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WHAT ANIMALS GIVE US?

For Teachers K
Students examine how animals on a farm provide us with many resources.
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Alphabetizing Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to an explanation of how to put words in alphabetical order with examples provided. Students complete the worksheet to alphabetize animal names independently.
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Neat Feet

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students view a video and discuss different kinds of feet found in the animal kingdom. They make prints using paint, rubber stamps and their own feet and then measure and compare the tracks.
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Animal Coverings

For Teachers K
Students categorize animals by their coverings. They list descriptive words, explore a science center with actual animal coverings, match pictures of animals with coverings, and categorize pictures of animals by their coverings on a...
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Animal Homes

For Teachers 1st
Children visit one particular website to explore animals that live in different habitats. After visiting the website, they choose to research one habitat and the animals that live there. They create a poster about their animal and where...
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My Farm

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students explore repetition in music. In this music lesson, students discover the lyrics of a folk song from Argentina about farm animals. Students read about farms and the animals found on farms prior to learning the song in high and...
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Where Are The Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars study the existence of dinosaurs as a precursor to learning about extinction. In this dinosaurs lesson, students watch dinosaur video at assigned web sites. They discuss what they observed in the videos including how the...
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What Is A Cave?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore their existing concepts of caves and match them with a working definition to use during the unit. They name the two types of rock formations in which most American caves occur, and define "show cave" and "wild cave."
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Log Hotel

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify how the different plants and animals work together to cause the changes in the log. Students discuss the sequence of events in the life of the tree and log. Students plant a seed to take home and care for. Students...
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It Takes All Kinds!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars view video clips and observe similarities and differences between animals. They sort animals into groups for a zoo. They make a graph of their observations and review scientific classifications.
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Identifying plants, animals, insects, reptiles, and birds on the prairie

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students identify all of the plant an animal life on the prairie.  In this plant identification lesson plan students divide into groups and draw sketches of things they saw on the prairie. 
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Investigating Animals in Water

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students observe small animal activity. They identify local water animals and describe the habitats where water animals can be found. Students collect samples to observe in the classroom.
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Creating New Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students navigate an interactive web site to create imaginary animals. They research one or more animals. They create one page report with pictures. They discuss attributes of animals they have researched.
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What Does Christmas Mean to Me?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write an essay entitled "What Does Christmas Mean to Me?" In this writing lesson, students express their feelings about Christmas in an essay. Students discuss ways they have given to others during the Christmas season, then...
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Introduction To Floral Morphology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a model of the four basic whorls of flowers using a water bottle, construction paper and Q-tips. They then examine fresh flower specimens to see how the basic structure can vary in different species of flowering plants.
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What Animals Live in the Rice Paddy?

For Teachers K
Students listen to a story about turtles leaving a rice field to go to sea. In this literacy and social science lesson plan, students discuss the story, write a sentence describing each turtle, and draw a picture of the turtle's home in...
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Our Link To The Past

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore how we are linked to the past and what that means. Inquires are made into the concept of history as the passage of time and changing seasons.
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Teeth and Eating

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students conduct online research of different animals and their diet. In this animal lesson, students identify the various types of diets each animals has and their teeth. This research is done on the Internet.
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Counting in Pairs: Animal Homes

For Teachers K - 1st
In this counting by 2 worksheet, students draw a line from each pair of animals to their home. Students count the total number of animals of each type.
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The Ice Age

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the ice age and the causes of it.  In this Ice Age instructional activity students examine why those animals became extinct and complete activity sheets.
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Making Nests

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the lives of birds by researching their natural habitats. For this nest building lesson, 2nd graders investigate the craft of making a bird nest and discuss their useful qualities for the animals. Students utilize...
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Stormy Weather

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders demonstrate their knowledge for how animals survive in natural environments when a storm occurs. In this science/writing lesson, 5th graders engage in a listening activity with the teacher. Additionally, students write a...
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Keeping Our Pets Safe In An Emergency

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students fill out worksheets that teach them how to prepare for emergency situations and how to enable animal safety in emergency situations. In this emergency lesson plan, students talk about different kinds of emergencies and how they...
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Interview Wildlife

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study wildlife. In this environment instructional activity, 5th graders choose a wild animal, write questions to interview the animal if they could, find the answers to these questions by doing research, and write a...