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"Whaz Up?"

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Students investigate the way in which animals communicate using their body position, vocalization, chemicals, and coloring. They determine how organisms communicate within their own species and create a presentation in pairs showing what they found as they researched an assigned animal.

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9th - 11th
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Science
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