Standard Course of Study :: Science

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Animal adaptation: This lesson focuses on the adaptations, body structures, and behavior of animals. The students will explore animal growth and adaptations of animals. This lesson is designed to be taught during the reading of Stone Fox.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Science); By Jennifer Fessler and Karen Wright.

Animal slide shows!: This project is a culmination of a science unit on animals which integrates computer skills, language arts and art. After a study of animals which includes classification, basic needs of animals, animal adaptations, and animal behaviors, the students will use the computer to complete a slide show of one animal they have studied at length.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, Computer Technology Skills, and Science); By Margie Bartolomucci.

Diamante Poetry Using Environments Day 3: This lesson will introduce and reinforce learners' understanding of habitat components within an environment.

This lesson is one in a series of lessons: Understanding Animal Adaptation (Day 1), Animal Environments (Day 2), Diamante Poetry Using Environments (Day 3).; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Science); By Cheri Cole.

Embryology: Hatching baby chicks: This lesson integrates science, math, communication skills, arts, and social studies through hands-on activities. Students are directly involved in hatching baby chicks.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); By Ann White.

Observing connections: Changing landscapes: The students will learn about the changing environment through study and observation. They will reflect on these changes in the environment and create their own landscape and habitat. This is the second lesson in “Observing connections,” a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, and Science); By Lisa Mitchell.

The zoo is coming, the zoo is coming: The zoo is coming is a lesson that will give students an opportunity to write a letter to a fictional governor about the pros and cons of having a zoo come to their town.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Science); By Steven Sather.

Animal adaptations: Students participate in classroom discussions about animals. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Science); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Are sharks as dangerous as we think they are?: Students conduct research to address the question: “Are sharks as dangerous as we think they are?” They present their findings in oral presentations. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Cicada invasion: In this lesson, from Science NetLinks, students consider how some animals, periodical cicadas, survive well in a particular environment due to the species' life cycle. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Crane Cam: Conservation and community: In this Xpeditions lesson, students examine the intended and unintended consequences of human environmental intervention. They study crane activity in the Platte River Valley and research the effects of human intervention on bird populations. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Ferocious felines: In this Xpeditions lesson, students study the biota of the Kalahari Desert and the importance of the lion's role as predator within this ecosystem. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science and English Language Arts); Provider: National Geographic

How do leopard seals hunt?: In this lesson from Xpeditions, students brainstorm the hunting behaviors of animals in general and leopard seals in particular and read some basic information about leopard seals. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science and English Language Arts); Provider: National Geographic

Icebergs and penguins: In this lesson from Xpeditions, students read a National Geographic News article about the impact of ice building on penguin breeding in Antarctica. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science and English Language Arts); Provider: National Geographic

Introducing biodiversity: In this Science NetLinks lesson, students use online resources to identify the basic components necessary for biodiversity and the critical and countless benefits of habitats, as well as the serious present and future threats to their ongoing existence. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Science); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

It takes a rookery: In this Xpeditions activity, students explore the notion of "community." They first study emperor penguin and other animal communities then apply what they have learned to determine how they can better participate in their own communities. (Learn more); Format: activity (grade 4 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Lighting up the sea: In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students explore the reasons for bioluminescence by conducting a simulation and viewing pictures of bioluminescent marine animals on the Web. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science and English Language Arts); Provider: National Geographic

Little Red Riding Hood Meets--A Golden Retriever?: In this lesson students will learn about how dogs evolved from wolves, and the similarities and differences between dogs and wolves. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); Provider: National Geographic

The ocean and human medicine: In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about two species of marine animal--Bugula neritina and the horseshoe crab and their medical benefits. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Paperbag paleontology: Cornell Paleontologist John Chiment enlists the aid of younger school children in sorting through materials collected at a dig site and, in the process, demonstrates that anyone can “do science.” (Learn more); Format: activity (grade K–5 Science); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

People and endangered species: Students examine some endangered species and the ways that human activities contribute to species endangerment. Students are asked to devise their own species protection plans. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); Provider: National Geographic