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What If There's No Light?
students discuss the importance of light and the consequences of living without it. Using a plant as a demonstration, students predict and observe what happens to a plant when it does not receive enough light. In groups, they experiment...
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Invasives and Marsh Birds
Students are taught that invasive plant removal can have a variety of impacts. They are shown this by using graphs. Students view maps of vegetation change on Iona Island. They discuss implications of changes on marsh birds using data...
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Devastating Deforestation Triarama
Students become familiar with the process of deforestation and its impact upon rainforests and people who depend on them. They research endangered and already-extinct species of rainforest animals and plants. Students fabricate a 3D...
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Tropical Forest Food Chain
Learners explore the interdependence of the animals and plants in tropical rainforests. They explore the importance of conserving biodiversity and tropical food chains. They create a tropical forest food chain and identify species that...
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Counting Wheel / Be a Smartie
Students determine that written numerals represent quantities. They match numerals on the clothespins to the same number of objects on a wheel. Clothespins could have words written on them and the wheel should have various themes/ topics...
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Fossil Finds
Students study different animals and plants that have been fossilized, and the time involved. They recognize how scientific information is gathered and is always changing. Afterward, they make replicas of fossils with found-object...
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Leader of the School
Students are read a book about the oceans and discuss the characterstics of the main character that makes him a leader. As a class, they use sponges and contruction paper to make their own ocean scene. To end the lesson, they add cut-out...
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Water is Essential to Life
Students increase their knowledge of why clean water resources are essential to the survival of plants, animals, and people. They deomonstrate their understanding of the role of water for sustaining life by creating an original board game.
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The Rockpool
In this science worksheet, students examine a detailed picture of a rock pool (tide pool) and the many creatures that live in or near it. Students color the picture and try to identify the animals and plants.
Captain Planet Foundation
Worm Your Way Out of This
How can you provide healthy soil for your garden? Study worms, bacteria, and other microorganisms in a lesson about decomposition and organic compost. After discussing what you know about worms and watching a video, watch what worms do...
National Park Service
Nutcracker Fantasy
The Clark's nutcracker bird hides seeds in 25,000 different sites every year to save for winter. Lesson demonstrates how difficult it would be to find these seeds months later when they need them for food. In the first of five lesson,...
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How Dry I Am
Students observe two similar plants as one gets regular water and one does not. They observe plants for a week and record their findings.
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Pine Rockland Walk
Students take a field trip to the pine rockland area and identify three characteristics. In groups, they research the types of plants native to the area and the effect of non-native plants. To end the instructional activity, they...
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Guidebook
Students create a book about plants they observe after identifying and researching them.
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ESL: Vegetation Biomes and Regions
In this ESL biomes and vegetation regions worksheet, learners answer a set of 7 questions about plants, animals, and vegetation regions in their own countries, then color and draw native plants and animals of their country and complete a...
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Rabbit Hill Gardening Planning Sheet
In this garden planning learning exercise, students complete a chart in which students choose 3 plants that can be food for one of 5 specified animals. Students determine the space needed between the plant rows, the number of rows needed...
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Growing Seeds
In this science worksheet, students read 5 different scenarios with varied growing conditions for plants. Students make a prediction for each: Will it grow a little, grow a lot, or not grow at all?
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UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS
Fourth graders explain how in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
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November Science
Students review that all people, plants, and animals live on Earth. They classify objects found in the environment as living or nonliving.
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Archeological Pow-Wow
Young scholars, in groups, examine the use of artifacts and fossils to study people, plants and animals from the past.
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Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Seventh graders identify the types of plants and animals on the Hawaiian Islands. They research information on sanctuaries. They analyze data on fish and fish resources in the area. They write a letter to the President explaining...
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Illustration of Seminole Foods
Students identify 5 types of Seminole foods, illustrating the types of food on paper plates, bowls, and cups. Students explain their favorite foods and identify plants and animals that are part of the Seminole diet.
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Community Conservation
Eighth graders identify plants and animals native and foreign to colonial North America and examine and evaluate the environmental impact of European exploration and colonization. They then relate the environmental impact of Colonization...
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Polluted Rain
Pupils identify and analyze how acid rain can affect the environment. They then explain how air, water, and pollution interact and conduct pH tests to find acidity levels in water. Finally, students become "Pollution Watch Reporters" who...
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