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Fungus Amongus
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"My third graders had been exploring trees as part of a history unit when several began to wonder what happens to the leaves that fall in the autumn," reports Merion, PA, teacher Judith...
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Digging Into Grasses
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"My third graders didn't have a lot to say about grasses when we first started discussing them," reports Durham, NC, teacher Judy Rucker. "They frankly thought grasses were rather boring,...
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Field of Greens
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"Several years ago, as part of a math unit on grids and measurement, my fourth graders grew grasses right at their desks in mini-greenhouses made from recycled plastic containers,"...
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Prairie Visions
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"Although our region was once covered with 18 million acres of prairies, only one percent of those remain," explains White Bear Lake, MN, school parent volunteer Anne Reich. "Our students...
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Growing Wildlife Habitats
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"There is such a push to teach kids about biodiversity and interdependence through studying rainforests that are thousands of miles away, but it's much more powerful and effective to...
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Creating a Habitat
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A creature's habitat is a place where individuals of that species or type can usually be found. It contains all the components the organism needs to survive.
At the most basic level,...
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Learning Soars in Butterfly Garden
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"Our students have certainly learned the basics about butterflies and the plants they depend on, but our butterfly garden has yielded an even richer harvest than that," says fifth grade,...
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Prairie Explorers
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"The description in The White Stallion of a young girl heading West during the 1800s intrigued my third graders," reports Barbara Vlasvich from Aurora, IL.
"After we wandered through...
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Ecosystem Explorations
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"Our sixth grade curriculum required us to cover concepts dealing with growth needs, adaptations, and ecosystems," reports Pocatello, ID, teacher Mary McAleese. "So we decided to bring...
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Grassroots Learning
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The rapid disappearance of native prairies in the Midwest inspired a local farmer to help Ellen Wellborne's sixth graders in Nerstrand, MN, explore a local prairie up close. Students...
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