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Mimicry and Camouflage |
Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs |
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Rainforest Animals that Use Mimicry and Camouflage - Scroll to the Bottom of the Page |
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Write your own Animal Adaptation Short Report - Step by Step Help |
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Exploring the Diversity of Life: Not What They Seem" is in your District Content |
Classroom Idea: Camouflage Art Lesson |
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Classroom Idea: Design your own Trickster Butterfly from Scholastic |
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Mountains |
To the Top of the World |
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National Geographic Mt. Everest Page - Many links to photos, interactives, and more |
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Volcano World - Links to information about volcanos all over the world |
Volcano Internet Field Trip - Research and discovery - somewhat challenging |
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Teacher Note: " Geographically Speaking: A Learning Adventure in Geographical Terms" is available at United Streaming, but will not save in District Content. It's excellent on Mountain Formation, but you will have to search for it. |
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Classroom Idea: Mountains: A Drama Exploration - Students will create their own dramatization to demonstrate mountian formation. |
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Fire Storm |
Flame Busters |
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Fire Call: A Woodland Firefighter Speaks - National Geographic |
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Protective Firefighter Clothing - Interactive |
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Teacher Note:
"Enviro-Tacklebox: Module 4: Forces in the Environment: Rebirth in Fire" is in your district content. It discusses the benefits of fires and the history of Smoky Bear. |
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The Stranger |
A Place in the Sun |
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Dragonfly TV - What Makes the Leaves Change Color in the Fall? Requires Real Player |
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Create your own Comic Strip revealing who you think The Stranger is (Online Version). Here is a printable version |
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Teacher Link: Teacher Guide for "The Stranger" from Houghton Mifflin |
Teacher Note: "The Reasons for the Season's" is in your district content. It's quite lengthly, but you can pull just small clips from it. |
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| Teacher Note: " Deciduous Trees and Their Leaves in Autumn" is in your district content. It's a 2 minute clip on how leaves change color in the autumn | |||
The Adventurers |
Reading Nonfiction: Icebergs: Floating Snow Cones |
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PBS - News Correspondant from Greenland's largest glacier - short video clip on the thinning of the glacier |
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Iceberg Photos Scroll way down |
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| Teacher Note: Enviro-Tacklebox: Module 4: Forces in the Environment: Glaciers: Movers and Shapers is in your district content - it's only 57 seconds | |||
Great Barrier Reef Internet Scavenger Hunt - You will need to print the page for your worksheet |
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| Teacher Note: "Florida Keys" is in your district content - short video | |||