Fifth graders use science process and thinking skills. They communicate effectively using science language and reasoning.

In this artistic drawing instructional activity, students view, discuss and analyze a drawing of a jaguar and then color the picture with appropriate colors.

Young scholars explore the various reasons for animals becoming endangered and threatened with extinction. Within this lesson, students choose an animal to research and then creativity introduce their animal to the rest of the class...

Students experience through role-play the art of shadow puppetry and appreciate the role of oral traditions in Chinese history. They research the origins and history of puppetry as a part of a unit on China. They discover what Chinese...

Fifth graders examine pond ecology, testing how temperature affects the respiration rate of fish. They collect various living things found at a pond, and identify the animal and plant life discovered. They observe a pond community in an...

Second graders discuss fulcrums and levers and identify at least two fulcrums and levers on their bodies. They also identify fulcrums and levers on animal bodies.

Young scholars explore Inuit artworks and legends, and create prints of a fictional animal. They familiarize themselves with the concepts of positive and negative spaces through printmaking techniques.

Students research the effects of day-to-day weather on animal migrations, plant growth and other seasonal events. They consult maps, observe and record local conditions, keep journals and use their collected data check hypotheses.

Learners explore and discuss the link between values and science. They read several articles on such topics as global warming, cloning, genetically modified crops and animal testing and then identify the subjective aspect of science in...

Students explore the consequences of shrinking habitats and the human impact on wildlife populations. They participate in a game to study the consequences and describe the preservation of animal habitats.

Students fill in a diagram of a comet. They listen to a short lecture, view flash animation descriptions of comets and meteors and then use the presented information to complete a worksheet.

Students describe the characteristics and behaviors of bats. After viewing a video, they explain how bats use echolocation to navigate and how they find their young within a group. They list four misconceptions about the animal and...

Students use the internet to identify the endangered species in their state. Using this information, they create a postcard with a picture of the animal along with facts. They discuss the main reasons to protect the endangered species...

Students research the diverse animal and plant life that inhabit the intertidal zones along the Pacific rocky coast. As students progress through this instructional activity, they begin to recognize distinct behaviors, adaptations, and...

Young scholarsare able to understand the three ways foosils were created. They are able to make a reconstruction of a puzzle or draw a picture based on cluses and limited pieces of the puzzle or animal. Students are able to explain how...

Children visit one particular website to explore animals that live in different habitats. After visiting the website, they choose to research one habitat and the animals that live there. They create a poster about their animal and where...

Young scholars are taught that Malaria and African Sleeping sickness are caused by protists. They discuss how animal-like protists harm other living things. Students discuss and listen to the major phyla of animallike protists. They...

In this animal and alphabet fill in the blank worksheet, students fill in the blanks below animals with the letter of the alphabet that is beside the pictures of products made from those animals.

In this science worksheet, pupils find the names of 20 common North American mammals in a word search puzzle. The word bank has a detailed color drawing of each animal.

In this science worksheet, learners find the names of 14 African dogs and cats in a word search puzzle. The word bank has a detailed color drawing of each animal.

In this skeletons worksheet, learners look at 7 animals and choose which of the following skeletons they have: an internal skeleton, an external skeleton or no skeleton at all. Students draw lines from each choice to each animal.

In this animal matching worksheet, students draw a line from 8 animal pictures to the word that describes each one. This page contains color pictures.

In this emergent reader instructional activity, 1st graders trace the letters in each simple sentence and write a word that will finish them. They can use animal to finish each sentence which reads, "Come here," said the ... .

In this printing practice worksheet, students follow the dotted lines to form the letters B and b. They printed two rows of each. They can see an animation of how to form each letter if they look at the worksheet on line before printing...