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An interesting way of teaching about basic needs of different organisms awaits your fourth graders. Pupils take part in class discussions and demonstrations which should lead to a greater understanding of how to determine basic needs. As a final activity, learners make balls of peanut butter and nuts and hang them from string in a variety of places.

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4th
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Science
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