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Nutcracker Fantasy

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
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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Guidebook

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a book about plants they observe after identifying and researching them.
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Growing Seeds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
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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ESL: Vegetation Biomes and Regions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL biomes and vegetation regions instructional activity, students 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...
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Rabbit Hill Gardening Planning Sheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this garden planning worksheet, 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 and...
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UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS

For Teachers 4th
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

For Teachers K
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

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students, in groups, examine the use of artifacts and fossils to study people, plants and animals from the past.
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Illustration of Seminole Foods

For Teachers K - 1st
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

For Teachers 8th
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

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students 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"...
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Rain Forest Concentration Game

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students cut apart 20 color cards that have pictures of rain forest plants and animals. Students use these cards to play a concentration game.
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The Good, the Bad and the Nasty Tasting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the effect of chemicals from marine plants or animals on predator's preferences. In this ecology lesson, students conduct taste tests and collect necessary data. They write their conclusion after analyzing...
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Photosynthesis and Respiration

For Students 7th
In this photosynthesis instructional activity, 7th graders study the effects of photosynthesis and respiration in plants and animals.  Students respond to 21 short answer questions.
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Northwest Hawaiian Islands

For Teachers 7th
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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Mini-Ponds

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this mini pond worksheet, young scholars create a mini-pond ecosystem with soil, water, and plant life. Students let their ecosystem sit for a day and they observe a sample the next day. Young scholars identify all the pond water...
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Where are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand what it means when an animal is extinct. In this dinosaur instructional activity, students create dinosaur dioramas showing their habitat and what in their environment might make them become extinct. students pay...
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Camp Expedition

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students select an animal to research that lives in the camp environment. Students spend time using books and the Internet to research their animals, including size and appearance. Students create a mural to depict the environment and...
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Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore Earth science by completing a worksheet in class. For this botany lesson, students identify the relationship between the Milkweed plant and the butterflies which regularly feed on its nutrients. Students visit a list of...
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Do You Need What I Need?

For Teachers 3rd
Student identify the basic human needs. In this life science lesson, 3rd graders compare the needs of plants, animals and humans. They apply what they have learned by playing a survival team game.
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Mammals: Teeth and Diet

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this mammals' teeth and diet learning exercise, learners read for information, identify kinds of teeth, and sort animals into categories. In this fill in the blank and T-Chart learning exercise, students write multiple answers for two...
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Endangered Species

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students define extinction, name four animals and two plant species that are extinct, list three reasons why animals and plants become extinct, and create ways that would help prevent extinction.
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Exploring the Temperate Forest: Biodiversity and Interdependence

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the consequences of cutting down large amounts of forests throughout the world. In groups, they use the internet to complete a module taking them on a tour through different temperate forests. To end the lesson, they...
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Food Web Mobile

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explain the main concepts of food webs and food chains. They describe the role of animals, plants, and other organisms in cycling energy and matter through a food web by creating mobiles. Lesson contains adaptations for all levels.

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