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Habitat Breakdown

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Fourth graders gain an understanding of how insects/organisms are impacted by factors that are essential to an organism's survival in a particular habitat. They see how lacking just one element of a habitat can affect an organisms chance for survival.

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habitats, survival, science
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4th
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Science
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