Introducing …

Aquatic Animals

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Observing Freshwater Snails

Observe, draw, and describe

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Adding the snail to the same home as the water plants.

Notice they are coexisting.

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Observe a male guppy

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Observe a female guppy

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Observing guppies …

Observe, draw, and describe a male and a female guppy.

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Comparing the snail and the guppy…

What do they both do? How are they different?

Introducing …

Woodland Animals

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A woodland environment …

A mushroom has appearedfrom nowhere!

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Woodland Animals

Pill bugs arrive in a container with paper toweling.

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Observing pill bugs …

on a thin layer of moist soil,with one green leaf or piece of lettuce in a cup. Cover

cup.

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Observing a pill bug …

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Observing pill bug …

with a hand lens and a partner

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Gently touch the pill bug.

See what happens when the children touch the pill bug.

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Observe pill bug on paper plate with hand lens.

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Add a piece of lettuce to the soil in order to draw the pill bug out.

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Draw and write about pill bugs.

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Observe, draw, and describe land animals:

the pill bug

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Add pill bug to …

woodland environment

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Woodland Animals:

millipedes

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Millipedes arrive …

in a large container with moist, moss-like filling

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Remove millipede …

wearing plastic gloves (provided).

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Put millipede on paper plate while wearing plastic gloves.

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Put fresh mushroomin front of millipede.

Observe

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Touch millipede while wearing plastic gloves.

Observe, discuss with partner.

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Observe millipede with mushroom.

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Observe millipede on lettuce

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Handle millipede gently while wearing plastic glove.

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Record length of millipede …

compare it to the width of your hand.

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Generate descriptive words for the millipede

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Observe, draw, and describe …land animal: millipede

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Add millipede to woodland environment…

also add -

a piece of lettuce and a mushroom

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Observe millipede in woodland environment …

Discuss how it coexists withpill bug and plants.

Have fun with this … thechildren really love

“hands-on” projects!