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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animal Picture/word Matching

For Students K - 1st
In this ESL animal vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different animals. Students match these pictures with the words that describe them.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Match One to One

For Students K - 1st
In this animal recognition instructional activity, students draw lines to match the like animals that are the same to each other. Students match squirrels, bears, deer, skunks, and birds.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animals That Begin With...

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this animal names worksheet, students follow directions to name animals that begin with various letters of the alphabet. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

My Farm Animal Needs

For Students K - 1st
In this farm animals worksheet, students write or draw the necessary things their chosen farm animal needs. There are no directions on the page.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Diversity

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars examine plants and animals for their similarties and differences. They are read stories and note how the animals in the stories do not have the qualities that real animals have. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Action

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students construct descriptive sentences. In this cross curricular music and descriptive writing lesson plan, students listen to classical music and pantomime actions that correspond to the music. Students write descriptive sentences...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Camouflage 1

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work in groups and they are asked to line up on either side of the board. They are explained that on the teachers instruction, one student at a time runs to the marked area and brings back the first worm they see. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Panther Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students research a website to learn about the Florida panther. In this animal research lesson, students use the scavenger hunt directions to search a website about Florida panthers. Students also solve word puzzles within the activity.
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Fill-in-the-blank

Omnivore, Herbivore, or Carnivore?

For Teachers 6th
Shared ResourceWhich animal belongs in which category?
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Colorado Animals Newsletter and Directed Web Page

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students select a Colorado animal, develop a Directed Web page, and research their animal. Each member of the group combine their research and develop a Newsletter.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alexander Calder: Animal Mobiles

For Teachers K - 6th
Students are introduced to the life and art of Alexander Calder. Students define the vocabulary related to this work and then design and construct an abstract paper animal mobile.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Be Animal Friendly

For Students K - 3rd
In this animal education worksheet, students write 5 messages and draw 5 pictures about how to treat animals. There is 1 example provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Horse Character: Ceramics Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Animals oftentimes elicit various characteristics which make them symbolic or representative of human feeling, action, or emotion. The class creates horse characters out of clay to show character action and symbolism. This is a great...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Giants of the Animal Kingdom

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the megafauna found in Australia. They create a food web using cut-outs and develop a timeline to show changes in the fauna over time. They draw their own megafauna scene for their classroom.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Migratory patterns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use field research and traditional research to identify migrating species of birds as well as their migratory patterns. Students generate a list of questions regarding migration and a plan to research the questions. A field...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Journey North 1999

For Teachers 1st - 6th
This is not a lesson plan, but an outstanding resource to provide material for your lessons on seasonal changes and animal migration. Links connect you to live web cams and up-to-date information on Monarch Butterflies, hummingbirds,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Am I?

For Teachers K - 2nd
This worksheet allows learners to see animals and reptiles, and also clearly identify them. There are bats, rats, and more. Here you will find 16 clear and colorful pictures which children must match up with their animal names. This...
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eBook
Library of Congress

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Many people are familiar with the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland, but long before it was an animated movie, Lewis Carroll's story was a beloved book. An eBook gives readers access to an early edition of the story. The text...
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Unit Plan
Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences Institute

School Forest Inventory for Dummies

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Put on those forest ranger hats for an engaging and informative lesson. Eager scientists study the makeup of a local forest ecosystem and then write a forest management plan. They consider many parameters including identification of both...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Limiting Factors to Population Growth: Graphing Population Growth

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
If any of the limiting factors in an environment change, both animal and plant populations also change. The video explains two different models of growth and the impact of limiting factors. It highlights the carrying capacity of an...
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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Battling Vector-Borne Diseases: Factors That Affect the Mosquito Life Cycle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Slow the spread of disease by slowing disease carriers in their tracks. Learners explore just how they might accomplish this as they experiment with the life cycle of a mosquito under different conditions. Scholars design and conduct...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Circle of Life

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Here is a well-designed science lesson that shows learners that everything that organisms do in ecosystems, including running, breathing, burrowing, growing, requires energy. After a thorough discussion of their own eating and drinking...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Make a Train

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Youngsters should have fun learning about and making a train. The children will learn that some trains carry people and some carry goods, identify different railroad cars, and understand that trains need tracks that are in good condition...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

River Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Here is a wordsearch that has learners find words like river otter, mink, striped bass, and dogfish. Accurate and colorful pictures of the words appear on the page. This would be ideal for early-elementary youngsters who are studying any...