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Biome-Ecology Unit with a "Design a Zoo" Extension Lesson PlanBiome-Ecology Unit with a "Design a Zoo" Extension Lesson Plan
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Biome-Ecology Unit with a "Design a Zoo" Extension

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Students participate in a three part unit about biomes. Part one, students research the biomes of North America and part two consists of research on zoos and a field trip to a zoo. While part three ties together the first two when students design a section of a zoo to be built in South Africa displaying animals from North America.

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9th - 10th
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Science
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