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- 1st
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Students identify animal similarities and differences by appearances, growth, and internal attributes. They move through animal centers examining similarities and differences of birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students develop empathy with the natural world; visual and aural senses of spatial awareness; and initiate sound and space awareness, movement, indoor/outdoor, map-making and nature activities that correlate with a child's sense of play. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students complete a unit of lessons on ecology, habitats, and food chains. They conduct research, analyze data and record the information in a science journal, discuss key vocabulary, and design and create a shoebox habitat project. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students complete a unit of lessons on the distinguishing characteristics of five classes of vertebrates. They differentiate between vertebrates and invertebrates, assemble a rodent skeleton, observe an experiment, and compose a poem. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students compete in a national art contest. They create art in which spreads the message of conservation and protection of the environment. They label parts of fish and their functions and create a simple aquatic food chain. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study the scientific classification system of animals. As a culminating activity they create a new species of animal and determine what class it would best fit into. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students create habitats in jars to understand integral aspects of plants' and animals' habitats. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students pretend they were Anton looking through the microscope for the first time. They describe the way he felt when he observed tiny moving objects in the sample of pond water. They look at their own samples of pond water, make observations and drawings, and describe what they see, and how they felt. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students compare and contrast a folktale and a nonfiction article. They follow along while the teacher reads the article, and discuss the differences between the two types of writing. Students also answer discussion questions, complete an information map, and answer text comprehension questions in complete sentences. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students explore cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals. They classify animals into mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and insects. They discuss the difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals and simulate being a snake. They simulate being an animal for the day. Full Review »

