Presentations

For Teachers 1st
First graders research ocean animals and plants on the web.  In this ocean habitat lesson, 1st graders prepare a multimedia presentation.  Students will work on their presentations in pairs and every group should have its own animals or...
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Build a Polyp

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research coral polyps. In this coral polyps instructional activity, students discover the anatomy of a coral polyp and how they feed. Students create an edible coral polyp model.
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Creative Calendars

For Teachers K - 8th
Students review information they have learned on an animal or habitat. After conducting a specific animal or habitat unit, they create a calendar as a culminating project.
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Effects Of Environmental Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars think about what might happen to plants and animals if their environment changed. They play a predator/prey game to simulate what might happen to the praying mantis if the rain forest were cut down.
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A Hungry Cat Searches

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars listen to story Panther: Shadow of the Swamp, and examine how loss of habitat impacts panthers in the Everglades; students alphabetize names of plants and animals found in the Everglades by initial and second letter.
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Biomes: Action for a Healthy Planet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students become environmentalists. They develop solutions to modern environmental problems.
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Learning About Decay Demonstrations

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore decay in ecosystems by investigating a rotting log and/orcreating a decomposition chamber. They make predictions and answer questions about the changes involved.
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Causal Patterns in Ecosystems Section 3

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students design and create a worm and worm free compost tanks for observation of decay in ecosystems. They make predictions, care, and revist tanks using their journals for observation and data collection.
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Roads & Plant Diversity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, collect and analyze samples of native grassland plants near and around a road to show how roads have an impact on surrounding habitat.
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Yellowstone fires: To Burn or Not to Burn

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars determine the causes of the 1988 Yellowstone fire. They list firefighting techniques, describe the aftermath, and list the ecological outcomes of the fire. They perform experiments with ignitable materials found in...
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My Favorite Animal and Me

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners research their favorite animal. They create their own fact book to share about their animal and their habitat.
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Drama in the Refuge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write and perform dramatic presentations about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. They select formats from puppets, plays, improvisational skits, or screened silhouette.
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Pandemics and Epidemics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate data related to population growth, along with problems and soultions: disease cvontrol. They are able to explain how changes in habitat may affect organisms. Students evaluate evolutionary theories and processes.
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Great Lakes Ecology

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify the Great Lakes, and describe the habitat of life of a loon. They are able to point to and explain one of the major river systems that enters the Great Lakes with a focus on the Clinton River and the food webs...
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Improving Wildlife Habitat in the Community

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students design and implement a project to improve wildlife habitat in their community.
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Teaching Kids about the Environment

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify the species of plants and animals found in an environment. They compare these findings to plant and animal species found in an unlike environment. Students acquire and compare soil samples from the two sites chosen.
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Polar Bear Needs a Home!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to the topic of habitat . They create a zoo exhibit fo a polar bear that is being donated to the Albuquerque Zoo. The zoo is not big enough for a brand new cage, so the students choose which of three...
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Coho Salmon and Habitat Loss

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate the issues threatening coho habitat in the BS Interior's Fraser River watershed. They determine how personal choices and actions have environmental consequences. Evaluate human impacts on local ecosystems.
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Through the Eyes of an Owl

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners describe vertebrates in terms of observable body parts and characteristics and describe life cycles of familiar organisms. They identify familiar organisms as part of a food chain or food web and describe their feeding...
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Vertebrate Dioramas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are able to describe the development of their chosen form of vertebrate life from the past to the present in a four to six page typed paper. They explain the use of phylogenetic tree. Students use the phylogenetic tree to...

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