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Why would you want an old log in your backyard?
Plant & Animal Secrets Unit | Lesson 6 of 6

Why would you want an old log in your backyard?

Plant & Animal Secrets Unit | Lesson 6 of 6
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# Optional Activity: Animal Visitors

Grandma had an old log in her yard for her animal friends to visit.

Discuss:
What else could you put in a yard or park to make a place that animals would like to visit?

Watch the videos below for ideas.

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things an animal or plant must have in order to live
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Grade K

Plant & Animal Needs

Human Impacts on the Environment

K-ESS3-3

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In this Read-Along lesson, Sam wonders why his grandmother wants to keep an old log in her yard—until he begins to meet a few of her friends. The lesson includes a short exercise where students pretend to be lizards eating ants, and discover why old logs are helpful to animals. You can extend the lesson with the optional activity, Animal Visitors, where students learn what they could put in a yard or park to attract animals.

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Grade K

Plant & Animal Needs

Human Impacts on the Environment

K-ESS3-3

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