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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how the wild ponies of Chincoteague have adapted to their environment; students discern the challenges faced by land management teams that handle the herds; finally, students propose a plan to balance the ponies' needs with those of other i Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students use a video to experience life on the farm. They see farm animals and examine horses and cows. They also participate in simulated cow milking. As a final treat they can enjoy ice cream made from cow's milk. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students explore the life and work of artist Frederic Remington. They point out the horizon in his paintings and draw a horse. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students create a KWL chart on Native Americans and listen to a speaker from a local Indian Reservation. As a class, they are read part of a Native American story in which they pick their own Native American name and identify their own special talent. In groups, they discuss the importance of the horse to the Native American community and what their clothes symbolize. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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In this cross curricular lesson, students learn about the variety of nutritional needs for horses. They relate their own nutritional needs for variety to those of the horse. Different nutritional elements are represented by a variety of snacks (blue jelly beans for water, popcorn for carbohydrates etc). Students measure one cup of each ingredient into their bag to make a balanced food mixture. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore how we use humor to celebrate people, objects, and places. Students explore how a writer honored the horse Barbaro. They create humorous appreciations of people, objects, or places they love. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students write a day in the life story from the point of view of another endangered animal. Students write to your local newspaper to express their opinions on the issue. Students research a horse's diet and explain why horses have flat, grinding teeth. Students compare and graph the trends of mustang population in the West from 1965 to the present. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students create a horse drawing to send in to participate in a Steeplechase Art competition. They follow step-by-step directions to create a drawing of a horse that includes the background, horizon, foreground, and middleground. Students send their final products to the competition. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students research the history of horse racings' Triple Crown, read about the differences in the three race tracks, and investigate the eleven horse that are past winners. Next, they choose one horse, track, or historical aspect of the Triple Crown to write an essay about. Finally, they share the information from their research and discuss characteristics of horses that were winners. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 6th
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Students gather information about the Melbourne Cup horse race in Australia. Then they study the geometry and physics behind the design of a racetrack. Students also work in small groups to problem solve and design their own board games using their findings about racetracks. Finally, they demonstrate how their games are played, including showing how horses can change lanes during the race. Full Review »
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