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ACTIVITIES
Make Your Progress Visible
Use this end-of-the-year activity to support students to reflect on the progress that they have made this school year. For this...
FUTUREFIT PROJECTS
Home Sweet (Tiny) Home
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TEACHING RESOURCE
10 Ideas for Building a Formative Assessment Toolkit
Most of us know that we should be using formative, or informal, assessments throughout our lessons. Formative assessments give...
LESSON PLANS
Instant Expert: Amphibians
Become an instant expert on amphibians. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to introduce frogs-the...TEACHING RESOURCE
NSTA Recommends -- Reptiles and Amphibians
NSTA Recommends – Reptiles and AmphibiansThe following are excerpts from K-12 NTSA Recommends book reviews. Grades K-4Frogs,...REFERENCE
Animal Vocabulary
Although these words sound scientific, they are commonly used to describe animal families or behavior.Herbivores are animals, such...REFERENCE
Vertebrates Versus Invertebrates
Almost all animals fall into one of two groups. Adult vertebrates have a spinal column, or backbone, running the length of the...REFERENCE
Animal Fathers
Most animals never even see their parents! Many never meet their fathers and some never meet their mothers, either. Some insects,...REFERENCE
Animal Vocabulary: Families and Behavior
Herbivores are animals, such as deer, who eat plants.Carnivores are flesh-eating animals, like lions.Omnivores, such as bears...
