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BioKIDS: Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species addresses both inquiry and life science content standards through exploration of local biodiversity, collection of animal species, and the investigation of individual animals and how animals interact with one another. Through these activities students will gain a clearer understanding of how organisms meet their basic needs and the role the environment plays in supporting a variety of organisms. A feature of the curriculum is the Critter Catalog, an on-line animal species database developed by the BioKIDS team. A downloadable Invertebrate ID Guide helps in the identification of invertebrate animals found in a typical schoolyard. Students use these guides as the main resource when they write species accounts (conduct research on individual animals). A BioKIDS curriculum binder contains carefully sequenced inquiry-focused activities. The inquiry emphasis encourages students to generate claims from evidence. Exemplars, questions, and sentence starters are provided to help students formulate scientific explanations from evidence throughout a sequence of eleven authentic inquiry situations.

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• Education  / TeacherEd  / Teaching Methods  / Science