Animal ID - : Fish, Frogs, Owls, Raptors, Salamanders, Snakes, Spiders, Turtles, Furbearers, Animal Tracks 1, Animal Tracks 2
Classification Challenges - Kingdoms, Arthropods, Mollusks, Mammals 1, Mammals 2, Mammals 3, SpongeBob Classification
Mystery Critters - Who Am I 1, Who Am I 2, Who Am I 3, Who Am I 4, Who Am I 5, Who Am I 6, Who Am I 7
Note: Each of these "Who am I?" starters has three animals for the kids to identify using a series of clues. Most of them focus on Illinois animals, but you can edit them to apply to your state.
Animal Scrambles - Critters 1, Critters 2, Critters 3, Critters 4, Illinois Critters
Birds - Bird Beaks, Bird Feet, Bird Nests, Backyard Birds, Raptor ID
Also available ... Eagle Trivia: Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, Set 4, Set 5
Insects - Trivia Set 1, Trivia Set 2, Trivia Set 3, Trivia Set 4, Basics Set 1, Basics Set 2, Basics Set 3, Insect Who am I 1, Insect Who am I Set 2, Insect Who am I Set 3, Insect Who am I Set 4, Orders 1, Orders 2, Orders 3
Animal Jokes - Bug Jokes 1, Bug Jokes 2, Frog Jokes, Snake Jokes, Spider Jokes
Cell Organelle - Plant Cell, Animal Cell, Cell Scramble 1, Cell Scramble 2
Mystery Cells - Challenge 1
Cell Division - Mitosis 1, Mitosis 2
Genetics Basics - Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, Set 4, Set 5
Genetics Challenge - Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, Set 4, Set 5
Punnett Practice - Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, Set 4, Set 5
DNA Basics - DNA Basics 1, DNA Basics 2, DNA Challenge 1, DNA Challenge 2, DNA Challenge 3
SpongeBob Trivia - Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, Set 4, Set 5
Note: Since I use the SpongeBob genetics lessons in this unit, I throw in a few of these for fun.
EcoBasics - EcoBasics 1, EcoBasics 2, EcoBasics 3
EcoScrambles - EcoScramble 1, EcoScramble 2, EcoScramble 3
Food Webs - Food Webs 1, Food Webs 2, Food Webs 3
Invasive Species - Invasive ID 1, Invasive ID 2
Environmental Topics - Trash Tales (Ocean Garbage), Human Trash Footprint, Tree Tales (Sahara Desert), Fish Tales (Fish Survey), Dinner Time (Global Warming), Yellowstone River (Ecosystem)
NOTE: Links have been provided within each presentation to the video or podast needed. You will want to preview each presentation before sharing it with your classes to make sure you can view or listen to the files. If possible, you may want to download the videos to prevent problems playing them directly from the websites.
Human Body
These starters submitted by Rebecca Bryant challenge students to use their knowledge of the organ systems.
Cardiovascular System - Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, Set 4
Living Things
These starters submitted by Rebecca Bryant relate to the levels of organization (cells, tissues, etc.) in living things and characteristics of living things.
Do you have starters that you'd like to share? If so, e-mail them to me as PowerPoint 2003 and I'll add them to this page!
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