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- 2nd
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Students study raptors and use their vocabulary. Full Review »
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- 4th - 7th
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Students study the characteristics of wetlands, and their importance to humans and wildlife. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students research and make Osprey nests in order to investigate ecological systems and provide citizens of their city with information needed to make decisions about environmental issues. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students study ecological relationships and how they relate to politics by researching Ospreys. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students plot the migration paths of birds using latitude and longitude data from a table. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students begin the lesson by developing a map of Kelsey Island by following specific instructions. In groups, they are given a block of ice in which they tie a rope around and drag over various rocks for different distances. They record, compare and contrast their answers. They also discover how the sea level rises when ice is put into water with their ice block. They end the lesson by discussion how this affects coastal areas. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the habitat and community structure of a pond that could support Ospreys through games and worksheets. They then go on a field trip to a pond to evaluate the suitability of the pond as an Osprey habitat. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students explore the interrelatedness of predators and prey in four different activities. They simulate an aquatic insect, fish, and osprey food chain during a poker chip game, play an M&M game to simulate the relationship between predator and prey population sizes, read and discuss fairy tale representations of predators and discuss people's attitudes about predators. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students explore the route that Minnesota ospreys follow during spring and fall migration. They describe the important ecological characteristics of the places that ospreys pass through during their migration. They determine where ospreys from the metro area of Minnesota spend the winter. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students analyze their own adaptations. They tape their thumbs to the palms of their hands and experiment with picking things up, writing, and tying their shoes. Students work in small groups to complete a worksheet. Students select a habitat and create an animal that could live in that habitat. They list physical and behavioral adaptations needed to survive. Full Review »