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- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students discover some of the threats to tigers in the wild and some of the challenges of keeping them in wildlife preserves and zoos. They then sketch and explain their designs for sensible tiger enclosures in zoos. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students are introduced to data collecting using video and the Internet. They practice collecting data and transferring this information to a graph. 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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- 7th - 9th
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Students discuss the complicated environmental issues that face different people today. They establish legal positions surrounding several different scenarios. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students debate the pros and cons of bilingualism in the United States and in the classroom. Students investigate how language reflects and influences culture, and focus on how to make language acquisition easier for students. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students, after playing a game of animal 'identity', review and practice key vocabulary words orally and written into their notebooks for this lesson. They read a story about a new arrival at the zoo and answer text questions together or in small groups. In addition, they complete several worksheets and then take an online quiz over them. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 7th
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Students read The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. After reading the story, they center on the controversy of destroying the rain forest or conserving it. Students have to make an informed decision about rain forest destruction. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students are exposed to several current events in zoos around the world that have become subject to criticism from several sources. They are then asked to study these incidents in depth and will be assigned a side of the argument (zoo vs. critic). Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students be exposed to several current events in zoos around the world. They will be asked to study the incidents and then be ready to debate as either from the zoo's point of view or the critics in how the zoo handled their issues. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 7th
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Students listen to and study three program's that deal with the jobs people do. They listen to a broadcast on each one that deals with horses, cats and dogs and caring for animals. Each student explores the advantages and disadvantages for keeping animals in captivity. Full Review »
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