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The Red Kangaroo: An Outback Survivor Lesson PlanThe Red Kangaroo: An Outback Survivor Lesson Plan
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The Red Kangaroo: An Outback Survivor

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Students watch an episode of "Nature" about the "Big Red Roos." They create food chains and webs based on the information they've researched on the red kangaroos. They write an editorial on the topic of the killing of kangaroos in the Australian Outback and compute how high they can jump compared to the red kangaroo.

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4th - 6th
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