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Coloration

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Students conduct an experiment picking out colored vs. camoflauged toothpicks out of the grass. They list and describe different types of coloration and explain how coloration assists the great horned owl and the striped skunk survive.

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adaptation, camoflauge, coloration, science
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3rd - 4th
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Science
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