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Kindergarten Butterflies

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #1: Recognize characteristics that are simliar and different between organisms.

SECTION TWO: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #1: Describe how related plants and animals have simliar characteristics.

SECTION THREE: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark#1: Describe the basic needs of living things.

Benchmark #1: Identify how some animals gather and store food, defend themselves, and find shelter.

School Garden for Butterflies

Images of Butterflies from

ENCHANTED LEARNING: BUTTERFLIES

Butterfly Units by Teachers

Teacher Background

Crafts

Language

Spanish Web pages

 

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First Grade Amphibians

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #1: Recognize characteristics that are simliar and different between organisms.

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Benchmark #1: Describe a habitat and the organisms that live there.

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #1: Describe how related plants and animals have simliar characteristics.

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark#1: Describe the basic needs of living things.

Benchmark #1: Identify how some animals gather and store food, defend themselves, and find shelter.

ENCHANTED LEARNING: AMPHIBIANS

L: Animal Bytes
L: Informational Sites
L: Interactive Sites
L: Printable Activities

Crafts

Language

Spanish Resources from the Zoo in Madrid

Very Capable Students

 

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Second Grade Birds

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #1: Recognize characteristics that are simliar and different between organisms.

From the Natural History Museum:

From other web sites:

Birds in the program but not in the bird booklet:

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Benchmark #1: Describe a habitat and the organisms that live there.

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #1: Describe how related plants and animals have simliar characteristics.

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark#1: Describe the basic needs of living things.

Benchmark #1: Identify how some animals gather and store food, defend themselves, and find shelter.

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Crafts

Language Arts Activities

Math

Snacks

Social Studies

Very Capable Students

TB, SB: Animal Planet Birds

ENCHANTED LEARNING: BIRDS

The Life of Birds

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Third Grade Arthropods

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #1: Recognize characteristics that are simliar and different between organisms.

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Benchmark #1: Describe a habitat and the organisms that live there.

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #1: Describe how related plants and animals have simliar characteristics.

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark#1: Describe the basic needs of living things.

Benchmark #1: Identify how some animals gather and store food, defend themselves, and find shelter.

Crafts

Language Arts

Music

Snacks

Social Studies

TB, SB: Animal Planets Insects
 
 
ENCHANTED LEARNING: INSECTS

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Fourth Grade Marine Mammals

ENCHANTED LEARNING: WHALES

ENCHANTED LEARNING: OCEANS

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #2: Group or classify organisms based on a variety of characteristics.

Whalesongs.org

Benchmark #2: Describe how adaptations help a species survive.

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Benchmark #2: Describe the relationship between characteristics of specific habitats and the organisms that live there.

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #2: Describe the life cycle of an organism.

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark #2: Describe basic plant and animal structures and their functions.

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Crafts

Language Arts

Math

Music

Very Capable Students

TB, SB: Animal Planets Water Life
 

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Fifth Grade Mammals

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

Benchmark #2: Group or classify organisms based on a variety of characteristics.

Benchmark #2: Describe how adaptations help a species survive.

TB, SB: From Animal Planet

From Kidsplanet

L: Animal Bytes

bcadventure.com

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Benchmark #2: Describe the relationship between characteristics of specific habitats and the organisms that live there.

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

Benchmark #2: Describe the life cycle of an organism.

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Benchmark #2: Describe basic plant and animal structures and their functions.

Ask an Expert

Crafts

Language

Very Capable Students

ENCHANTED LEARNING: MAMMALS

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Sixth Grade Rainforest

SECTION ONE: CHARACTERISTICS

from Animal Planet
Links from Animal Bytes

Fish

Exotic Plants and Animals

Detailed Information about Exotics

SECTION TWO: HABITAT

Rainforest

Biome Study

Earthworms

SECTION THREE: LIFE CYCLE

SECTION FOUR: FOOD CHAIN

Owls

The Water Cycle

El agua gira y gira

The Nitrogen Cycle

Ask an Expert

Capable Students

Language

Spanish Resources

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Seventh Grade Anatomy

Anatomy

Cells

Integumentary System

Skeletal System

Muscular System

Nervous System/Endocrine System

California State Science Fair Projects

Circulatory/Immune/Lymph Systems

Research for Capable Students

Respiratory System

Digestive System

Social Studies

Math

Music

Capable Students

Physical Education

Art

Language

Celebrating Women in Medicine

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Eighth Grade Ecosystems

 
On Line Atlases
Ecosystems through Time Maps
 
Biomes
Biome Summary
Major Biomes of the World
 
Biomes
 
Taiga

 

COFT.EDU
Facts
Plants
Animals
 
Taiga
 

Desert

 
COFT.EDU
Facts
Plants
Animals
 
Desert Scrub
 
Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU
 
El Ecosistema de los Desiertos
 
Ocean

A: Build an online Food Web 

 
Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU
 
Mares y Océanos
 
Tropical Rainforest
 
 
COFT.EDU
Facts
Plants
Animals
 
RADFORD UNIVERSITY
 
Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU
 
Ecosistema de la Selva Tropical

Grasslands

COFT.EDU

Facts
Plants
Animals
 
Tropical RADFORD UNIVERSITY
Temperate RADFORD UNIVERSITY

Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU

Ecosistema de los Pastizales

Wetland

Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU
Temperate Decicuous Forest
 
COFT.EDU
Facts
Plants
Animals
 
RADFORD UNIVERSITY
 
Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU
 
Ecosistema de los Bosques Templados
Tundra
 
 
COFT.EDU
Facts
Plants
Animals
 
RADFORD UNIVERSITY
 
 
Resources from UCMP.BERKELEY.EDU
 
Ecosistema de la Tundra

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Last Updated February 1, 2009