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- 6th - 12th
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Students research how zoologists determine appropriate diets for animals, design a sample diet for a chosen animal and compare it to their own. They read the article, Cat Food for Aardvarks, and Other Zoo Diets which is imbedded in this plan. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students design a presentation that trace the development of an organ system through the major phyla of the animal kingdom looking for the relationships between structure and function by documenting adaptations. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students gain a better understanding of endangered species. This lesson requires a field trip to the North Carolina Zoological park. At the park, students use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to identify and categorize the animals. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students identify the parts and functions of a mussel. They explain how its physical adaptations help it survive in its habitat. They label the parts as a quiz to complete the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 7th
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Students identify the environmental elements of river and lake mussels. They compare the elements to the time before settlement and during industrialization. They also participate in a field trip to a mussel exhibit. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students review the information they gathered on different websites to write a poem about spiders. They use other websites to gain more information if needed. They share their poem with the class. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students observe and differentiate between organisms that consist of a single cell and those that are made of a collection of similar cells that benefit from cooperating. They draw and then compare what they see to a chart that identifies the pond water organisms. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students make fingerprints on name tag paper and compare them to the prints of their neighbor. They wear the "name tags" for the remainder of the lesson. Students work in groups to model a Giant Otter Family with assigned roles. At the conclusion of the lesson, students may raise money to help endangered animals. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students listen to story, "Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo," by Karma Wilson, practice finding information from Internet, write information about one chosen zoo animal, draw picture of their zoo animal, pair up and read their My Zoo Animal books, and compare and contrast different characteristics of zoo animals. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students practice their vocabulary words selected from a context piece relating to the Vista Module. They are given the following vocabulary: classify, botany, zoology, ecosystem, food chain, photosyntheis, microscope, habitat, and biology. Students discuss that biology is the science of life. Full Review »
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