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Uncommon Animals

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Need to prepare for a performance task assessment on the topic of uncommon animals? Here's an activity that ensures all learners have the knowledge of key terms and concepts to approach the assessment.
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Guess Who?

For Teachers K - 1st
Getting ready for a lesson on animal adaptations can be a  lot of fun. Kindergartners will go on an egg hunt. Once they have collected all the eggs, they will open them up to reveal an image of an animal. Each pupil will act out...
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Shark!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Here is an impressive collection of lessons on sharks. In them, pupils undertake a serious study of sharks, their habitats, their social structure, and how humans adversely impact their existence. These lessons effectively integrate...
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Animal Habitats

For Teachers K
Students study the word habitat and its meaning. They also identify that in order for something to be classified as a habitat there needs to be the proper shelter, food, water, and space.
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Animal Habitats and Their Management

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students review components present for a quality animal habitat and then explore a goose pond to find out what animals reside there. They learn how wildlife managers work with the land so everything can co-exist together.
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Dirty Mud

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine geological information to study benthic marine habitats. In this watershed project, students examine wetland habitats and land uses in a watershed. They will use geological information to discuss the impact of pollution...
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Leaping Lizards

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Here is a fine biology lesson that introduces youngsters to reptiles. They study their feeding habits, their habitats, and the adaptations they must make to survive in their environments. The outstanding lesson includes two excellent...
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Reel in Learning with Reptiles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Whether it’s all about a Jackson Chameleon or a North American Bearded Lizard, learners will be eager to embark on informational text with reptiles.
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Winter Habitats Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
You can culminate studies with winter wonderland creations.
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The Bear Facts

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore various kinds of bears and gather information about them.  In this research and habitats lesson plan, students chart their bear information on large posters with illustrations of their bears. Students map the...
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Lions at Lunchtime

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this lions crossword puzzle worksheet, students discover, locate and answer five across and five down facts about lions and their habitats.
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Food Chains

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this food chain worksheet, students draw in a food web for 6 different habitats: woodland, garden, pond, sea, arctic, and desert. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Frog Friendly Habitat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a frog friendly habitat. In this animal habitat lesson, students study what animals need to survive and then create a frog habitat from a shoe box. Students write a report about frogs and present their habitats...
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Rocky Intertidal Field Trip

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars investigate tides and the land submerged under them.  In this intertidal field trip, Students visit the intertidal zone and observe the habitats and animals that live there.  Young scholars view the pools under...
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Lesson Plans for Sweet Dreams: How Animals Sleep

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the sleeping patterns and sleeping habitats of animals. In this where animals sleep lesson, students research different animal species. Students also write and illustrate an animal picture book, make connections...
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Tree Adaptations

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing adaptations that help trees survive worksheet, students read about the quaking aspens and explain how illustrated adaptations help trees in their habitats. Students write 4 factual statements.
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Venn Diagram

For Students 4th - 7th
In this science study of habitats worksheet, students create a venn diagram to compare the pond habitat with another habitat of their choice.
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Land Reinforcement

For Students 6th - 9th
In this land reinforcement worksheet, learners complete 7 matching questions, 2 short answer questions, and 1 essay question about key points from their chapter on land conservation.
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Layers of the Forest

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners explore rain forests.  In this rain forest ecosystems lesson, students identify and describe the layers of the rain forest. Learners paint and decorate a large rain forest mural. Students write riddles about animals that...
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Nine Lives, One Habitat

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore reintroduction of endangered species into new habitats. They research and promote possible sites for reintroducing populations of Florida panthers outside of their current habitat in the Big Cypress Swamp region of...
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Cardboard Tree and Endangered Animals Lesson

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create endangered animal figures and their habitats.
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Magnificent Mammals

For Teachers K
Students experience center activities to study the habitats and traits of mammals. They play a memory game, eat like mammals, produce artwork and read mammal books.
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Garden of Eden

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students view a video clip about animals and their habitats. They work together to discuss how different animals adapt to their environments. They create a new habitat for a specific animal and draw new adaptations for them.
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Reptiles

For Teachers K
Students investigate reptiles and reptile habitats. They listen to books, cut out magazine pictures of reptiles from National Geographic, sort plastic animals into the categories of mammal, reptile, or amphibian, watch a National...

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