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Students study elephants and the features they have that help to keep them cool.  In this elephants lesson plan students research a feature of the elephant. 

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elephants, microbes

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elephant, evolve, microbes, science
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
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Research
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