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Relationships and Biodiversity Lab Practice

For Students 9th - 12th
In this biodiversity instructional activity, students determine the relationship and complete the evolutionary tree for the plants listed. Students review genetic code and DNA sequencing. This instructional activity has 1 graphic...
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Observation of a Living Earthworm

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine earthworms and their parts.  In this earthworm lesson students complete a lab worksheet on the earthworm and test its response to certain factors. 
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Mariposas

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how animals use camouflage for survival.  In this investigative instructional activity students define vocabulary words and see how it is the environment that controls which adaptations will help in survival. 
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Invasive Species

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore invasive species. In this species analysis lesson, students observe invasive species and review the impact the species have on the environment. Students work in groups to investigate the species in varying habitats....
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Looking at Different Species

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars research a species of bug that they find in a pond.  For this species lesson students work in groups and find the similarities and differences between different species of bugs. 
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Invasive Species

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explain the impact of exotic species to an ecosystem. In this environmental science lesson, 8th graders brainstorm ways to eliminate invasive species. They share their ideas in class.
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Natural Selection

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students model natural selection by using various utensils to "capture food" using a simulated species called "Woolybooger's."
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Math Mission

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the concept of Puerto Rican animals through using math word problems. They create a story to correlate with the word problems. The lesson also uses data of species counts to show increases and decreases for...
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Mussel Identification Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students identify given species of animals, such as various mussels, by sets of physical characteristics as they use a key. They also read about mussels on the Illinois River and look at mussel species in the online database. Finally,...
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What is life? Word Search

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to life biology. There are 48 words located in the puzzle.
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Sponges - A Coloring Worksheet

For Students 5th - 7th
In this sponges instructional activity, students read the information about sponges. Students answer the provided questions about the reading passage. Students color the illustration at the bottom of the page.
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Oobleck

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students incorporate within this lesson scientific observations, senses: touch, sound, smell and sight, classification, states of matter and surface tension. Students make a substance and use scientific observations, as well as their...
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The Solar System: Why do we Explore?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders act as scientists. In this property discovery lesson, 3rd graders explore the substance "Oobleck" (cornstarch, water, food coloring). They work in groups to investigate the substance and make observations as a scientist...
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What's in Our Woods?

For Teachers K - 12th
Students observe their local forest and document the change that occurs over the school year.  For this forestry lesson plan, students utilize a GPS to mark a certain area of the woods as their study area for the remainder of the...
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SHOW 303: The Channel Island Fox

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore how archaeologists and other scientists use different clues to piece together a picture of the past. Students perform activities that allow them to conduct three types of scientific research. They discuss their...
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"For the Birds" [part I]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners identify birds that appear in Chinese and Japanese art, learning about their physical characteristics, classifying them according to scientific principles, and exploring their habitats and migration patterns. This is part one...
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SEXUAL LIFE CYCLE DEVELOPMENT USING MONOCYSTIS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform a lab to becoe familar with scientific concepts. The skill of inquiry is essential and this lesson furthers its development. The intelligence of kinesthetics is used as learners perform the many aspects of this lab...
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Pottery Analysis

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students study how archaeologists analyze artifacts to answer questions about past cultures. They explain why pottery is important to archaeologists and how they use classification to answer their research questions.
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Trail Adventure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a trail with numbered specimens. Students complete an accurate and functional interactive trail activity brochure. They complete a web page tree identification guide and interactive identification activity. Students...
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What Are Alternative Fuels? Concept Mapping Alternative Fuels Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast the different types of alternative fuels. They create a concept map to understand their classification. They examine the properties of matter and energy as well.
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Studying Aquifers in Outcrop

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students describe two or more different rock types found in outcrop. Students look specifically at the hydro-geologic properties of the rocks and complete the lab with a paper explaining a scientific phenomenon in layperson terms.
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An Introduction to Thermal Spray Technology

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students discuss difference between kinetic and thermal energy, develop and demonstrate understanding of key concepts and characteristics underlying thermal spray techniques, list items used in their daily lives that are coated, examine...
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What It Is, What It Isn't

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders classify and sort different types of beans to be introduced to the classification system in science. As a class, they identify the characteristics of living and non-living organisms and make a chart in their journal to ...
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Adaptations To the Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design and construct an imaginary animal that is perfectly adapted to a particular type of biome. They give the animal a scientific name, place it in a phylum and write descriptions about its behavior, reproduction, foraging,...