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Owls from the Inside Out

Dissecting a Cow Eye

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Enrich your classroom with hands-on science.

"Excellent program! It was perfectly aligned with our Antarctica studies we have been doing all year. The presenter was engaging, knowledgeable, fun, enthusiastic, and understood timeliness of delivery for young children. There was just enough movement, hands-on activities, and examples to support the instruction. We highly recommend this program!!!"

--Kindergarten teacher from Fort Wayne, Indiana

Distance Learning : Critters in the Cold

U.S. National Curriculum Standards | MI GLCEs | Extras

Students will learn about animal adaptations to extreme weather with hands-on experiments and even take a virtual trip to Antarctica. Join us as we learn how animals such as penguins live and have babies during extreme weather.

Grade level: K – 2
Program length: 45 minutes
Cost: $125
Available: January through March 2012

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U.S. National Curriculum Standards

NS.K-4.1 Science as Inquiry

abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
understanding about scientific inquiry

NS.K-4.3 Life Sciences

characteristics of organisms
life cycles of organisms
organisms and environments

Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations, Science v.1.09

Identify that living things have basic needs. (L.OL.00.11)
Identify the needs of animals. (L.OL.01.13)
Describe the life cycle of animals including the following stages: egg, young, adult. (L.OL.01.21)
Identify characteristics (for example: body coverings, beak shape, number of legs, body parts) that are passed on from parents to young. (L.HE.01.11)
Make purposeful observation of the natural world using the appropriate senses. (S.IP.02.11)