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Parks and protected areas : aquatic animal identification guide

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An activity book for children in Kananaskis country.

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It remains to be seen : a look at animal signs

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The activities found in this booklet will take you on some explorations of animals and their signs. Glance through the booklet before you start, and choose the activities which interest you. They... More ≫

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The activities found in this booklet will take you on some explorations of animals and their signs. Glance through the booklet before you start, and choose the activities which interest you. They do not have to be done in order. Two booklets are included in this Discovery Pack: a Take-home booklet and this Activity booklet. Feel free to keep the Take-home booklet so that you can discover which animals live near your home.

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The un-vacant lot?

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The Un-Vacant Lot focuses on the topics of communities and interdependence. A community is a place where a number of plants and animals meet their needs. Interdependence describes the way a... More ≫

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The Un-Vacant Lot focuses on the topics of communities and interdependence. A community is a place where a number of plants and animals meet their needs. Interdependence describes the way a person, place or thing depends upon any other person, place or thing. Every living organism on our planet lives in a community and depends on other living and non-living things for its continued existence; no organism can live without affecting or being affected by the environment. The Un-Vacant Lot may take place in the early autumn to serve as an introduction to the year-long study of communities. The Un -Vacant Lot is an activity-based examination of interdependence and communities. The program is divided into three sections: pre-field study activities (conducted in the classroom) that centre on topics such as interactions, communities, and interdependence; a field study at a local vacant lot, where students discover that the vacant lot is in fact full of life; and in-class post-field study...

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