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This coloring book is designed to help kids learn more about the valuable resources the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works to protect, restore and enhance. Each page, from A ('aquatic') to Z ('zones'), features a picture and information about a different aspect of the aquatic ecosystem, including animal and ecosystem characteristics.
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This document provides several activities that show how desert plants and animals are well-adapted to life in the desert and thrive on little moisture and high temperatures. There are extension lessons as well as a drawing activity.
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This activity integrates art and science as students use books and other sources to learn more about the creatures that live in the ocean. Once they have learned about various sea creatures and their habitats, they will construct an undersea environment in their classroom.
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This is the education section of a larger site about the Aquarius underwater habitat in the Florida Keys. It includes classroom activities exploring concepts of buoyancy, pressure and light; a series of classroom activities exploring the biology of corals; and an on-line book about coral reef biology.
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This
series
of
activities
demonstrates
some
effects
of
rising
levels
of
greenhouse
gases
on
climate.
Specifically,
it
shows
how
an
increase
of
heat-trapping
gases
in
the
atmosphere
raises
temperatures;
higher
temperatures
affect
the
water
cycle,
and
rising
sea
levels
could
affect
coastal
areas
as
a
result
of
glacial
and
polar
ice
melt.
Although
these
activities
are
designed
to
teach
specific
skills
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WhaleTimes
will
take
young
users
on
an
adventure
to
the
ocean.
This
resource
provides
a
wealth
of
information
and
pictures
on
popular
sea
life,
such
as
whales,
seals,
sea
lions,
sharks,
penguins,
and
walruses.
It
helps
the
user
to
find
out
how
animals
survive
in
the
sea,
what
they
eat,
where
they
live
and
much
more.
There
are
several
computer
activities
for
young
kids,
and
a
list
of
books
that
focus
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Using
a
color
chart,
students
will
make
observations
outside
during
each
of
the
four
seasons.
During
each
session,
they
will
try
to
find
as
many
colors
as
possible
and
record
what
they
see.
As
a
class,
they
will
make
charts
describing
the
colors
they
find
in
each
season.
At
the
end
of
the
school
year,
students
will
compare
their
results
and
generate
conclusions
about
variations
in
colors
in
nature
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A
learning
activity
for
the
"All
About
Earth:
Our
World
on
Stage"
book
in
the
Elementary
GLOBE
series.
In
pairs,
students
will
create
experimental
conditions
in
terrariums
in
order
to
study
what
plants
need
to
live.
Variables
to
study
include
the
presence
or
absence
of
soil,
water,
and
sunlight.
Students
will
record
the
growth
of
radish
plants
as
well
as
observations
of
"the
water
cycle"
in
their
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The
class
will
brainstorm,
write,
create,
and
produce
a
play
in
which
they
represent
how
all
the
Earth
systems
are
interconnected.
This
play
can
be
based
on
the
Elementary
GLOBE
book
"All
About
Earth:
Our
World
on
Stage"
or
on
other
student-generated
topics
representing
interconnections
of
the
Earth
systems.
The
purpose
of
the
play
is
to
serve
as
a
performance
assessment
providing
students
with
the
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A
learning
activity
for
the
"All
About
Earth:
Our
World
on
Stage"
book
in
the
Elementary
GLOBE
series.
One
of
the
"big
ideas"
in
Earth
system
science
is
the
notion
of
interaction
among
parts
of
the
Earth
system.
In
the
Elementary
GLOBE
book
All
About
Earth:
Our
World
on
Stage,
the
children
in
Ms.
Patel's
class
discuss
instances
of
how
the
four
major
spheres
of
Earth's
system
interact.
They
symbolize
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