Grade(s): 3
Subject(s): Science
Year: 2014
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Much of the forested land in the Southeast is privately owned. Today, many landowners harvest their trees sustainably, preserving habitat for animals of all kinds, including the world’s most beautiful...
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Students will be able to identify the producers, consumers, and decomposers and sort them with their group to create a food chain.
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The students will be working together in teams to create biodomes. They will be adding plants, animals, and decomposers to their biodomes.
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The students will demonstrate an understanding of how the characteristics and changes of environments and habitats affect the diversity of organisms. They will be able to develop and use a food chain...
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Early American naturalists were both artists and scientists; they studied the movement of animals in their natural habitats to better understand their behavior and to document the diversity of life...
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The southeastern coast of the United States is dotted with many barrier islands -- long narrow strips of land that protect the salt marsh behind them and the land itself. In South Carolina, one of...
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Students will identify and discuss Mark Catesby as an artist and recreate some of his artwork while analyzing the characteristics of the environment from his artwork.
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The Eye Wonder team learns more about Aquariums. D.V. visits an aquarium where he learns how much water is in aquarium tanks and how it is filtered, as well as the types of fish in aquariums, how they...
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The North Carolina Zoo, located in Asheboro, NC, is one of only two state-owned and -operated zoos in the country. With 1,400 acres, it is also one of the largest in land area. The zoo, with its...
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A marine artificial reef is an added substrate positioned on a flat, featureless, sandy ocean bottom. The reef is totally natural, with the exception of the structure on which it grows. Natural reefs...