Students may recognize the importance of their senses, but they don't often focus on them individually. Students will experiment with sounds made by leaves, feeling different textures, observing different colors, and much more.

Students will use knowledge of adaptations to compare the structures and functions of plants. These likenesses are passed down between parent plants and their offspring

In this lesson students will explore the physical characteristics of insects and how they camouflage themselves to avoid being eaten by predators.

In this lesson, students will explore the outdoor classroom in pairs looking for evidence of animal life and imagining what types of animals might live in and around the area.

The students will explore the outdoor classroom in pairs looking for evidence of animal life cycles and imagining what types of animals might live in, and survive in, the outdoor classroom area.

Biology is designed for multi-semester biology courses for science majors. It is grounded on an evolutionary basis and includes exciting features that highlight careers in the biological sciences and everyday applications of the concepts at hand. To meet the needs of today’s instructors and students, some content has been strategically condensed while maintaining the overall scope and coverage of traditional texts for this course. Instructors can customize the book, adapting it to the approach that works best in their classroom. Biology also includes an innovative art program that incorporates critical thinking and clicker questions to help students understand—and apply—key concepts.

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Identify the shared characteristics of the natural sciencesSummarize the steps of the scientific methodCompare inductive reasoning with deductive reasoningDescribe the goals of basic science and applied science

STUDENT ACTIVITY - 5th Grade: This is a distance-learning lesson that students can complete at home. The student will explore the biome in which they live while comparing it to other major biomes around the world.This activity was created by Out Teach (out-teach.org), a nonprofit providing outdoor experiential learning to transform Science education for students in under-served communities.

Students will compare different plant traits and determine how each structure helps that species of plant grow and reproduce in the schoolyard habitat. After which, students can observe each plant for acquired traits.

In this lesson, students will formulate and interpret cause-and-effect relationships using a 3-column chart to organize their ideas. Students will apply the concept of "cause" as something that always happens first, and the effect is the resulting outcome (or what happens second).

STUDENT ACTIVITY - 4th - NCThis is a distance-learning lesson students can complete at home.The student will observe, compare different objects, and be able to identify the properties of specific materials.This activity was created by Out Teach (out-teach.org), a nonprofit providing outdoor experiential learning to transform Science education for students in under-served communities.

Students will observe, compare different objects, and be able to identify the properties of specific materials.

In this lesson, using different texts students learn many ways to communicate with sound. With this lesson, students will learn also how to communicate with sound over a distance.

Students will understand that wind and water can change the shape of the land. And that because there is always more than one possible solution to a problem, it is useful to compare and test designs.

Students will create mixtures using objects they find in the garden. Also, they need to be able to write a conclusion based on observations.

Students will observe and describe the properties of soil for texture, size, color and ability to support life.

Students will explore the ways that plants get recycled into soil/food for other plants.

Students will read the complex text on compost and use the outdoor space to verify or deny the content of the text in the real-world setting.