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"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



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)
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