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- 1st - 2nd
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Students create and describe a new animal that live on the savannah following the characteristics of savannah wildlife discussed in the lesson. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students conduct computer research on a specific biome. They create brochures encouraging people to buy property that is part of that biome, listing the reasons why such property would be beneficial to the purchaser. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students learn location and the characteristics of six major land biomes. They, in groups, conduct computer research on a specific biome. They create brochures encouraging people to buy property that is part of that biome. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify and explore life forms of various biomes, define transitional regions, examine effects of abiotic and biotic interactions, research a biome, and produce newspaper that features environmental information. Lessons all on one page. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students participate in a three part unit about biomes. Part one, students research the biomes of North America and part two consists of research on zoos and a field trip to a zoo. While part three ties together the first two when students design a section of a zoo to be built in South Africa displaying animals from North America. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use atlases and maps to identify the physical features of Africa and the animals and their environments that are unique to each region. They retell an African animal tale and create a physical map of Africa. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students discover how energy flows through communities because of the relationship between producers, consumers and decomposers. Examining various ecosystems, they identify the materials that cycle continuously through them. They label the major biomes of the Earth and discover their characteristics. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students read the article "African Pastoral: Archaeologists Rewrite the Story of Farming" from The New York Times and discuss how the image of the farmer has changed over the centuries. Students work in groups to create time-lines and handouts on the different aspects of farming as they relate to the article. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students discuss the different biomes of Africa. They create a list of biomes of Africa. They color code a map of the biomes of Africa. They research interesting facts about Africa. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students engage in a comparison project between African Savanna Grasslands and Temperate grasslands of Canada. They investigate the special adaptations of specific Savanna species and create links between physical / behavioral characteristics and environmental factors Full Review »

