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Migration Activation

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Students play the role of migrating birds. As a class, they simulate a migration of birds to one place and back again. They relate their habitat size and changes to their current population numbers. They discover the many dangers of migration as well.

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Grade
4th - 12th
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Science
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Instructional Strategy
Simulation

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