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Botanical Garden Field Trip
Students take a field trip to a botanical garden. In this habitat lesson, students walk through the garden and see various species of plants and animals. Students take a canopy walk and see coniferous trees. Students write about what...
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Biomes of the World (and Canada)
Students explore environments by analyzing food chains. In this biome identification lesson, students define a list of environmental vocabulary terms such as tundra, rain-forest and desert. Students create a fictional self sustainable...
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Community Action
Fifth graders brainstorm a list of decisions that students make daily that affect the welfare of the environment categorizing them as being either helpful or harmful. They then trace local actions to distant consequences to determine how...
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Rain Forest Project
Students recognize the relationships among the various parts of the world's environment. They practice the concepts of ecology and ecology. The importance of recycling and the complexities of world politics is also taught.
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What's Goin' Down?
Middle schoolers explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this service learning lesson, students investigate the locations of the world's rain forests and concerns regarding the world's rain forests.
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Rainforests: What Are They?
Second graders investigate rain forests by reading a habitat checklist. In this environment lesson, 2nd graders read the book The Great Kapok Tree, and discuss what characteristics make up a rain forest. Students explore a...
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Puerto Rican Parrot Paradise
Students investigate the environment of the Puerto Rican Parrot. They visualize the ecosystem with and without information. They conduct research to find information and participate in classroom discussion to demonstrate comprehension of...
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Habitats and All That
First graders read books, complete online explorations and discuss the ways in which animals adapt to their habitats in order to survive. They create accordion books, play matching games and dramatize animal adaptations.
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Prereading
Fourth graders participate in think-pair-share reading strategy in this instructional activity. They identify their purpose for reading as well as purposes for reading fiction/nonfiction. They list and discuss several prereading...
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Rain Forest Stencils
Fourth graders explore animals of the rain forest. They create a drawing of an animal in the rain forest. Students research the animal and write a paragraph about the animal. They use a stencil to create a picture of a rain forest animal.
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The Great Kapok Tree: A Social Studies Lesson
Students examine how plants, animals and people need each other in order to survive. They simulate an ecosystem in a food web and role play certain animals or plants. They answer questions about their simulation to finish the lesson.
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The Great Kapok Tree - Economic Impact of Deforestation
Students read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry. They, in groups, research the economic impacts of deforestation in areas with rain forest and identify resources that humans use from the rain forest.
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The Great Kapok Tree
Students read The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. After reading the story, they center on the controversy of destroying the rain forest or conserving it. Students have to make an informed decision about rain forest destruction.
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Forest Friends Forever
Young scholars investigate how to use the senses to gather information about objects such as size, shape, color, texture, sound, position, and change (qualitative observations are utilized throughout this lesson). They investigate and...
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Aquatic Ecosystems
Ninth graders record information on aquatic ecosystems and create a labeled diagram of an ecosystem of their choice. They can choose from an ocean zone, estuary, river, lakes, or beaches. The student has to explain their biome of choice.
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World Climates Study Guide
In this geography skills learning exercise, students respond to 24 fill in the blank and multiple choice questions about the climate regions and characteristics of the world.
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Pulp Friction
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students have 12 minutes to read a text entitled "Pulp Friction" and answer comprehension questions based on the article. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions.
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Multiple-Choice Questions: Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary
For this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 6 multiple choice questions which require them to read a sentence and determine the meaning of words or phrases in the sentences....
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Skimming Exercise
In this skimming for information instructional activity, students read a passage quickly to find the main ideas. Students have a short period of time to read the passage and complete the questions.
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Adaptations-What a Concept
Learners study the pink river dolphin and how it has adapted to its environment. In this adaptations lesson students construct a map that represents certain relationships.
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Rain Forest
Learners discover three aspects of the rain forest. They describe the people, animals, and vegetation in the rain forest. They identify the changes the rain forest has gone through and the reasons behind the changes. They choose one...
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Water Cycle: Weather Lesson 1
First graders go on a water walk, collect weather data, and measure rainfall for a month. They examine the water cycle in this series of lessons.
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"The Science Times"
Students create their own newspaper after gathering information at the Museum of Natural History's Hall of Biodiversity.
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