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Food Chains and Endangered Animals

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Students investigate how all links in the food chain are related. In this animal habitat lesson plan, students hypothesize about what would happen in the food chain if an endangered species were to become extinct. This lesson plan also includes an interdisciplinary math page with simple addition and subtraction math fact families.

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food chains, food webs

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endangered animal, food chain, food web, math
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Grade
2nd - 3rd
Subjects
Math
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