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Bat Facts
Student's demonstrate an understanding of basic facts about bats by creating a picture representation of bats in their habitat describing information they learned. The lesson is especially favorable for visual learners.
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Exploring Bats
Third graders create a graphic organizer about bats in cooperative groups. The graphic organizer is used to illustrate the information that has been researched. The specific graphic organizer is the KWL.
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Eelgrass Bed Exploration
Pupils study the function and biological value of eelgrass beds. They discover the habitat requirements of the beds by reading a hand-out and completing a worksheet.
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Spring Collecting and Identifying Bumble Bees
Students collect bumble bees in the field, record data, identify and release specimens, answer conclusion questions, and send data in to researcher leaders. They make research based conclusions based upon the evidence.
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A World of Feathered Friends
students will learn to
respect the nature around them. This respect is vital because ignorance of surrounding
nature can lead to carelessness when curiosity goes awry. A perfect example of this
wayward curiosity took place at our school...
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Plant Parts Resource Pages
In this plant worksheet, students study the names of plant parts and the function of each part. There are no questions associated with this page.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Partners in Pollination
Here is a three-part lesson plan on the plant and animal relationship in respect to pollination.
National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society: Audubon Adventures: The Pollination Story
A colorful, interactive chart illustrating the stages in the pollination of flowers by bees.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Pollination of Flowers
Discusses what pollination is, the types, what happens during pollination, its importance in agriculture and horticulture, and the biotic and abiotic factors that facilitate pollination. Has some embedded ads.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Cross Pollination
Explains what cross-pollination is and its benefits, and provides examples.
Other
Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Biological Science
All about plants has information on plant parts--seeds, flowers, fruits, roots, and spores--and plant processes--seed dispersal, germination, pollination, and photosynthesis. You can also take a tour of this Los Angeles-based...
Curated OER
What Is Pollination?
This website answers the questions: What is pollination? What is a pollinator? What are the benefits?
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Life Science: Plant Reproduction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at the processes of sexual reproduction in flowering plants, including pollination, fertilization (seed production), seed dispersal, and germination.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Angiosperms
This colorful site focuses specifically on the role of the flower, an explanation of pollination, and the difference between dicots and monocots.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Mendels' Genetics
This site from Palomar College provides a good background on exactly what Mendel did. Vocabulary links throughout make this a very good introduction article for genetics.