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Standard 4.L.5B

4.L.5B Plants and animals have physical characteristics that allow them to receive information from the environment. Structural adaptations within groups of plants and animals allow them to better survive and reproduce.

Grade(s): 3, 4, 5

Subject(s): Science

Year: 2014

Sensory Organs

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Students will be able to complete the lesson on their own through videos and individual research.

Bird adaptations

Lesson

Students will engage in a project-based learning lesson to discover how beak adaptations affect what birds eat.

Snakes, Snakes, Snakes | Project Discovery Revisited

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When the Museum of York County had a special exhibit on snakes, the Project Discovery crew visited the exhibit with naturalist Rudy Mancke of PBS’s NatureScene. There are many myths about snakes, most...

Butterflies at Riverbanks Zoo | Project Discovery Revisited

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Meeting Big Backyard Monsters | Project Discovery Revisited

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The creatures at the South Carolina State Museum are big monsters found in your backyard. Because the bugs are much larger than the actual insects, details, as seen from the perspective of their prey...

Bats, Bats, Facts and Myths | Project Discovery Revisited

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There are many myths about the bat species that are simply not true. Some people think that bats are bloodsucking vampires or that they are flying, blind mice that get stuck in your hair. Project...