Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
Focus: Spelling Common Words
If you’re going to get a tattoo, make sure your artist writes it right because it’s hard to correct their inkings. That’s the big idea in this short lesson on commonly misspelled words like their/there/they’re and it’s/its. Images and a...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Fifth graders enjoy learning more about animals and their habitats as they explore the Internet sites in these Student Activities based on the main characters in Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats of NIMH.
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Anne Frank: The Island of the Skog
Students read and discuss The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg and examine the illustrations, keep a "discrimination log," and write about one example of discrimination and how they could have intervened to stop it.
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Food Poisoning
Identify strategies that prevent food-borne illnesses and contamination. National Standard 14.4.1 Identify food-borne illness Identify types of food-borne illness and their symptoms: botulism, e-coli, hepatitis, salmonella, staphylococci...
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Mealworm Metamorphosis
Students observe offspring (mealworms) that do not initially resemble their parent organism (darkling beetles) throughout complete metamorphosis. They also create and maintain an appropriate habitat for the mealworms.
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Owl Pellets
Students examine and discuss what owls eat and how their digestive system works. They dissect owl pellets, identify the bones found, and analyze and record the results.
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Structural and Behavioral Adaptations
Learners participate in a role playing lab that allows students to experience how different beak adaptations play a role in the type of food the animal can eat, therefore playing a role in the survival of the species.
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Trash Bashing
Students define trash, garbage, or solid waste, discuss ways of disposing of trash, list examples of biodegradable materials, and have trash relay race in order to sort trash into appropriate containers labeled biodegradable, reusable,...
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Australian Mammals: Evolutionary Development as a Result of Geographic Isolation
Young scholars comprehend the difference between monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals. They are able to compare and contrast these organisms (Australian mammals) with other mammals. Students are able to identify Australian...
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Wonderful World of Bats
Students create a book about bats. They write a letter to a scientist containing questions about bats. They compare the socialization of bats to humans; compare the needs of bats to humans and other animals.
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Beaver Ecology
Learners investigate beaver adaptations, life cycle, and the effects of beaver behavior on ecosystems. They compare and contrast how beavers influence the ecology of both forest and aquatic ecosystems.
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Circulation and Respiration
In this circulation and respiration learning exercise, students complete 3 fill in the blank questions and one short answer question about the different parts of the cardiovascular system.
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Birds and Mammals
In this science activity, students create details given an imaginary story to reinforce the topics of mammals and birds. The second page has more puzzles for them to do.
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Building New Landforms
In this landform learning exercise, students read 6 paragraphs about the process the Dutch used to build new landforms and threats they face today. After reading the background information, students complete 3 short answer questions...
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Words in a Word
In this holiday vocabulary game, learners create words using the letters in "Merry Christmas." Students cut out letter cards and use them to make words to fit the 15 clues. Example: Bashful--- shy.
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Classification
In this classification activity, learners use information describing the ways biologists compare living things to complete 4 matching questions.
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Outside Animals Crossword Puzzle
In this outside animals activity, students explore all the possible animals that live outside in the wilderness and their habitats and then find the answers to fifty questions associated with those animals in a crossword puzzle.
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Crossword
In this crossword worksheet, students, after studying and discussing world-wide animals, complete a crossword puzzle involving twelve key clues.
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Bird Beaks and Feet
In this bird adaptations worksheet, students look at different bird pictures and determine what the bird eats and where it lives by looking at its beak and feet. Students complete a graphic organizer and 5 short answer questions.
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Food Chains and Food Webs
In this biology worksheet, students read about food chains and food webs. They then answer 4 questions regarding the information they just learned. The answers are on the last page in the packet.
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The Animal Kingdom
In this animal kingdom worksheet, students read for information and determine comprehension. In this matching and fill in the blanks worksheet, students answer twelve questions.
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Using a Dictionary
In this dictionary usage worksheet, learners read facts about the dictionary and practice using a dictionary page to answer questions. Students write four short answers.
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Biology Trivia Questions
Students answer 71 questions about a variety of topics in biology. For this biology trivia lesson plan, students use the internet to find the answer to questions about the systems of the body, their structures and functions, the...
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Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet
In this animal hands and feet worksheet, students complete 4 pages of exercises that pertain to claws, paws, hands and feet. Students read clues and match them to the animals. Students analyze pictures of animal parts and match them to...
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