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Animal Life Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students conduct hands-on experiments. In this life cycle lesson, students are able to observe a variety of animals as they travel through their life cycle (brine shrimp, mealworms, frog eggs and chicken eggs). Students respond to what...
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Mosquito Life Cycles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers gather mosquito eggs to record the mosquito life cycle using drawings, descriptions, and any other appropriate means. In small groups, they analyze and describe the process of complete metamorphosis. They classify...
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Plant Life Cycle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this exploring the processes from seed to reproduction of a plant online interactive worksheet, students read a passage explaining the plant life cycle and answer multiple choice questions about what they read. Students choose 8 answers.
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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...
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Waterdrops Growth and Development

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this environment worksheet, students read an article about population growth and development. They describe a few ways that people in their neighborhood could use less water. Students also read a short article about desal and then,...
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Water Cycle: Weather Lesson 1

For Teachers 1st
First graders go on a water walk, collect weather data, and measure rainfall for a month. They examine the water cycle in this series of lessons.
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Bluebirds Project - Life Cycles

For Students 4th - 8th
In this bluebirds activity, students complete a table and answer short answer questions about the life cycle of bluebirds. Students complete 1 chart and answer 5 questions.
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Science--"Water, Water Everywhere"--Exploring Liquids

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this water worksheet, students read a 1 page article on water, fill in the blanks of 3 words with their missing letters, fill in a crossword puzzle containing 5 clues about water and answer 1 short answer question. Students draw a...
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Ride the Rock Cycle

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the steps of the rock cycle. They describe what happens to the rocks in each of the stages. They participate in a rock cycle game to help them with the steps.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars study the water cycle and the different forms of water.  In this exploratory lesson students observe, measure and describe water as it changes state.
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In the Rain Shadow

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students charts the rainfall averages on either side of a mountain range. In this water cycle lesson, students discover that mountain ranges affect weather patterns. Students pretend they are air traffic controllers and must...
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Weather Jeopardy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Future meteorologists play a Jeopardy game to review vocabulary and concepts taught during a weather unit. Questions cover such topics as weather vocabulary, tornado safety, the water cycle, and cloud types are part of this review.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe what happens to water as it goes from a solid to a liquid.  In this exploratory lesson students gain an understanding for the water cycle while working in groups observing what happens to water as it changes...
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Parasite Development and Life Cycle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
If you are new to teaching agriculture classes, this outline may be helpful when you are preparing a lecture on parasites in livestock. In addition to lecturing on this topic, the lesson plan suggests that learners research the life...
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Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Using a jigsaw approach, earth science experts teach each other about the physical, biological, and geologic components of the carbon cycle, with a specific focus on the ocean. 
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Water Quality

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils investigate the water cycle and evaporation. They study the porosity and permeability of groundwater, and the capillary action in soil in this unit.
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Water World Story

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write a story about how a drop of water may have traveled to school. They design a presentation on the water cycle.
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Water as a Cycle

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students collaborate with a partner to create a large diagram containing one aspect of the water cycle. They are encouraged to include academic language and pictures for their presentation. Their is a peer evaluation sheet that is...
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Water Supply

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore weather patterns by completing an Internet project. In this water cycle lesson, 4th graders read assigned text including a Magic School Bus book about precipitation and water. Students complete a water science...
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Water Around and Around Again

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students form a hypothesis for a water cycle experiment. In this water cycle lesson, students create their own environment with water and earth to study the water cycle. Students complete a handout to make a hypothesis and...
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The Water Cycle: Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this water cycle worksheet, students complete a 13 word crossword puzzle, using a set of given clues about the water cycle.
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Carbon - The Short and the Long

For Teachers 1st - 6th
For this complex game about the carbon cycle, the playing field is divided into air, living, and earth zones. Children are assigned to be either plants or animals, and collect carbon tokens as they proceed from zone to zone. While the...
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Analyzing the Relationship between Snowpack and River Flow

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use the Internet to research current and past snowpack levels and river gauging station readings. They determine the relationship between snowpack and river flow. They predict future river flow.
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Living Things Experience Diverse Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders will study and explain the meaning of growth, development, and life cycle. They describe how plants grow and develop and observe an animal to show how it grows, changes, and reproduces throughout its life.

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