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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Smithsonian Education presents a series of three lesson plans whose focus is plants and animals in their role as partners in pollination. Each lesson plan comes complete with clear learning objectives, materials list, subjects covered,...
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Reproduction in Plants and Animals

For Students 2nd - 4th
Reproduction in Plants and Animals. The ability to produce more organism similar to themselves is a very important characteristic of all living organisms. The process by which they do so is known as reproduction. [0:21]
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian in Your Classroom: Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination

For Teachers 4th - 9th
A lesson unit on pollination. Includes background information, lessons and activity pages. One handout is in Spanish.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Britannica Kids: Ireland: Natural Resources, Plants, and Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of Ireland's natural resources, including both the plant and animal life.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: The Desert

For Students Pre-K - K
Learn about the plants and animals that live in the desert. Book includes audio narration in 8 additional languages with text in English.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: The Prairie

For Students K - 1st
Learn about the plants and animals that live on the prairie. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: Spring Comes to the Desert

For Students K - 1st
Learn about springtime in the desert and the plants and animals that live there. Book includes audio narration in 20 additional languages with text in English.
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Biodome De Montreal: Fact Sheets: Plants and Animals of the Biodome

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a searchable database with fact sheets for animals and for plants from a variety of ecosystems, including tropical forests and the Antarctic. The fact sheets have several pictures and very detailed information about each species.
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Other

Ohio Dept. Of Education: Plants and Animals Around the Year

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This is a unit for Grade Two where students investigate the plants and animals found in their schoolyard and prepare a poster display.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Life Cycles of Plants and Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This lesson activity helps students learn that things change over time and how both plants and animals change in their life cycles. They will demonstrate what they've learned on a Venn diagram and a t-chart.
Website
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Where Plants and Animals Live

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining habitats where plants and animals live. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Prairie Life: Observation and Recording of Plant and Animal Life

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars will learn about prairie life as they investigate the plants and animals that live there. They will then share their observations with their classmates.
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Other

Nature's Partners: Pollinators, Plants, and You [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers will love this comprehensive Grades 3-6 curriculum on pollinators. There are six modules of detailed plans and accompanying materials. Pre-assessment activities and teacher background information, as well as supplemental...
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: The Forest

For Students K - 1st Standards
Take a walk in the forest and enjoy the trees and animals that live there. Book includes audio narration in 7 additional languages with text in English.
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Illinois State Museum: Mazon Creek Collection Database

For Students 9th - 10th
Mazon Creek fossils are named for the collecting area in northeastern Illinois where many of the best specimens are found. They are an important source of information about the plants and animals that inhabited this part of North America...
Website
Other

Australian Tourism: Facts and Planning

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the official website for Australian tourism. It presents facts about Australia's geography, weather and climate, time zones, currency, and plants and animals, accompanied by excellent imagery. A useful feature of this page is...
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Who Loves Carrots?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A book about carrots. They are good for people and many animals like to eat them too. Includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.
Graphic
My Science Site

Pond Water Plants and Animals [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource depicts some pond water plants and animals one might happen to spot while peering through their microscope lense. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Investigating Animals Packet: Pre K and K: Summer of Possibilities

For Students Pre-K - K
Use these animal-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures while investigating animals.
Activity
Virtual Bangladesh

Virtual Bangladesh: Flora and Fauna

For Students 9th - 10th
A cursory look at the flora and fauna of Bangladesh. Provides links to information on the country's birds and animals.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Nature Reflections: Interactive Language Practice for Ell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Detailed lesson plans and materials designed for ELL/ESL students that has them observing, discussion and writing about, and from the perspective of, plants and animals. Students create a book (may be bilingual) to be reviewed by peers....
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cell Structure Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on plant cell structures including the parts of cell structures and their functions, cell structures that are in both plants and animals, and the cell structures found only in plants and their functions. Links to a...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Who Am I? Plant and Animal Life in a Pond

For Teachers K - 1st
After learning about pond life, students play a game where they must ask questions to discover the name of an animal or a plant displayed on a card placed on their backs. A set of images, a questioning sheet, and a list of vocabulary...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Wetlands and Habitat Loss

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about wet lands and the plants and animals that live there . A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

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