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  • Animal Homes and Shapes

    Discuss animal needs. Focus on homes. Discuss shapes of homes. Students search for, write down and draw animal homes. Wrap-up: share cool homes.

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  • Animal Needs

    Discuss differing animal needs and habitat. Each student chooses an animal that might live on the schoolyard. Students search for the needs of their specific animals (water, food, shelter). Draw and describe what they find.

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  • Autumn Leaves Science Projects

    The project sheet includes 3 different in-class activities using autumn leaves. Activities use chromatography or observation and will require some household materials (listed).

    NOTE: ADULT SUPERVISION IS REQUIRED. Please read all instructions completely before starting. Observe all safety precautions.

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  • Average Plant Growth

    Discuss plant growth, branches, buds, bud scale, scars, measurements and averages. Students measure three branches each from three different levels of the plant (top, middle and bottom) on three different sides of the plant (N, E, S, W). Find the averages and note any significant differences. Wrap-up: what effects plant growth?

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  • Bug Observations

    Discuss schoolyard invertebrates and their characteristics. Discuss good sketching strategies. Students search for four bugs. Draw the bug in as much detail as possible and make some observations. Wrap-up: share cool bugs and observations.

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