Students study five animals and identify adaptations that help animals find food, drink or retain water, have shelter, keep warm or cool down, and breathe. Students explore the ways organisms interact to form food chains and see these interactions displayed in an energy pyramid. Students select and research a new Amazonian species to add to the online database. On the Trail of the Missing Ozone - important facts presented in cartoon form Fuel for Thought students learn about traditional and innovative energy resources while considering the impact on the environment of using different energy resources. Students are challenged to develop an environmentally sensitive plan to provide power for a hypothetical camp to be built in Amazonia.
Students publish their completed plans on the Internet.
Gives a description of each of the steps of the scientific method. Students investigate everything from energy-saving ideas to the design of alternative fuel vehicles. Microscopic Topics students take a journey to the cellular level, studying key facts about bacteria, protists, and fungi. Students review the parts of a cell, visit a website to see how bacteria grow, invent a microbe that can live on another planet, and explore unusual fungi.