Vanishing Animals -- Issue 42 -- Oct. 17-23, 2009

This week's standards:
Students understand the interactions of animals and their environments. (Science: Life Science)

Activities:
1. Write "We Need the Bee" on a piece of paper. Paste newspaper words and pictures on the paper that show why bees are important.

2. Circle products in newspaper ads that say they are "environmentally safe" or "environmentally friendly."

3. Which animals have been affected by (a) pesticides, (b) mites, (c) fungi, and (d) climate change?

4. Collect news stories about climate change in a notebook. Look for stories about how animals are affected by it.

5. Write a short story about why the bees are disappearing from their hives. Make your story funny or scary or mysterious.

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)