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Desert Tortoise Adaptations

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students observe the Desert Tortoise in its natural surroundings. In this adaptations lesson, students study and take pictures of an animal in its habitat, then design a PowerPoint which addresses adaptations, biodiversity, and threats...
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The Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore hypoxic (low oxygen) conditions in the Gulf of Mexico.  For this ocean habitat lesson, students hypothesis, design and implement an experiment to explain the existence of the "Dead Zone" in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Habitat Hopscotch

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore animal characteristics by participating in a bat environment game. In this natural habitat lesson, 3rd graders identify the physical anatomy of a bat and discuss their eating and sleeping habits. Students conduct a...
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More Than a Campground

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a class disucssion on the term "habitat". The class brainstorms on what makes a national park special. In small groups, they research a a national park and create a mural depicting those factors that make...
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Force of Habitat

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the Nevada state quarter and discuss the Great Basin and the desert habitat. They draw a desert animal and write a sentence about its attributes and how they help the animal to survive in its habitat.
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Puerto Rican Parrot Paradise

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
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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Plants And Animals in the Local Environment

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students observe the various living things they can find outside their playground making sure to look both on the ground and in the air. They develop a large poster Venn digram, as a class, of plants and animals that live in the air, on...
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Feet Are Neat

For Teachers K - 6th
Students describe several types of bird feet and explain how each type helps a bird survive in its habitat. Students then match birds to their feet and mold bird feet out of clay.
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Know It All: Seals! Teaching Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students discover information about seals, including behavior and habitat. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify various aspects about seals. Students create an illustration or painting of their favorite seal, and...
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Design a Reef!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students design a functional model of a coral reef ecosystem. In this coral reef lesson plan, students identify the energy sources and material cycles of a coral reef. They write an essay about their niche in their own ecosystem.
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Who Lives Here: Otter, Grey Squirrel, Badger, Rabbit or Fox?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this animal habitat worksheet, learners read five clues pertaining to the homes of the otter, grey squirrel, badger, rabbit and fox. Students tell what animal lives in each place. This appears to be an online interactive worksheet.
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Critters in the Classroom

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate with sea urchins. In this ocean habitat lesson, students observe sea urchins and other ocean grazers. Students work with lab equipment to examine the anatomy of these creatures.
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Habitat Hunt

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover how hard it is for animals to find all the items needed in their habitat. In this habitat lesson, students play a game in which they pretend to be an animal, they discover that not all animals can find the food needed...
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Biomes/ecosystems

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine ecosystems through a variety of activities including an Internet hunt, work at centers, and building a diorama on a specific habitat.
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Mangrove Ecology and Adaptations

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a plant or animal that would be well adapted to a habitat they selected. They first learn about Mangroves and their specific adaptations that help them survive in their habitat.
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Bivalve or Univalve (Clam or Snail)?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the meaning of the prefixes "bi" and "uni." In groups, 4th graders observe pictures of shells and handle real shells. Students create a chart to classify each shell as a bivalve or univalve. They identify the...
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Oh No! Oil Spills

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the threats of an oil spill.  In this ecological awareness lesson, students examine the effects of oil spills on animals and our oceans.  Students get simulated oil on themselves and discover ways to clean it up.
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Plants and Animals of Great Bay Animals and Plants of the Estuary

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students participate in a webquest about the plants and animals that inhabit an estuary. They role play as environmentalists researching this habitat and present the results of their research in a creative way.
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Forest Food Web

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore the elements of a forest ecosystem. They examine the elements needed to form a forest food web. Students construct and describe food webs that include nonliving elements of the ecosystem.
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Creepy Crawlers

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners identify the characteristics of an insect and their habitat. They read books about insects, research different types of insects, and create their own insect art. The project also includes the creation of an insect song and...
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Habitat for Plants! There's No Place Like Home!

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners compare and contrast conditions necessary for survival of aquatic and terrestrial plants, identify common and scientific names of plants, and determine correlation between location and plant characteristics. Students then use...
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Coastal Threat: A Story in Unit Conversions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students convert measurements from one unit to another. In this math lesson, students study the environmental consequences of oil spills. They replicate an oil spill event by modeling and scaling.
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Into the Sea

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students display an awareness of the diversity of species in the coral reef, their habitat and adaptations. They conduct research to find and then color code the locations of coral reefs around the world.
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Extinction

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore reasons why the dinosaurs became extinct, and the specific needs (habitat, environment, food) of individual types of dinosaurs.

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