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An Interactive Journey to an Aquarium Lesson Plan

An Interactive Journey to an Aquarium Lesson Plan

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An Interactive Journey to an Aquarium

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Students go on a field trip to an aquarium and create an iMovie project and/or an iPhoto photo book about their day. When students get to the aquarium, they go on the scavenger hunt to identify animals and answer one question about each animal.

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