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	Record: 118 Indianapolis Zoo - Animal information and a searchable database brought to you by Indianapolis Zoo.
	Record: 120 Audubon Online - Birds, Birds, Birds. National Audubon Society Site. Classroom projects added monthly. Lesson plans included. Teachers must click on "Audubon at Home" and then "Education" to find Lesson Plans
	Record: 175 Growth in animals and offspring is discussed. This lesson originally designed for K-1 can be adapted for grade 2. A follow up to this might be life cycle of a butterfly. The learner will: -match pictures of baby animals to pictures of adult animals & give the name of the adult female, adult male and offspring animal babies
	Record: 176 Students learn that animals have basic needs and different kinds of homes. Good basic concept lesson with a list of resources as follow up. Each student chooses an animal, draws it in its habitat. Or divide your class into teams to make murals of a forest, ocean, desert, or pond habitats. Good links to follow-up activities
	Record: 177 To understand how seasonal changes affect animals. Animals live in a variety of habitats and change with the seasons. KEYWORDS: behavioral characteristics, adaptation, seasonal changes, hibernation, migration, animals in winter, winter activity
	Record: 180 Students learn to understand the basic needs of all animals including: food, water, shelter, food chains. A bird feeder is made.
	Record: 181 Students learn to understand the meanings of the terms growth, development, and life cycle. Follows-up with lesson on understanding the stages in the life cycles of selected organisms. The learner will explain the meaning of growth, development, and life cycle. -describe how plants grow and develop -observe an animal to show how it grows, changes, and reproduces throughout its life.
	Record: 182 Students learn about - How environment is affected by inhabitants. Pollution: Air, water, land.The learner will: -describe how selected choices of activities affect the environment.
	Record: 209 Students learn to understand the means and characteristics of animal adaptation by making a class bulletin board. Originally designed for grade 4, can be adapted to grade 6.
	Record: 256 Students learn that an organism may respond to environmental stimuli and that behavior is one such response. plants growth
	Record: 271 Organize animals according to what they eat. Compare the teeth of plant eaters and meat eaters. Also a lesson on how human's can destroy habitats. herbivore omnivore carnivore
	Record: 274 Designed for grade 2 can be adapted. This is the beginning of an entire unit of lessons! Dissect a seed and look at a plant embryo. Describe how flowers are pollinated. Recognize that egg cells must be fertilized by pollen to grow into seeds. Study the life cycles of different animals and insects. plants
	Record: 275 Designed for grade 2 can be adapted. This is the beginning of an entire unit of lessons! Students see the affect of direct and angled sunlight on the seasons, describe some results of warming soil and air in spring and predict the changes in buds when twigs are placed in water. They taste a product of tree sap and describe its making. Ideal for teaching daily and seasonal cycles, but many good ideas for grade 4 animal habitats.
	Record: 276 Illustrate that objects and people can be classified according to various shared characteristics. Classify the students in the class according to shoe color. Identify three major characteristics scientists use to classify animals. Describe the differences between ectothermic and endothermic animals. Designed for Grade 3 could easily be used as an introduction to classification for grade 6. Very detailed teacher background notes included.
	Record: 297 This lesson will help students become familiar with the need for categorizing scientific information, in this case, animals.
	Record: 343 Life Cycle of the Pacific Salmon: This activity helps students to understand the five life cycle forms of Pacific salmon.
	Record: 368 Tree Journal - Children develop their observation skills by studying and recording the life in and around a single tree, over a season.
	Record: 370 What Are You Doing Here? Children will draw scenes of different environments and create some unexpected visitors in each, to reinforce the characteristics of different environments and the animals that do or do not live in them.
	Record: 371 Quick-Change Flip Book - Children will create a flip book that illustrates the growth and change of a plant or animal as it goes through its life cycle.
	Record: 372 On the Farm or at the Zoo? Children will discuss the relationship between people and different kinds of animals. Then they will categorize animals into two groups, farm animals and zoo animals.
	Record: 373 Pen Pals - Children will discuss the sounds different animals make, then use this knowledge in a game.
	Record: 388 Classifying Critters - This interactive website allows students to classify different animals, according to their characteristics. Also provides characteristics common to all fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians. Other lessons on "Air Junk," "Plant parts," and "Butterflies" can also be found on this site.
	Record: 389 Where Do Butterflies Come From? Students learn about the four life stages of a butterfly, then create their own chrysalis and butterfly.
	Record: 408 From Seed to Plant - A unit of twelve lesson plans dealing with the development of plants, starting with the seed stage. Includes a variety of types of activities. Excellent mini-unit that makes cross-curricular connections (language, math, science). It is well laid out and simple to follow.
	Record: 502 ANIMAL LIFE CYCLES This lesson helps teach students about the different life cycles of animals.
	Record: 531 Mammals. Sample lesson gives statistics and habitat information for sharks. General site information promotes "Whole Language/Interactive Learning." Teachers can purchase books for a variety of different animals other than sharks.A variety of lessons are provided for teachers.
	Record: 536 Where Plants & Animals Live. Students state orally how plants and animals live, describe the different places plants and animals live & identify the relationship between plants and animals.They then produce a book to demonstrate their knowledge.
	Record: 540 Animal Categorization. This lesson will help students become familiar with the need for categorizing scientific information, in this case, animals.
	Record: 565 Animals Differ in Many Ways. Students will understand the traits of insects and spiders.
	Record: 566 Animals. Students learn about extinction and which animals are in danger.
	Record: 614 Students will observe the four life cycles of a butterfly by making one of their own.
	Record: 617 SALMON HOMING INSTINCTS. Students will learn about the habitat of a salmon. They experience first hand what it is like to be a returning salmon attempting to find its home by smell.
	Record: 664 Looking closely without a Microscope: Students will use a small window (on a piece of paper) to develop observation skills and to then record their observations. Students can observe a leaf, a flower, part of a tree, soil surface etc.
	Record: 693 Zoo Animals -- For Grades One and Two: Students will take part in 6 activities to explore the similarities and differences of animals as well as needs of animals. Some of the lessons could be adapted to grade 4 animal habitats as well.
	Record: 708 You Name It: Students will be using their observation skills to make up names for living and non-living things. They will record their names and share them with their classmates.Encourages observation skills and creativity. A fun activity!
	Record: 833 BOOK REVIEWS: ANTS AND BEES Although these books deal with different topics they can be reviewed as a set as the layout and features of the books are very similar. ELEMENTS Article September 2004
	Record: 855 ARACHNOPHOBIA: NOT IN MY CLASS! Spiders can be found in almost all environments. Teachers can capitalize on student familiarity with this special group of Arthropods called Arachnida to study Spiders can be used as a central theme for an integrated unit of study. Planning this unit to coincide with fall seasonal celebrations that feature spiders can serve to heighten student interest. ELEMENTS Article September 2005
	Record: 861 BOOK REVIEWS: BATS AND OTTERS Otters covers both sea and river otters and includes their body structure, habitat, food, habits, life cycle including young, and adaptations for their way of life. Bats covers both megabats and microbats and describes their habitats and homes, hibernation and migration, body structures, their use of sight and sound to navigate and find food, their movement, food, life cycle, and protection. ELEMENTS Article November 2005
	Record: 865 HIDE AND SEEK Student Investigation Camouflage Why do chameleons change colours? Students find out through a hands-on, participatory activity. Reprinted with permission from Zoug!, Industry Canada’s National Science and Technology Week resource guide; Science Network Ontario. ELEMENTS Article November 2005
	Record: 872 ON BECOMING ECOLOGICALLY AWARE Activities to Promote Ecological Awareness including suggested; Non-Fiction and Picture Book Print Resources plus Internet Resources - ELEMENTS Article March 2006 Pg 1,2
	Record: 880 Book Review - Gross Universe Your Guide to All Disgusting Things Under the Sun. Can you stomach this article?First published in ELEMENTS January 2007
	Record: 882 Elements Book Reviews: Who Likes the Wind? and Skunks First published in ELEMENTS January 2007
	Record: 907 Fun Facts about Flirting Among Animals (Just in time for Valentine’s day) - Animals have interesting mating habits, and there are as many different mating habits as there are kinds of animals. Here’s just a few fun facts, just in time for Valentine’s Day! First published in the ELEMENTS Jan. 2008
	Record: 1548 Elements Book Review: Bugs Up Close. This beautifully illustrated offers an eye-popping look at the world of bugs which will engage your students. By Cathy VanderVliet. First published in the June Elements 2008
	Record: 1656 An outline and rubric for a student research project on cancer cells.