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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Digital Wildflower Collection

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars examine biodiversity and classify organisms.  In this wildflower lesson students go out and take pictures of plants then create a presentation to show the class. 
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Trees: Using a Dichotomous Key to Identify Local Tree Types

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using their own classification methods students will identify the types of trees found around their school and neighborhoods. Students will then present their classification methods to the class. Later students will use dichotomous tree...
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Website
James Madison University

James Madison University: Dept. Of Geology and Environmental Science: Minerals

For Students 9th - 10th
Descriptions and pictures of over thirty minerals are available at this website. Documents describing the properties of minerals and how to use the properties for identification templates to make models, and dichotomous keys make up the...