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An Introduction to Primate Biology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine why humans are classified as primates and what features they share with other members of the order.  For this investigative lesson students divide into groups and complete their lab station. 
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Exploring Plant Leaves

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate plants and leaves by taking nature walks and researching the Internet. They examine the similarities and differences in the plants and leaves. They create their own leaves at an interactive Internet site and...
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Making Recycled Paper

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the advantages of recycling paper. In this environmental lesson, students produce recycled paper by ripping up paper and putting it into a blender with water to create a mixture. Students use their recycled paper to...
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Bat Ecology

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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A Frog's Life Story

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine a frog's life cycle. In this amphibians lesson, students read a book about frogs and discuss how frogs are born and how they grow.  Students complete worksheets on the life cycle of the frog, and hold a discussion on the...
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Ecology

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners make connections between their daily lives and the usage of natural resources as they relate to the importance of environmental quality.  In this ecology lesson, students listen to the story The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and then...
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Probability: the Study of Chance

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students experiment to determine if a game is fair, collect data, interpret data, display data, and state and apply the rule for probability. Students use a simple game for this experiment.
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Forest Food Webs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars consider the interdependency of life in a temperate forest by studying selected organisms from an Asian temperate forest and creating a food web.
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Wonderful World of Bats

For Teachers K
Students create a book about bats. They write a letter to a scientist containing questions about bats. They compare the socialization of bats to humans; compare the needs of bats to humans and other animals.
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Classification of Life

For Students 7th - 10th
In this classification of life activity, students use an on line source to answer questions about how species are classified, named and grouped. They give the classification of a bear, an orchid and a sea cucumber.
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Blue Planet: Frozen Seas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the animals from the Arctic and how they have adapted.  In this ocean lesson students create a poster about their given animal and present it to the class. 
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Relationships and Biodiversity

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine diversity on the planet and the differences within a species.  In this investigative lesson students complete a lab that allows students to better understand the relatedness between plants. 
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Focusing Event to Electricity

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explain how electrical charges behave. In this electricity activity, students determine how far away lightning is when it strikes. They research how fabric softener reduces static electricity and share their findings in class.
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The Sharp Adaptations of Porcupines

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this porcupine instructional activity, students learn about how porcupines adapt to their lives in the woods and how they use their quills. After reading a short text and analyzing the labeled pictures, students answer 3 short answer...
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What did T. rex taste like?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the three domains of life and explain that all living things share a common ancestor.  In this paleontology instructional activity students are introduced to the process of illustrating evolutionary relationships. 
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Fourth Grade Science

For Students 4th
In this science worksheet, 4th graders complete multiple choice questions about day lengths, light and dark, food, recycling, and more. Students complete 25 questions.
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Looks Like Christmas: Exploring Sight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in various hands-on activities to determine what life is like without the sense of sight.
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Capillary Action And Transpiration

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars engage in a study of the concepts of biology with plants known as capillary action and transpiration. They conduct a simple experiment to demonstrate the concept. The instructional activity includes a background discussion...
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Window Gardens

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use a plastic sandwich bag containing a damp paper towel taped to a window as a model system to observe the germination and early growth of radish seeds. They are challenged to pose a question about seed germination and...
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Distance Problems

For Students 11th - 12th
In this distance worksheet, students determine the distance and displacement of a person who walked 40 m east and 100 m south. Then they determine the resultant velocity of a motorboat that heads due west at 10 m/s with a river current...
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Plants and Roots

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars discuss the parts of the plant and perform an experiment in which they observe a plant's water transportation system. They become familiar with several local plants used for utilitarian purposes.
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Parts of a Plant

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Children explore the parts of a plant (flower, seeds, stem, leaves, and roots) using a dandelion as an example.
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Interesting Insects

For Teachers 2nd
Students discover the characteristics of insects. They explore insects through cooperative learning, group projects, hands on activities, and poetry. They gain knowledge of insect life cycles, habitat, and physical characteristics.
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Flowering Plants

For Students 6th - 10th
In this plants worksheet, students name and locate the major organs of flowering plants. Then students color, cut and paste a flower model by following the directions given.

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