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Teaching Through Trade Books: The Tool and Eye

Science and Children—September 2017

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s issue students explore animal adaptations through books that show how body structures assist in survival or how animals use objects in their environment to meet their needs. The first lesson focuses on how an animal’s eyes allow it to communicate, obtain food, find a mate, and avoid predators. The second activity asks students to solve a task by developing a tool.

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