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What Do You Think About Sharks?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore sharks. They read a story about sharks and act out using Reader's Theater. They discuss fact and attitude statements about sharks and complete a Shark Survey. They create a shark promotion brochure informing...
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Study Of Birds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the Spanish language looking for words related to birds and their habitat. They write phrases and sentences using the words. Gradually they attempt to use the correct sentence structure in conjunction with reading...
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Population Dynamics of Growth of Drosophila

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars experiment with Drosophila to determine if density of female flies, food sources, temperature and light affect the population dynamics of growth. Students graph their data and compare their results to the number of human...
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Experiment on Minimal Segment Size Regeneration of Lumbriculus variegatus

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The experiment allows students to observe regeneration of tailless and headless worm segments into complete individuals. Data of a completed experiment are included as well as a student activity sheet.
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Light My Fire ...Fly

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine fire flies. They measure the frequency of light stimulus used by communicating fire flies. Students explore the concept of organisms using light to communicate. Students film the fire flies and quantify the duration...
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Population Dynamics of Growth of Drosophila

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate population dynamics such as variation in density of females, composition of food sources an environmental factors such as light and temperature on Drosophila. They then relate their findings to human populations and...
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Amazing Bird Adaptions--Why Am I A Bird?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and classify birds found in Illinois. Using the internet, they discover how birds have adapted over time and how the adaptations have increased their life span. They compare and contrast the various adaptations...
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Spring Collecting and Identifying Bumble Bees

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students collect bumble bees in the field, record data, pin and label specimens, answer conclusion questions, and send specimens to research leaders for verification. They improve their ability to work in research teams. Students...
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Spring Collecting and Identifying Bumble Bees

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils collect bumble bees in the field, record data, identify and release specimens, answer conclusion questions, and send data in to researcher leaders. They make research based conclusions based upon the evidence.
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Aphids and Ladybirds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students record observations of ladybird beetles and aphids. They develop questions concerning the behavior of ladybird beetles and aphids that are testable by a classroom experimentation. Students develop an investigation.
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Endangered Species

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the issue of species endangerment by exploring threatened animals, their habitats, and the environmental challenges associated with them. They explore the relationships between living things and their environment....
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I Will Survive!

For Teachers 4th
The students will be given approximately five minutes to individually brainstorm general plant and animals adaptations that they already know about. The class will use these as a starting point to develop a KWL chart specific to desert...
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Exploring Ecology

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the basics of ecology through numerous hands-on and relevant activities. They participate in an online food chain demonstration, which explores food web dynamics. They dissect owl pellets, examine the prey's bones, and...
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I am a Proto-Chicken!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students exercise their imaginations and use their writing and drawing skills to show what they have learned about Protoarchaeopteryx modesta, the proto-chicken. This is a creative project that is graded based upon originality and...
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Snow Lovers or Haters

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explain the three classifications that define how wildlife species react to winter; and name at least four examples each of chionophobes, chioneuphores, and chionophiles.
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The Macaroni Lab

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students are given an introduction to the "ecosystem", what factors make up an ecosystem (biotic factors, abiotic factors, food chain, producers, consumers and decomposers) and how those factors interact.
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"Let's Get to the Point--Summarize!"

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students get rid of unnecessary information. They pick out the most important information. Students write a sentence that covers everything that is important information from the passage. They fill out a check list to check behind...
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What Does a Monarch Caterpillar Eat?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study what monarch caterpillars eat by solving math problems and reading The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth-Century Tale from Japan. They analyze why Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed leaves and solve...
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Life In Extreme Environments

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work together to design and participate in experiments to determine the rate rotifers eat. After completing their experiments, they record and analyze their data and identify any challenges faced during the procedure. They...
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Sand Tracks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the different markings animals make while walking through the sand. In an activity, the teacher hold up the same tracks individually and they must guess the animal who made them. They discuss the results as a class to...
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Sharkland Wiki

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars, while researching the waters around southern Africa and viewing a video of the episode "Sharkland" from Thirteen's series NATURE, critique reliability of online resources and analyze the various components of a wiki. They...
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Loggerhead Nest Management Program

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify the sea turtle management documentary and complete an activity for each slide. They plot the location of nests laid on the island they patrol and discuss their rationale for management decisions. Finally, students...
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Lake Pepperidge Farm

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students calculate proportions to determine the total population of Lake Pepperidge Farm. They collect a blind sample of fish and count the number of tagged and untagged fish. They collect data from all samples and record the data in a...
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Adopt-An-Insect Bingo

For Students 5th - 8th
In this biology worksheet, students select twenty-five terms relating to insects to complete their bingo card as listed on the sheet. Then they match each name or family with its correct description.

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