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Baby Hamster

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Baby Hamster

The problems in this chapter ask students to identify basic needs of living things and to describe simple life cycles of animals, plants, and fungi. T...

Wogs and Wasps

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Wogs and Wasps

The problems in this chapter ask students to identify basic needs of living things and to describe simple life cycles of animals, plants, and fungi. T...

Humongous Fungus

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Humongous Fungus

The problems in this chapter ask students to identify basic needs of living things and to describe simple life cycles of animals, plants, and fungi. T...

Baby, Baby Pear

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Baby, Baby Pear

The problems in this chapter ask students to identify basic needs of living things and to describe simple life cycles of animals, plants, and fungi. T...

Where’s Percho?

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Where’s Percho?

Fishermen in the Great Lakes are concerned that a growing population of cormorants will harm the perch fishery. In this ecology problem, students are ...

Lake Michigan–A Fragile Ecosystem

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Lake Michigan–A Fragile Ecosystem

Commercial fishermen have noticed declining numbers and smaller sizes of the fish they catch in Lake Michigan, and they want to know how the governmen...

Bottom Dwellers

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Bottom Dwellers

Residents on a 63-acre lake in Montcalm County, Michigan, are concerned about the loss of a once-common insect from the ecosystem. In this problem, th...

Bogged Down

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Bogged Down

The plants found in a bog located on the west side of the Rose Lake marsh in Clinton County, Michigan are changing over time. What is causing this cha...

The Purple Menace

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The Purple Menace

Purple loosestrife is an invasive species of plant that is spreading through North American wetlands. In this problem, the challenge to students is to...

Pale Cats

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Pale Cats

A group of students wonders how a single cat can have kittens with different coat colors. In this problem, the challenge for students is to explain th...

Black and White and Spots All Over

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Black and White and Spots All Over

In this problem, students explore how spotted coat color is inherited in cats. The goal is to figure out the gene for spotting in cats by applying wha...

Calico Cats

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Calico Cats

In this problem, a group of students tries to explain the genetic cause of calico and tortoiseshell coat color in cats. The challenge to students is t...

Cat Puzzles

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Cat Puzzles

In this problem, students are asked to determine if all the different-color kittens in a litter could be related to the same father. The challenge to ...

Torching Marshmallows

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Torching Marshmallows

In this chapter, students wonder how burning a log in a campfire compares to eating a marshmallow. This problem focuses on combustion and metabolism o...

Mysterious Mass

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Mysterious Mass

In this problem, the challenge to students is to determine in what ways are the matter and energy changes in burning wood similar to and different fro...

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