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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students consider how people affect the natural environment in their home area and in Africa. They examine two African habitats, and some of the animals that live there, and focus on how cheetahs and chimpanzees make use of their habitats. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students draw pictures of animals living in their natural habitats with and without the effects of human impacts. Finally, they write captions describing their pictures. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study the biota-or flora and fauna-of the Kalahari Desert and the importance of the lion's role as predator within this ecosystem. They, in groups, develop skits (for in-class presentation) that depict aspects of animal life in the Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students describe characteristics of a tropical rain forest and tropical savanna. They analyze data on climatograms to identify the type of biomes graphed. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use drama and poetry in their Geography class. In groups, they role play an interviewer or the interviewee in various plays that were presented to them. In their role, they must locate and label where the countries mentioned are or any other important historical event. To end the lesson, they review the large amount of vocabulary they were introduced to at the beginning of the lesson. 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 »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students will consider how people affect the natural environment in their home area and in Africa. They will learn about two African habitats (the savanna and the rain forest) and some of the animals that live there, and focus on how cheetahs and chimpanzees make use of their habitats. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students perform activities to investigate the size of an adult African elephant. They locate examples of objects that are similar, in size, to the elephant. Students discuss ways the elephant helps in the forest. They create bar graphs with heights of elephants at various ages. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students discuss the size of adult African elephants after a demonstration on their height. They try to guess the animal of discussion based on clues given about their size and characteristics. As a class, they try to identify other items around the classroom or school that are as tall as the African elephant. Afterwards they compare the size of the adult elephant to a newborn. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students plan a pretend trip to the African continent choosing from several prominent places such as the Nile Delta, Mount Kilimanjaro or the Sahara Desert . In small groups, they form transportation, accommodation, packing, itinerary and customs committees to research information they need for the trip. Full Review »
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