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24 July 2025

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Studying animal terraforming - how animals shape and transform landscapes - is a fascinating and valuable topic for middle and high school students because it connects biology, ecology, and environmental science in a real-world context. From beavers building dams that create wetlands to earthworms enriching soil and elephants shaping entire ecosystems by knocking down trees, animals play a crucial role in shaping their environments. Understanding animal terraforming processes helps students see nature as an interconnected system and encourages critical thinking about conservation, climate change, and how human activities influence ecosystems. Plus, animal terraforming inspires curiosity about the natural world and potential careers in science, sustainability, and wildlife management. With his in mind, let’s engage with this fantastic learning resource!

This animal terraforming science research project template (webquest) provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about animal terraforming. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this animal terraforming science research project template (webquest) with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

THIS ANIMAL TERRAFORMING SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJECT TEMPLATE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

  • Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
  • To extend students
  • To increase scientific literacy in your class
  • A weekly reading task
  • Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
  • To inspire students on a particular topic
  • Give a selection of these articles for students to choose from

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS ANIMAL TERRAFORMING SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJECT TEMPLATE:

  • 7 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with supporting appendix items
  • 3 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
  • 7 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with supporting appendix items
  • 3 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
  • 7 page PDF teacher version with supporting appendix items
  • 3 page PDF student version with space to fill in answers
  • 1 page 20 point rubric for self or teacher assessment in all three - Google doc, Word doc and PDF form

Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly.

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From the ocean garbage patches to animal terraforming and Earth's magnetic field. Also soil formation, Earth's core and even hydrogeology. Further it has dinosaur fossils, growing deserts and stalactites and stalagmites. This bundle has you covered and helps students develop research skills with a STEM connection and critical thinking prompts through thought provoking questions. These research project templates provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resources that can supplement lessons. They are project templates with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking. They give a rich and supportive framework that can be tweaked as needed for students to support differentiation. Each research project template includes: * Space for a one paragraph summary (that links to the 2 page science article also available on this topic - but does not have to). * Students should produce a mathematical connection, an engineering / technology connection, 2 interesting facts / stats. * 5 glossary terms they should fill in with their own words (which also links to the science article also available) * 3 thought provoking questions (ie: critical thinking questions) they must answer. * Finally, each template has 3 alternative thought provoking questions for younger students and 3 other alternative harder questions to extend high flying or older students. Giving you a total of 9 possible thought provoking questions that could be used with students to enhance their research and critical thinking. * Further, I have added a 1 page - 20 point rubric to be used for either self-assessment or teacher assessment as you deem fit. I hope it helps support the learning even further! These science articles provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resources that can supplement lessons. They are articles with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking. I am very proud of this series of science articles and they are rich with information and wonder at the majesty of science. Each science article includes a fun fact(s) to add to the knowledge gained from this article. Formatted in an easy to read and digest manner, each paragraph is numbered to help with referencing and each question answer has a paragraph reference number to point to the specific information (where applicable). WHY / WHEN TO USE: * Useful for substitute (sub) teaching * To extend students * To increase scientific literacy and research skills in your class * Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast and you need a long running task * To inspire students on a particular topic * As a scaffold to support students who need support on research skills and can use a framework * To enhance critical thinking when doing research and making a relevant and interesting output * Give a selection of these research project templates for students to choose from * To enhance students ability to express ideas and synthesis knowledge WHAT'S INCLUDED: Research Project Templates * 10 - 7 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with supporting appendix items * 10 - 3 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) * 10 - 7 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with supporting appendix items * 10 - 3 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) * 10 - 7 page PDF teacher version with supporting appendix items * 10 - 3 page PDF student version with space to fill in answers * 1 page 20 point rubric for self or teacher assessment in all three - Google doc, Word doc and PDF form Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly. Science Article * 10 - 3 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers * 10 - 2 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) * 10 - 3 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers * 10 - 2 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) * 10 - 3 page PDF teacher version with answers * 10 - 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)

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