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- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students investigate animal behavior, examining the nervous system and the physiology of the brain and the fight or flight response. They simulate animal behaviors and discuss the difference between an instinct and a behavior. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students discover the diverse roles of hybridization among animals. They research certain examples of animal hybrids as a springboard to analyzing a zoo's potential exhibit of animal hybrids. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students design and create an exhibit for an animal in a zoo. They work in pairs to research an environment in which an animal lives, trying to make the exhibit as "close to home" as possible. They present their exhibit to the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students develop their own flip book animation and then are to make it into a video. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students compare and contrast common animals children love and have as pets in Japan and America in this early elementary lesson. The culminating project is an original work of art by each student depicting an animal of their choice. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine plant and animal life while looking at the environments the organismisms live in. They determine how form follows function by looking an aquatic turtle and noticing its feature of adaptation features. They work in groups to identify the environmental conditions that would be found in specified habitats. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students work together to design their own animal exhibit for a zoo. With a partner, they use the internet to research the environment in which their animals lives. To end the lesson, they present the exhibit to the class and participate in a biome fair. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the highligts of their observations they made in the "Animal Spotlight" at the zoo. They use their observation sheet, or show pictures they made of the exhibit they selected to analyze. Students discuss the key ecological concepts of their animal they observed. Full Review »
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- 5th - 9th
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Students discuss the social limitations on a zoo's ability to provide animal exhibits that meet all of the requirements for animals to survive and have healthy behaviors in captivity. They compare notes from a visit to the zoo with current research on well designed zoo exhibits. Full Review »
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- 1st - 12th
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Students draw a picture of an original animal and then write a poem with words that begin only with the same first letter as the animal. Individually, they must decide how it might sound, where it lives and eats. To end the lesson, they mount their drawing on black construction paper. Full Review »
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