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I Wonder What Would Happen if Lots of Manduca Lived in a Small Place... Lesson Plan

I Wonder What Would Happen if Lots of Manduca Lived in a Small Place... Lesson Plan

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I Wonder What Would Happen if Lots of Manduca Lived in a Small Place...

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Middle schoolers discuss the reasons why humans fight and look for similiarties in animals. They make predictions on what they think will happen when they observe insect crowding. They make conclusions about their predictions to end the lesson.

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