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April 18, 2004
Animals use homes for
the same reasons we do: protection, food storage, and a place
to raise their families. In Burrows,
Barns, and Our
Backyard, students learned about how animals make homes above,
on, and
below the ground and how humans make homes for their pets.
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understand why some animals hibernate in their homes in the
winter, the kids tried to smell and eat food through ice
cubes. |
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of the students show off their bower-making efforts. |
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Two of the students’ favorite
activities were digging in the dirt and creating their own version
of a bower. In the digging activity, the kids worked hard
to remove as much dirt as possible from a plastic container in
one minute using forks as long, sharp claws. For the bower
craft, they learned about male satin bower birds. These birds
create a lovely display space (bower) for their mating dance and
song using objects of all kinds…almost all of which are blue
in color. The students created their own bowers using a
wide variety of blue pieces: feathers, beads, ribbons, paint,
flowers, sticks, and paper.
| Quicktime
Video Clips |
Digging a burrow. |
Beautiful bowers. |
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