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Summary
The “Save the Elephants” zine helps students explore the following questions:Â
- What makes elephants special and how do they use their senses of sound (sound waves) and sight (processing light) to communicate?Â
- Why are elephants endangered?Â
- Who is helping and how can we help?
Connections to Other Resources
This zine is the primary text in our Save the Elephants Project.
Overview
Life Habit Focus: Empathy
Subject: ELA, life science, physical science
Grade: 3-5
Aligned Standards
Common Core Reading (CCSS):
- Informational/NonFiction Standards R.I 1-10 for grades 3-5.
NGSS Standards:
- 3-LS2-1: Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive
- 3-LS1-1: Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
- 4-PS4-1: Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
- 3-LS1-1: Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
- 5-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
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