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Bird Banners

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, after researching the internet for information about native bird species, create an informational banner. They follow all the directions from their copy of "Bird Banner Guidelines" and complete this task in groups of four or five.
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Sustainable Forestry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers evaluate a forest for timber harvest and discuss potential impacts of logging. In this sustainable forestry lesson, they work in groups in a forested plot to choose trees to cut based on species and stem diameter and then...
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Where Has It Been? Tracking the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

For Teachers 5th - 8th
By studying the assumed extinction, and subsequent rediscovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, learners use maps and come up with a scenario for the rediscovery of the bird. This incredibly thorough lesson plan is chock-full of...
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Reebops a Model "Organism" for Teaching Genetics Concepts

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Reebops are cute, marshmallow-based creatures that can be used to teach inheritance. Beginning biologists draw strips of paper that represent chromosomes from two envelopes, one for the father, and one for the mother. Each parent...
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Endangered Animals

For Teachers K - 12th
Students listen to a teacher led lecture on jaguars, their habitats, and how they became endangered. Using a specified web site, they choose an endangered animal to research. After gathering information, students participate in...
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Hoot: KWHL

For Teachers 6th - 8th
How can we help endangered animals? Learn about which animals are endangered and what people can do to protect them with a lesson plan based on Carl Hiaasen's Hoot. After completing a KWHL chart to note what they already know and...
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Create a Non-native/Invasion Species

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students view a video about non-native/invasion species. They create a non-native/invasion species that they think would have an impact on farming, industry, recreation, or water in the local environment.
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Species Interactions

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Pupils study the scientific concepts of biodiversity and conservation through the use of basic equations of population growth and hands-on experiments/simulations. The lesson includes a take-home assignment which can be used for final...
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Threatened Species and Public Policy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the Endangered Species Act and its impact on people and the environment. They read the act and watch video footage. They examine why sea turtles are endangered and efforts to protect them. They analyze numerical results...
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Endangered Species

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science activity, students research and discuss twenty key terms/areas/animals associated with being connected to endangered species and then locate and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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Non Native Species: English Ivy-Landscape Plant or Deadly Killer?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine an area overrun by English Ivy. They explore how invasive species affect an ecosystem. They also study about the lack of biodiversity and how to measure it out in the field.
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Protecting Habitats and Species

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners recognize that scientists continuously gather and interpret data to understand and predict relationships among natural phenomena. They research various volcanoes and plot the volcano locations on a world map.
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Penguin Species - Venn Diagram

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this science comparison worksheet, students complete a Venn diagram in which they compare two penguin species. They write the differences in the outer circles, and the similarities in the center section. They summarize the differences...
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Extinction Extravagance

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners brainstorm and discuss what it means for a species to be considered endangered and/or extinct. They research animals in Puerto Rico and choose one that is considered endangered and create a poster about it. In addition, they...
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Return Of The Living Dead

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research endangered animal species that have 'beaten the odds' as they continue to survive longer than scientists had expected. They write individual pages for a class book about endangered species.
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Ecology Community Status

For Students 7th - 8th
In this ecology community status instructional activity, students research their state's ecosystem, make a chart of the biodiversity, analyze the chart and identify issues with wetland species.  This page has several links to...
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The Game of Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the game of life which refers to what happens to a species when most of the population is gone.  For this endangered species lesson, students describe what it means for a marine animal to be endangered. Students...
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The Loneliest Animals

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the different species that are headed towards extinction.  In this animal population lesson students compare the causes of extinction, research an endangered species and present an oral report. 
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Biological Diversity and Conservation

For Students 7th - 12th
In this biological diversity worksheets, learners will use a word bank to fill in the blank of 8 statements about biological diversity. Then students will decided if 7 statements about the importance of biodiversity are true or false....
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Endangered Relationships

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the interrelationship between the horseshoe crab and red knot. In this ecology lesson plan, students explain why several species became extinct. They research about endangered species found in their region.
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Worm Compost & Vermicomposting

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore vermicomposting, the species of worms needed and the proper climate for it.  In this composting lesson students make their own worm compost bin. 
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No Place Like Home?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the impact of the physical environment on an endangered species. They create a plan for the ideal care of the species and develop an advertisement to promote awareness about the need for its protection.
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Endangered!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners research endangered species.  In this ecology and literacy research lesson plan, students work with a partner to research an endangered species of their choice. Learners choose from a variety of presentation methods and...
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Biological Relationships - Coral Reef Memory Game and Chain Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students familiarize themselves with the interconnectedness of species within an ecosystem, and to use this knowledge to evaluate how the removal or decimation of one species can have far reaching effects.

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