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Students must choose 4 organisms found in the schoolyard and answer questions (ie: are they a producer, consumer, or decomposer?). This activity can be a research based assignment or to quiz them on organisms discussed in class. Wrap up: Students share their favorite organism with the class, discuss a particular answer, etc.
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Discuss invertebrates and lifecycles. Explain incomplete (egg, nymph, adult) and complete (egg, larva, pupa, adult) metamorphosis. Students search for, draw, describe and name invertebrates. Hypothesize lifecycle type. Wrap-up: share findings, review lifecycle types, etc.
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Discuss patterns. Discuss that patterns can occur in nature or be man made. Students explore the schoolyard in search of patterns and sketch their findings. Wrap up: Discuss the patterns found. Each student shares his/her favourite pattern.
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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?
