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Animal Homes

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Students explore how an animal's relationship to its habitat affect the animal's survival. They discuss animal habitats and the animal's relationship to that habitat through the food chain, life cycle, community, and balance of nature. They create a slide show about an animal and their habitat.

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food chains, life cycles

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food chain, habitats, life cycle, science
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Resource Details

Grade
K - 2nd
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
21 days
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
Technology
Presentation

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