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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Let’s Look Around!: Challenge Activities (Theme 3)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Let's Look Around! is the theme of a unit that offers a plethora of challenge activities. Enhance your scholars' learning experiences and reinforce concepts with activities such as writing a book about farm animals, an...
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National Wildlife Federation

Penguin Fun Facts

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What's black and white and can dive up to 1,800 feet under water? That's right, penguins! Learn this and many other amazing facts about these unique birds with this handy reference sheet.
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Rainforest Alliance

Protecting the Critical Habitat of the Manatee and Loggerhead Turtle

For Teachers 1st Standards
Explore ocean habitats with a lesson that showcases the home of manatees and loggerhead turtles in Belize. Here, pupils compare and contrast the homes of ocean animals to those of humans, listen to an original short story about...
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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.
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National Institute of Open Schooling

Environmental Concerns

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Every year, more than 14 billion pounds of garbage is dumped into the oceans of the world, most of which is plastic and toxic to ocean life. Lesson 32 in the series of 36 focuses on environmental concerns, specifically pollution. Under...
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Nosapo

Reading Activity: Circle the Right

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
Fables can teach us about life's morals, but they are also helpful for reviewing verb tense, spelling, and word choice. Three reading passages feature well-known fables, each with several opportunities for students to circle the correct...
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Re Energy

Build Your Own Biogas Generator

For Students 8th - 12th
What is biogas and how is it made? After examining background information about the sources of biogas and biogas generators, class members follow the provided information and build a biogas generator that can be used in the...
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Curated OER

Spanish Prepositional Pronouns

For Teachers 8th - 12th
There are many different types of pronouns used in Spanish for various purposes. If your class has mastered subject pronouns, object pronouns, and reflexive pronouns, perhaps they are ready to learn about prepositional pronouns. You can...
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Grassland Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Evergreen Project of the Missouri Botanical Garden provides great information. Click on the animal link on the left. There is an introduction to animals in the grasslands, and then you can read more about each...
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Sea World Parks & Entertainment

Sea World: Sea Turtles

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the characteristics of the sea turtle, including classification, habitat, behaviors, and conservation. Helps students to identify these turtles and learn more about them with the list of suggested books.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Giant Kelp

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about forests under the Pacific Ocean! Giant kelp is a forest under the ocean that is divided into layers based on the kind of animal life found there. Kelp is useful in making adhesives, dairy products, and pharmaceutical...
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Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software: Animal Profiles: Wolves

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to information about different kinds of wolves, this site gives extensive information about wolf behavior. Find out the many different ways wolves communicate with each other.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Peafowl

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site to find out all about peacocks and peahens. Find a map to see where their natural home is, read about their habits, see pictures of different kinds of peafowl, and hear their call. From the San Diego Zoo.
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Wonderville Media

Wonderville: Fish

For Students K - 1st
You cannot "pet" a fish, but it is good company. You can watch it swim and play. You can talk to it, even if it won't talk back. Some fish react to a friendly voice or face! There are many kinds of fish. No matter what kind you have,...
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Wonderville Media

Wonderville: Birds

For Students K - 1st
Congratulations! You have a new pet bird. Maybe it's a tiny parakeet. Maybe it's a bigger cockatiel or parrot. No matter what kind of bird you have, it has needs. And now it is up to you to meet your pet's needs! Learn more about Birds...