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Animal Lesson Plans


Animal riddle

Animal Riddles

Students will research an animal and create a riddle to showcase their knowledge and engage other students in the natural world.

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Amazing Animal Alliterations

Students will learn to create illustrations that support and reflect their writing.

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Persuade for a Pet

Students write a persuasive letter to convince their parents or teacher to get a new pet.

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Fabulous Fables

In this lesson, students learn about characters, plot, and setting, as well as the parts of a story as they retell, or adapt, a fable.

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Animal Interviews

Students research the characteristics, adaptations, and habitat of an animal and share their findings in a question and answer session with the animal.

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Design a Polar Park

Students design enclosures for animals that live in the Arctic or Antarctic regions, to reflect what they have learned about animal habitats and characteristics.

Magical Metamorphosis – Butterfly Life Cycle Stories

Magical Metamorphosis

Students explore the life cycle of a butterfly as they write and illustrate stories that show the stages of a butterfly’s metamorphosis.

Don’t Let the Earth Down

Don’t Let the Earth Down

Students will write persuasively on an animal conservation issue and create a public service announcement to promote protection for this animal.

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Create a Creature

Students apply what they have learned about animal characteristics and adaptation to create a new creature and introduce it to the scientific community.

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Animal Diaries

In this lesson, students write and design a diary for an animal to teach others about its unique physical characteristics and adaptations.

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