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Marine & Aquatic Habitats Activities - Aquatic Animals

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Students explore importance of marine or aquatic habitats, and investigate habitat characteristics and conditions required by various organisms to ensure survival. They then select an animal to study and design an artificial habitat where this animal could live.

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marine life

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aquatic, habitats, marine, science
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3rd - 5th
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Science
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