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- 3rd - 5th
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Students are explaiend the the Florida Everglades are in danger. They explore the characteristics of the Florida Everglades. Students investigate about ways they can help protect the Florida Everglades. They are shown where Florida is on a world map. Students are asked what the Florida Everglades are and if they have ever been there?
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- 6th - 8th
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Students design and construct an imaginary animal that is perfectly adapted to a particular type of biome. They give the animal a scientific name, place it in a phylum and write descriptions about its behavior, reproduction, foraging, shelter and defensive behavior. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students complete a learning log as they walk through the trails at the Minnesota Zoo. The learning log engages students in the Discovery Bay, Tropics, and Northern Trails at the zoo with questions about the animals and activities they observe in each section. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the why the balance among producers, predators and prey is necessary in order for an ecosystem to be sustained over time. Through web games and activities, they discover how each component of the food chain works to sustain the ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students participate in a pre-visit activity for the Minnesota Zoo. Prior to their visit they practice using habitat vocabulary through different activities. They also research 16 different habitats and the animals that can be found living there by visiting an included activity link. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students discuss the importance of coral reefs to various organisms. Individually, they use a molding material to create part of a relief structure of a coral reef. To end the lesson, they combine all sections of the reef together. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students review information about coral reefs. They locate Haiti on a map and watch a video and read from their textbooks about coral reefs in Haiti. They draw/create a 3-D coral reef out of yarn, sponges, and construction paper. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students view a 30-minute video lesson to discover information about the characteristics of frogs and toads. They then transform themselves into frogs and participate in a Jumping Frog Jubilee. They work in groups of three to measure and record the average jumping length of each "frog" and graph the data, analyzing it to see if they can find any correlations between variables. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students match each body part or idea from a work bank about methods of animal adaptations for winter survival. They observe as the first one, food is covered with the whole class before completing the rest of the diagram. They discuss if there is one animal that has all the characteristics and what would happen if an animal lost its fur. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students work collaboratively to determine how many crackers are in a large container. They then view a video to see how often people use estimation in their jobs, and another video to watch students work on figuring out appropriate estimations to real-life problems in a mock talk show. Full Review »
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