Students create a diorama depicting Mesozoic sea life. They color a template and add shells and pebbles to the diorama to depict the ocean floor.

Young scholars examine the role of trees in their lives. They identify products that come from trees and their uses. They are read a book about trees as well.

Students discuss and examine how the world is changing. After reading an article, they discover the immediate changes that have taken place and how they have effected living things. They complete a worksheet identifying the changes as...

Students investigate the history of education for Native Americans. The roles of adults is the focus and how they delivered instruction to upcoming generations. Students focus upon the skill of oral tradition and write a summary of the...

Students discuss that governments exist for many purposes. They describe that governments maintain social order, provide public services, provide national security, manage conflict, establish justice, and manage resources.

Pupils are awaken to their surroundings. They gain a greater access of how their city was formed. Students assess the human impact on the land. They comprehend the cultural diversity of the city.

Students research the issue of species endangerment by exploring threatened animals, their habitats, and the environmental challenges associated with them. They explore the relationships between living things and their environment....

Fourth graders act as paleontologists and attempt to figure out the environment where various fossils would have existed. They explain how fossils can be used to make inferences about past life, climate, geology, and environments.

Students describe the importance of having a balance ecosystem. After a brief lecture, students give an explanation of the properties of an ecosystem. They create a web, using yarn which shows how the various members of the ecosystem are...

Learners examine different types of spears that have been discovered from various civilizations. In groups, they calculate the answers to various word problems and enter their information on a spreadsheet. They use the data in other...

Students illustrate the results of natural selection by identifying the specific adaptation of an organism that allows the species to survive in that environment. They illustrate the results of natural selection by recognizing examples...

In this chemistry worksheet, students identify various puns to assist them in memorizing the numerous elements of the Periodic Table and their symbols. There are 44 to memorize on the sheet.

In this geology worksheet, students locate 26 terms in this worksheet about volcanoes. Answers to the worksheet are available in various formats.

In this language arts and science worksheet, students analyze 20 words in a word bank that pertain to dinosaurs. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle.

In this language arts instructional activity, students analyze 12 scrambled words which all pertain to dinosaurs. Students unscramble the words and write them correctly on the lines.

In this evolution worksheet, learners review genetic variability, gene mutations, biodiversity and adaptations. This worksheet has 22 fill in the blank and 10 short answer questions.

In this English worksheet, students read "Internet Trade Threatens Exotic Animals," and then respond to 1 role playing, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the...

  In this trivia quiz, the information focuses on dog breeds. Students respond to 25 multiple choice questions and submit answers electronically via this interactive website.    

Review the mass extinction events from the Earth's history. Then explore some ideas related to the concept that we are currently in the midst of the Earth's sixth major extinction.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Through studying the past, students will explore extinction patterns and their causes and consider ways to protect biodiversity across the globe.

This second lesson in a course on dinosaurs is devoted to extinction. There are group activities, discussion of the idea, and a way to assess what the students have learned.

Explanation of what might happen in the next mass extinction event on Earth.

Discusses the discovery of Homo neanderthalensis and describes the different theories that have been put forward to explain why Neanderthals became extinct.

"The survivals and extinctions at the close of the Cretaceous are such as might be expected to result from intensely hot winds such as would be generated by extra large meteoritic impacts." This article suggests that this theory should...