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Interactions Between Living Things and Their Environment
2.2.1 | 2.2.3
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Accomplishments
(based on Tennessee
Curriculum Standards) | Internet
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Categorize
objects as living or nonliving. 2.2.1 |
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 Living
and Nonliving - A lesson plan that is five activities in one inquiry  - Living
vs Non-Living Quiz - This quiz is based on the information about the six characteristics
of living things. For each of the following determine if it is a living or a non-living
organism. Clicking on the answer allows you to check your answers. Good luck!
 - Living
or Non-Living? - use this BBC quiz to classify things as animal or non living
 - Find
the Living things in this interactive quiz from the BBC
- Worksheet
for classifying living and non living things
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Determine how
organisms interact with the nonliving elements of their environment. 2.2.3
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Recognize
different types of pollutants. 2.2.4 | - Learn
about pesticides. Are they good? What are they used for? (a quiz is included)
- How
bad is the air you breathe? Learn how the air becomes dirty. (a quiz is included)
- What
is a hazardous waste? How does garbage effect you? (a quiz is included)
- Take
a test about how you use water! Twenty five questions that will help you be
a better user of water.
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| Food Production
and Energy for Life
2.3.1 |
Compare how plants
and animals satisfy their basic requirements for life.
2.3.1 |
- Health
and Growth - keep Ben healthy by providing him with what he needs
- Helping
Plants Grow Well - can you make the plant grow to its full height?
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 Food
Chains - a slide show with places to stop and ask for responses from
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Recognize that all
living things come from other living things. 2.4.1 | |
Match offspring
with their parents. 2.4.2 | - Baby
Animals - [this link opens on a new page] An Online Story Picture Book For Young Children. Adult animals are
named, but are not shown.
- Baby
Animals Crossword Puzzle - Click on each box to type letters into the crossword
puzzle. (use this as a follow up activity after studying baby animals)
- Baby
Animal Videos - (posted by the San Diego Zoo) Click on an animal in the list
to begin the video. While the emphasis is on the baby,
you also see the parent.
- Gallery of Young and Adult Animals - [this link opens on a new page]
- Match
Parents With Babies - Springboard Magazine's All About Babies page has a matching
quiz (names not pictures) at the bottom of the page.
- What Will I Be When I Grow Up? - a baby animal and three adult animals are shown, students must select the matching adult
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Recognize that
as an organism grows, its appearance may change. 2.4.3
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Circle of Life - Springboard Magazine's presentation of life cycles
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Diversity
and Adaptation Among Living Things
2.5.1
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Provide specific examples of differences
among animals of the same kind. 2.5.1 |
- Ants
are not all alike - take a look at some of them
- Frogs
- See how differently from each other these frogs look and sound
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Classify an organism
according to the environment in which it can best survive. 2.5.2
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- Biomes of the World - The Earth
has many different environments, varying in temperature, moisture, light,
and many other factors. Each of these habitats has distinct life forms
living in it.
- Critter
Craze - [this link opens on a new page]
This lesson introduces the concepts of basic needs, grouping, and habitats.
(Author - Laurie Ayers)
- Match Animals
to their Habitat - select one of the twelve habitats at Animal Universe
and choose animals that live in that habitat (select Maybe Later
on the registration screen)
- Squish
the Fish - Help Squish travel out across the reef to find his lunch.
He needs to find friends who will help him hide from his nemesis, Big
Tooth Blob. Learn about shape, color, and behavioral adaptations for
survival.
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Recognize
that some plants and animals that formerly inhabited the earth are no longer present
on earth.
2.6.1 | - Planet
Ocean - Explore & Learn More by clicking on Critters or Stuff
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Earth Science Standards  |
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Recognize
that there are innumerable stars in the nighttime sky that vary in brightness,
color, and location. 2.7.1 a | - Auroras:
Mysterious Lights in the Nighttime Sky - Click on the box at the top of this
page.
- The
Night Sky Live - best as a whole class activity - click on an asterisk on
the map to see the night sky live from someplace around the world.
- The
night sky from the same location during a year - This sequence of images shows
simulated views of the night sky from Chicago, Illinois. The frames show the view
from Earth at midnight, once a week over a year.
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Recognize
that the sun is the brightest object in the sky and earth’s closest star.
2.7.1 b | - The
Sun: An Introduction - This lesson introduces the topic of the Sun. Students
also begin making entries in their Science Journals.
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Determine the
approximate time of day from the position of the sun in the sky. 2.7.2
a | - As
the Earth Turns - [this link opens on a new page] learn that day and night are caused by the rotation
of the Earth. (Author - Sandi King)
- Construct
a paper sundial - from Canon's Bubble Jet Printer Creative Park
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Sundials:
Observing and Using Shadows - Students build sundials and observe changes
in shadows over the course of one or more days.
- Sunrise
Sunset - [this link opens on a new page] learn about the apparent movement of the sun across the
day sky. Students then learn to relate time of day to the location of the sun.
(Author - Sandi King)
- What
Makes Shadows? Students learn about shadows as they observe and draw the shadow
of a classmate. In the extension activity, students observe and discuss shadows
changing over time.
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Recognize that
the phases of the moon occur in a predictable pattern. 2.7.2 b |
- The
Moon - This lesson plan is a three-part investigation that allows students
to conceptualize the earth-moon-sun relationship in our solar system.
- The
Phases of the Moon - from Enchanted Learning
- What
Our Moon Looks Like During a Complete Lunar Cycle - from the Astronomy Picture
of the Day
- Phases
of the Moon - from Harcourt School (short, simple, well done)
- Phases
of the moon from Earth and space - For each phase, examine how the view from
Earth is related to the view from space.
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Recognize the
earth’s major geological features (e.g., mountains, oceans, and lakes).
2.9.1 | - Observe
images of different climate zones using an interactive map
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Recognize
the components of soil and sand. 2.10.1 a |
- Ask
the Answer Worm! - It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it - S.K.Worm,
the official annelid, or worm, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural
Resources Conservation Service answers students questions about soil.
- Experiment
with Rocks and Soils by using an interactive BBC site
- Take
a soil quiz
 - Punalu'u
- Black Sand Beach - on the Big Island of Hawaii
- Picture
of a black sand beach with the rocks that the sand is made from
- Coral
Pink Sand Dunes - in Southwestern Utah
- pink
sand beach in bermuda
- Pebbles
from a landscape company
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Observe
the properties of sand and soil. 2.10.1 b |
- Properties
of Soil - Take an elevator ride from the surface to the bedrock below.
- Sand
Grains: Chips Off The Old Rock -
- Where
does sand come from? - This is a very different kind of sand found at White
Sands National Monument.
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Identify
various methods to conserve earth resources (e.g., soil, trees, and water).
2.10.2 | - Conservation Songs - sing and learn ways to help the earth
- Four
Threats to the Health of the Nation's Forests and Grasslands -
- Saving Water - Ideas for children to help conserve water.
- Waste Management Quiz - answer questions correctly to add to your stack of green dollars
- Water conservation in your home
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