In this lesson, students will learn about animal coverings and what the coverings do for the animals in their environment.
This lesson exposes children to a variety of animals and guides them through observation of animal similarities, differences, and environmental adaptations. This lesson can be used as part of a study of plants and animals. Before doing the lesson, students should know the meanings of the terms plant, animal, and living.
This is an online database of animal, distribution, classification, and conservation biology. It is a searchable encyclopedia, science learning tool and virtual museum.
This is a hands-on project that uses George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm, as the touchstone text. Students work in groups to construct a functioning windmill that can generate electricity. Each student has a role based on the characters in the book. There are also segments of the project that focus on extracting key information from the text.
Students will explore animal habitats
This young child website provides links to information and worksheets detailing life cycles of a variety of animals including, mammals, amphibians, reptile, birds, and arthropods.
Compare various life cycles of animals.
Students will sort emoji icons to determine what an animal needs or does not need. This activity can be personalized by changing animals and emojis to meet student needs.
Students will learn about an animal and complete a graphich organizer to show their understanding.
Students will learn about an animal and complete a graphich organizer to show their understanding.
Students will research an animal, use a graphic organizer to record information, create a "Can you guess my animal?" script, and create a green screen video about their animal.
Students learn about animal and plant adaptations in Antarctic species and use these ideas to design their own unique animal or plant.
In this activity, students will work in collaborative groups to create 9M x 9M models of plant and animal cells. Class population can be split into 2 or 4 groups, with half the students constructing animal cells and the other half constructing plant cells. Students must organize and assign duties, provide materials for this activity, and write a written report. They will also give "Cell Tours" to other students and/or classroom guests.
A class is divided into two groups: one an animal cell, and the other one, a plant cell. They are given a list of cell organelles to research and construct in their 9 M X 9 M model. Students must organize and assign duties, provide materials for this activity, and write a written report to hand in the day of the "Cell Tours" given to the Life Science Students for credit.
This Project GLAD unit will Compare characteristics of animals that make them alike and different. Students will know how to compare different types of the same animal (i.e. different types of dogs, different types of cats, etc.) to determine individual differences within a particular type of animal.
In this lesson, students explore what the forest provides for its animal residents. Cooperatively, students create a forest ecosystem with their classmates. Then, they enter the forest as animals in search of food, water, shelter, and space.
In this lesson, student teams will compare a live worm and a model worm, create worm terrariums, and make observations about worms over time.
This lesson will examine the key DNA coding which leads to key proteins animals use to maintain their existence.
Compare animal classes to learn about their structure, life cycle, movement, and basic needs.
This interactive resource uses a series of animated slides to guide students through the development of a hurricane.