Coral Reef Detectives: “Who Done It?” | |
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Lesson Plan Alternative Lesson Plan Elementary School Webquest: Students try to solve a mystery of the disappearing seahorse babies. Student learn about the suspects: tilapia, lionfish and turtle. Then students will fill out a chart about the suspects that will give clues about who had the seahorse babies for supper. At the end, students share their finding and vote to determine who was the guilty party. This webquest is a modified version of the forest animal mystery, which is listed as the second lesson plan. More... |
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Published by Diane Findlay
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Animal Survival | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Activity: The purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate to the class that it is not cruel or unfair when animals die. It is only natural that the strongest of each species survive while the weak perish. More... |
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Published by Jeffrey Kimber
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How to Take a Pulse! | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Activity: An hour long lesson plan on teaching 5th graders about where to find their pulse and how to take their pulse rate. More... |
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Published by Amy Schwenk and Kristi Schulz
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Monocots and Dicots | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Experiment: Students will work with monocot and dicot seeds and know the difference between the two. This lesson can be scaled to the middle and high school level with students explaining and diagramming the life cycle of an angiosperm. More... |
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Published by Kristy Steinmetz
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The Immune Response Activity | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Activity: Students place paper signs on a red blanket and perform a sequence of events that mimic the humoral immune response. More... |
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Published by Margaret Mikel
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Variety of Life on Earth | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Research: This lesson focuses on the investigation of organisms and the 5 kingdoms. The lesson uses a textbook, magazines, and journals. More... |
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Published by Andrea Leicht and Kim Peterson
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Animal Adaptations (Komodo Dragon) | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Research: Students learn about the importance of adaptations in helping an animal to survive. The Komodo dragon will be studied using books and Internet resources. This lesson can be scaled to the middle / high school level by students modeling how the interaction of biotic and abiotic factors can affect populations of Komodo dragons using natural selection. More... |
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Published by David Monnig and Landon Lundy
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Properties of Leaves | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Experiment: Students will be investigating the properties of three different types of leaves. Some properties that students may want to investigate include color, texture, smell, veins, and shape. Students will select three properties to investigate and then record their findings on the leaf chart. More... |
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Published by Lily Marleen Utai
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Deciduous and Coniferous Trees | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Experiment: There are distinguishing characteristics of deciduous and coniferous trees. Students will learn through a hands-on approach about these characteristics. More... |
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Published by Jenifer Bain & Erin McCall
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Colors in the Leaves | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Experiment: Using chromatography, students will be able to see the colors always present in a leaf, even if the only color they can see is green. This helps students understand where do the brilliant colors of fall come from. More... |
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Published by Tamara Scholz and Melissa Fink
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Observing Leaves | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Experiment: Students use magnifying lenses to observe the differences among leaves. Students sort and categorize leaves according to various characteristics (color, size, texture, etc.). To reinforce the idea that leaves are different, each student creates a leaf book. More... |
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Published by Bonnie Schraeder and Nichole Oyler
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Chameleons | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Research: A science lesson on chameleons that teaches students about the daily lives of this particular reptile. Students will identify and describe various aspects in the life of a chameleon. Use a live chameleon as an example. More... |
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Published by Amber Michelle Shelkett
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Animal Categorization | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Activity: Students will categorize 5 groups of animals (Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, & amphibians) by cutting out pictures from magazines and sorting the pictures by category. More... |
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Published by Sandra J. Rost
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What Are the Parts of a Flower? | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Experiment: Children will dissect a flower and investigate each part. After all the parts have been identified, the students will create their own microscope slides using index cards. They will then have to compare how each part looks with the naked eye and through the microscope (use low power). You can substitute a magnifying glass instead of the microscope because students don't need to observe cells. More... |
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Published by Barbara Balsamo
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Real-Life Superhero Science | |
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Lesson Plan Elementary School Webquest: Students learn about the hormone adrenaline what is the science behind real-life superheroes. Next students solve puzzles and an answer key is provided. Last students write a bibliography about a superhero from a book. More... |
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Published by Library Sparks
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