Grades 6 - 12 Lesson Plans

Lessons are divided into themes to correlate to environmental topics.

• Animals - These lesson plans encompass amphibians, birds, fish, insects, mammals and reptiles with instruction across multiple disciplines.
• Nature Study - These lessons incorporate multiple subject disciplines as an aid in exploring, discovering, and observing nature.
• Recycling and Conservation - These lessons look at the sustainable use of natural resources.
• Soils - These lesson plans focus on the composition, properties and conservation of this important resource.
• Water - These lessons examine wildlife within aquatic ecosystems.

Animal Lessons

Insects

• Insect Jeopardy (PDF) (32 KB)

Mammals

• Biology of Bats (PDF) (457 KB)
• Blind as a Bat (PDF) (82 KB)
• Marvelous Mammals Crossword Puzzle (PDF) (109 KB)

Wildlife

• Animal Class Fact Sheet and Records (PDF) (362 KB)
• Five Classes of Vertebrates (PDF) 474 KB
• New York State Endangered and Threatened Species Fact Sheet (PDF) (197 KB)
• Wildlife Conservation III (PDF) (756 KB)
• Wildlife Forensics (PDF) (675 KB)

Nature Study

• Sharp Eyes (PDF) (88 KB)

Recycling and Conservation Lessons

• Aluminum Can Challenge Worksheet (PDF) (98 KB)
• Recycle Every Day Word Search (PDF) (45 KB)
• Where is Away? (PDF) (693 KB)

Soils

• Erosion (PDF) (166 KB)

Water Lessons

• Aquatic Science (PDF) (917 KB)
• DEC Collect and Possess Regulations (PDF) (317 KB)
• Fish Language Puzzle (PDF) ( 257 KB)
• Maintaining Live Organisms Indoors Instructions (PDF) (207 KB)
• Macroinvertebrate Report Worksheet (PDF) (261 KB)
• Pond Dichotomous Key (PDF) (290 KB)
• Pond Ecology (PDF) (571 KB)
• Pond Life Word Search Puzzle (PDF) (116 KB)
• World of the Pond (PDF) (94 KB)
• World of the Pond Data Sheet (PDF) (50 KB)

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