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Students read the essay, "What, If Anything, Is a Zebra?" following a teacher made reading guide. They investigate cladistics, shared derived characteristics, with further online research to enhance their study of evolution and classificatio Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the proliferation of zebra mussels and their effects on local bodies of water. They go to a boat dock or marina to obtain mussels, then pull them off rocks. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students, in groups, read the puzzle problem and must sort the information to find the answers. They develop their own strategies to solve the problem. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students use the Myworld and maketown file to plan a safe trip from their house to another location. They create their own maps. They discuss where they cross roads and they place zebra crossings in suitable locations. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students research how an invading organism (the zebra mussel) aggressively inhabits new environments. They discover that the zebra mussel is an environmental hazard to native aquatic species. They use an interactive web program to answer questions. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students brainstorm possible causes of zebra mussel migration and population expansion. They identify the key causes and effects of the disturbance of the Hudson River ecosystem and research causes and effects in the disturbances of different ecosystems. They illustrate the flow of energy in the ecosystems they have studied and present their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the heart beat of zebra fish in timed intervals. They record the heart beats and average three counts to display in their data tables. They repeat these steps increasing the adrenaline solution. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter Z and the /z/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and identify which words in word pairs contain the /z/ sound. Students listen to the book "Zigby Hunts For Treasure," and identify the words containing the /z/ sound from the story. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students read the short story "Zebra" and answer some guide questions provided by the teacher. They write down their own questions about the story and discuss the meaning of the title "Zebra" and how it relates to the theme of the story. They make a list of household disposable materials that may be used to make sculptures of animals. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are taught how to format and enter data into an Excel spreadsheet. They make a graph, and interpret graphed data. Students discuss the possible impacts of zebra mussels on the Hudson river. They graph zebra mussel data. Full Review »