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Life Science: Diversity of Life – Classification and Animals

Grade(s): 6

Subject(s): Science

Year: 2014

Swallow-Tailed Kites | Making It Grow

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Much of the forested land in the Southeast is privately owned. Today, many landowners harvest their trees sustainably, preserving habitat for animals of all kinds, including the world’s most beautiful...

Bats, Bats, Facts and Myths | Project Discovery Revisited

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

There are many myths about the bat species that are simply not true. Some people think that bats are bloodsucking vampires or that they are flying, blind mice that get stuck in your hair. Project...

How Endothermic and Ectothermic Animals Respond to Changes in Environmental Temperature

Lesson

Grades: 6

Students will be able to compare endothermic and ectothermic animals by studying how they respond to the outside temperature. Students will complete activities to learn the difference between the two...

Compare and Classify Innate and Learned Behaviors in Animals

Lesson

Grades: 6

Students will learn about the differences between innate and learned behaviors in animals. They will watch videos, complete activities, and answer discussion questions that correspond to the videos...

Animal Behavior: How Animals Respond to Their Environment

Lesson

Grades: 6

Students will learn about how animals use behavior to respond to environmental stimuli that allow them to survive and reproduce. Students will watch videos and learn cooperatively to learn the content...

Animal Defense, Movement, and Resource Obtainment

Lesson

Grades: 6

Students will learn that animals have special structures that enable them to survive in their natural environment. Students will watch videos and complete activities to learn the content. Students...

Classification of Organisms

Lesson

Grades: 6

Students will create their own hierarchical taxonomic structure used to classify organisms. They will create their own mnemonic device to help remember the order of the structure. Students will design...

Characteristics of Living Things

Lesson

Grades: 6

Students will learn how organisms obtain and use resources for energy, respond to stimuli, reproduce, and grow and develop. The final assessment will be a project in which the students choose an...

Tree Identification with Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe

Lesson

Grades: 6

In Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, Cricket finds her father’s book about living off the land. In the book, he made notes about when he would teach Cricket certain skills. When Cricket was 10, he...

Field Cricket Study with Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe

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Grades: 6, 7

In Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, the main character Cricket finds a cricket stuck in a spider web. Cricket rescues the insect and names her Charlene. Students will use the adventures of Cricket...

Coyote Study with Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe

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Grades: 6

In Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, the main character Cricket sometimes hears coyotes howling in the woods. Students will use the novel as a starting point for learning more about a coyote’s howl...

Bird Survival Through Adaptations

Lesson

Grades: 6

A series of historical illustrations by naturalist, Mark Catesby, will be used as a foundation for students to assess how adaptations contribute to a species ability to survive in a particular...

Birds of Prey | Eye Wonder

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Eye Wonder team learns about birds of prey. D.V. visits a center for birds of prey and learns about the different physical attributes of these birds and how they are cared for and released into...

N.C. Zoo and Elephants Project | Project Discovery Revisited

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Grades: 6 7 8

The North Carolina Zoo, located in Asheboro, NC, is one of only two state-owned and -operated zoos in the country. With 1,400 acres, it is also one of the largest in land area. The zoo, with its...

Snakes, Snakes, Snakes | Project Discovery Revisited

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

When the Museum of York County had a special exhibit on snakes, the Project Discovery crew visited the exhibit with naturalist Rudy Mancke of PBS’s NatureScene. There are many myths about snakes, most...

Butterflies at Riverbanks Zoo | Project Discovery Revisited

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

In their new exhibit at Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden, butterflies are the “jewels of the sky.” A cloth-covered display lets in sun and rain, but doesn’t let the butterflies out. The plants in...

Meeting Big Backyard Monsters | Project Discovery Revisited

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The creatures at the South Carolina State Museum are big monsters found in your backyard. Because the bugs are much larger than the actual insects, details, as seen from the perspective of their prey...