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Discuss ecosystems, food webs, microhabitats and interactions in the schoolyard. Students investigate their schoolyard ecosystem by completing the worksheet. Wrap-up: what is our role in this ecosystem?
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Students exercise their knowledge in measurement including length, width, and angles by completing this activity in the schoolyard. Wrap up: Discuss the different objects chosen by students.
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Students estimate and measure objects in the natural area using the most appropriate units. Wrap up: discuss students’ answers and which unit of measurement was most appropriate.
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Students explore and answer questions about plants, animals, and the natural area around them. Wrap up: Discuss student answers. Why is it important to protect our natural areas?
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Students use the directions to create and test their own seed parachute. Wrap up: did it float? How could you modify the design to make it better?
