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Marine Ecosystems

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify producers and consumers and construct a food chain from four marine ecosystems. They describe the delicate balance among organisms in each environment. In groups, students discuss the human activities that upset the...
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Reef Sharks!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students visit an ocean aquarium exhibit where they can observe Black tip reef sharks. They observe the shark's behavior and read any information exhibited on the walls. They complete a worksheet based on information collected.
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A Prickle of Hedgehogs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils, individually or in groups, conduct research to find information needed to complete a worksheet in which they must match an animal name with 1) the name of its offspring (dog-puppy) and 2) its animal group name (geese-gaggle.)
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Evolution Number Two

For Students 9th - 12th
Are you looking for evidence that your high schoolers are adapting to the concepts of natural selection and evolution? Assess their knowledge with a pretest and posttest. Naturally, you can select and adapt the activity to be the fittest...
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Pronoun Reference - Exercise 1

For Students 6th - 8th
Do your class members need extra practice with pronouns? Learners are directed to read the sample sentences, determine whether the sentences contain pronoun reference errors, and if so, correct the problems they find. A link to an...
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What is the Evidence for Evolution?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify one object that would tell the story of their lives. In groups, they determine what can and cannot be told from objects left behind. After watching a video, they compare and contrast chicken bones to human...
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Environmental Law

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners analyze the environmental impact of pollution. They demonstrate an understanding of law, punishment and enforcement. Applying their knowledge, they create their own anti-pollution laws.
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Abiotic and Biotic Factors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine abiotic and biotic factors. They define biotic and abiotic, categorize a list of items onto a Venn diagram, label various items from areas on the school grounds as biotic or abiotic, and diagram a magazine picture.
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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Moby-Dick. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Questions And Statements

For Students 4th - 6th
In this questions and statements worksheet, students review the differences between the two and put the correct end punctuation on ten sentences. Students, in addition, unscramble three groups of words to form a question and a statement.
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Global Warming: Life in a Greenhouse

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the evidence and consequences of global warming. They read and discuss an article, conduct a debate, evaluate their community's climate statistics, log their gas consumption for a week, and develop a panel discussion...
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Internet Field Trip: Simple Machines

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students research simple machines. In this physics lesson plan, students participate in a WebQuest to gain knowledge about simple machines. WebQuest activities and worksheets are included in this lesson plan.
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Is the Internet A Web Of Deceit?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students become more savvy Web surfers by evaluating the various elements of a Web site to determine its credibility. They conduct a two-part investigation of a Web site, focusing on how one determines if a Web site is credible in...
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The Deep

For Students 7th - 9th
In this deep ocean worksheet, students answer twenty questions after watching a video about the species that live in the deep ocean. Topics include jelly fish, hatchet fish, anglers, tubeworms, sea urchins, and plants that grow in deep...
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Wild Animals 1 - Reading

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this wild animals worksheet, students read the terms, name the animals, complete a word search, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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Fearsome Creatures 1

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this wild animals instructional activity, students fill in the blanks or choose the correct words to sentences about wild animals. Students complete 47 blanks.
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All About Animals

For Students 4th - 5th
In this interactive biology worksheet, students explore facts about animals. Students answer twelve multiple choice questions about animals and their characteristics.
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Indian Ocean Explored

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the rich array of marine wildlife that lives in waters surrounding the Indian subcontinent. They explore the relationships among organisms in coral reefs. They explore environmental dangers to coral reefs and research...
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Test Your General Knowledge

For Students 11th - 12th
In this ESL worksheet, students answer 10 multiple-choice questions about a variety of topics. For example, "What is the highest mountain in the world?"
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Past Time: Vocabulary Practice

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this past time worksheet, learners select the word or phrase from 3 choices that means the same as the word in bold in 12 sentences. All pertain to events in the past.
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Blue Planet: Tidal Seas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate how tides affect sea life. In this video based lesson, students view a video on how tides affect sea life. They do web-based research to find the answers to a series of questions and then play Tidal Trivia to test...
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Sea Otters--Funny Mammals of the Sea

For Students 4th - 5th
In this sea otters activity, students read a 2 page article on sea otters, define 12 vocabulary words from the article and answer 7 comprehension questions in complete sentences.
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Communicating Data

For Students 6th - 7th
In this data instructional activity, students match information with the best type of graph to display it. Students also make a chart and graph to display information in a given paragraph.
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Where Do We Live?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate various types of habitats. In this habitat exploration lesson, 2nd graders view a PowerPoint presentation on habitats and explore websites to gather more information. Students choose a habitat to focus on and...