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Mapping Your Schoolyard Habitat
Learners explore the terrain, structures, plants and signs of habitats around their schoolyard. They draw a sketch map showing the different areas around the schoolyard. Students identify the location of weeds and native plants on their...
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Suburban Ecosystems
Students conduct simple sampling of plant and insect biodiversity at ground level in two contrasting environments of their own choosing. They recognize and record different species then compare and contrast species numbers in the two...
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What If We Run Out?
Students explore the consequences of shrinking habitats and the human impact on wildlife populations. They participate in a game to study the consequences and describe the preservation of animal habitats.
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Personal Ecosystem
Students build an aquatic ecosystem using large glass pickle jars. For this ecology lesson, students build and ecosystem then observe and collect data on the habitats. In this long term project students observe a...
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Animal Invasion
Students research and illustrate the natural habitats and evolution of giraffes and other animals imported into ancient Rome. They draw a map of Europe, North Africa, and West Asia and draw the animals from each region in their proper...
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A Giraffe Debate
Students study the life, adaptations, and habitats of giraffes. They investigate the issue of giraffe survival in the wild or in a wildlife sanctuary. They conduct a class debate and present position papers.
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Animal Trackers
Students use space technology to monitor migratory species, map their movements, and gather data about their habitats and possible responses to climatic shifts.
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She Sells Sea Shells in Illinois??
Second graders sorted shells first by methods they thought appropriate and then were instructed on the scientific method of classification by univalve and bivalve. Students then sorted paper shells as a method of assessing knowledge. It...
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Ducks
Students explore and learn about the habitats, diets, and specific attributes of various species of ducks. Students know the names of at least seven species of ducks and at least five criteria for identifying species of ducks.
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Habitat Lesson
Students students explore animal habitats, and demonstrate reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.
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Satellite Tracking
Students apply satellite tagging data to investigate questions related to open-ocean animals, their habitats, and their migratory behaviors. They determine how physical or biological factors determine organism behavior using a data...
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Migration Migraine
Students partipate in a demonstration in which they role play animals migrating between breeding and wintering habitats and encountering hazards at each end of the journey.
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Investigating Local Ecosystems
Students investigate the habitats of local plants and animals. They explore some of the ways animals depend on plants and each other. Students observe living organisms in a local ecosystem and create detailed drawings and descriptions...
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Animal Adaptations
Students will participate in classroom discussions and visit a website to learn more about animals and how well (or poorly) they've adapted to satisfying their needs in their natural habitats. This will help move them toward the goal, in...
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Habitat Hunt
Third graders read several nonfiction texts and practice finding the main idea for the text as well as learn about various habitats. In this main idea lesson plan, 3rd graders read several nonfiction texts and make habitat cards....
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Burs in Your Furs
Young scholars explore the concept of animal welfare. In this wild animal habitats lesson, students discover the work of wild animals in sustaining their habitats as they participate in a classroom simulation. Young scholars discuss how...
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Pet Overpopulation
Students identify ways animal shelters prevent pet overpopulation. In this animal welfare lesson, students review facts about pet overpopulation and consult a phone directory for animal welfare listings. Students call and ask questions...
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Trout Markings
Students paint a trout based on the pictures of trout coloration and markings they see in pictures. In this trout lesson plan, students understand that the markings on a trout are native to their habitats and create camouflage.
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River Otter Adaptations
Students study the body of the River Otter to understand animal adaptations to their habitats. For this animal adaptations lesson, students study the photo of the River Otter and discuss its body. Students then play a game of...
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Getting to Know Some of Pennsylvania's Fishes
Learners research and identify the fish of Pennsylvania. In this earth science lesson, students view ten photos of fish and identify the characteristics of each fish. Learners record observations and practice naming the fish using their...
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Before They Were Pests
Students explore the native habitats and behaviors of common pests to explain why and how household pests enter our homes. Theyexamine the relationship between humans and pests and the limited habitat and resources shared by both.
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Rx Rainforest:
Students identify plant diversity in the rainforest and the role that animals and habitats play in scientific research. They differentiate between natural habitat and laboratory research and work collaboratively to produce a video news...
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Is It Alive?
First graders explore living things and their habitats. They create an original It's Alive! book to demonstrate what they have learned.
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