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More Lizard Snacks In this task, students will listen to four chapters of a story, observe stages of mealworm development, and then use this knowledge to sequence a series of pictures. This task includes: |
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Mythical Animals In this task, students will assemble individual pictures of various limbs to create an imaginary animal. This task is linked with "Whose Parts Do I Have?" and "Animals Piece By Piece". This task includes: |
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People Interacting with the Environment In this task, students must examine how people and animals live in various environments and use their knowledge in additional situations. This task includes: |
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Pond-water Populations This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Balance of Populations in Ecosystems. Students must design and complete an experiment to show how variables affect the growth of organisms in an aquarium or pond setting. This task includes: |
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Predator/Prey Relationship This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Populations of Ecosystems. Students must analyze given population data and write a paragraph demonstrating their underatandings, and then write a proposal to reduce one animal's population. This task includes: |
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Pulse In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students must determine a base pulse rate, and then continue to observe and record the pulse rate during various activities and over time. They must then describe and explain their observations. This task includes: |
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Run For Your Life In this task, students must draw the footprints of a predatory chase between two animals after reading a discription of the events. This task includes: |
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Seasonal Change In this task, students will determine patterns of seasonal growth by examining previous students' data. This task includes: |
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Seed Growth In this task, students will explore how seed growth is effected by variables. This task includes: |
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Sow Big Habitats In this task, students will determine what environment sow bugs prefer to live in. This task includes: |
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