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Exploring Regions of Our World

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Examine how climate and landforms affect plants and animals that live in particular areas. Discover that these same factors affect peoples' homes, jobs, and recreational activities. Pupils research ecosystems and biomes, and then write and illustrate a book detailing what they learned.

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illustrations, biomes, climates, land formations, nebraska

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biomes, climate, landforms, nebraska, Expository Writing, illustrations, science
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4th - 6th
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Science
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