Lesson Plan
Middle School Science

Lesson Plan: Earthworm Dissection

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this lesson plan site, you will "Learn the external and internal anatomy of the earthworm, understand the structure and function of external and internal organs, know the digestive, circulatory, reproductive, and nervous system, and...
Article
Other

Welfare Reform, Marriage, & Sexual Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a summary of the goals of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, and how it relates to such issues as marriage and sexual behavior. From the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit organization focused on sexual and...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers:a Model of Seed Dispersal

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Investigate propagation systems in plants, and explain the ways some animals disperse seeds through their digestive processes. Role-play and map the daily travels of one seed-bearing animal to explore the migration of seeds.
Handout
Other

Big Cat Rescue: Ocelot Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This thorough resource provides a general overview of the ocelot and delves into size and appearance, habitat, distribution, reproduction and offspring, social system and communication, hunting and diet principal threats, and endangered...
Activity
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: El Reino Animal 1 Bachillerato

For Students 9th - 10th
Animals have developed complex equipment and systems, specializing in performing the three functions: nutrition, relationship and reproduction. Learn more about the animal kingdom in this unit. It includes 16 interactive activities.
Handout
NC State University

Nc State University: General Entomology, Elements of Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
Behavior is what animals do. It can be defined more precisely as an internally directed system of adaptive activities that facilitate survival and reproduction. Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior -- particularly when...