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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore the migration behavior, physical description and key body parts of the Tundra Swan. They work in small groups in a jigsaw lesson, finally presenting their findings to the entire class. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students list examples of the diverse life forms that live in different environments, such as oceans, deserts, tundra, forests, grasslands and wetlands. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research the basic climatic, plant, and animal components of each of the six major biomes: tundra, taiga, temperate forest, tropical rainforest, desert, and grassland. They design educational brochures with their findings. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students color in a map of Canada, focusing on the area where the Inuit people lived based on the story: "The Very Last First Time." They discuss the tundra biome specifically about the temperature, weather, animals and plants of the biome. The compare the similarities and differences between the Artic and British Columbia and write a paragraph about what they have learned about the Inuit. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students engage in a series of related activities focusing on Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper." After reading each chapter, they create new titles and hone their summarizing skills. Among other projects contained in this lesson, students make wanted posters for gang members and write "trading places" stories by selecting a famous person and assuming his/her identity. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students create Earth boxes containing some of Earth's biomes--desert, forest, tundra, ocean, and mountains. They simulate Earth's encounter with a comet trail and the resulting meteor shower. They present their Earth boxes to determine their meteors. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students determine if abiotic factors influence the time an organism spends in an ecosystem. They look for temperature and weather patterns corresponding to the Tundra Swan's stay at various locations in the Western United States. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
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Students visit internet websites that have links to Tundra Swan nesting sites. They hypothesize the interrelationship of Tundra swans in an ecosystem the time of year they are found at each site. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students investigate the body parts of a swan that enable it to survive in a wet biome. They access the Internet and look up physical features of the Tundra Swan. They list the characteristics of the Tundra Swan that enable it to survive in a wet biome. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students explore, experience and experiment identifying the human impact on the environment of vegetative differences within the same biome. They assess what causes deserts, rain forests, savannahs, tundras and saguaros and how these changes effect a plant and animals survival. Full Review »
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