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Citizens For the New Zoo

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Third graders complete Internet research to find information about an animal and its basic needs. They design a model of a zoo habitat that would accommodate their animal. They write a letter of recommendation to a Zoo board of directors telling them the characteristics and needs of their animal.

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3rd
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