Second Grade

1. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Swamp?

Focus Question: What is a swamp?

2. Swamp Family Reunion

Focus Question: How do you classify swamp organisms according to common characteristics?

3. Swamp Livin'

Focus Question: What are the basic needs of swamp inhabitants?

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4. A Bird's Life

Focus Question: How do birds interact with each other and the environment?

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5. Animal Habitats (from the S.C. Aquarium Online Curriculum)

http://www.scaquarium.org/curriculum/iexplore/k_two/units/animal/animal_main.htm

Focus Question: What do salamanders and other animals need to survive?

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6. The Very Best Place for Me

Focus Question: Where can an alligator live?

7. Gigantic Gators

Focus Question: How large do alligators and some of their historical relatives grow?

South Carolina Aquarium Activities

1. Keep Your Eyes On Me

Focus Question: How do organisms interact with their environment?
How do they obtain the resources necessary for them to survive
(air, food, water and shelter) in their environment?

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2. Camo Critters

Focus Question: What is camouflage and how do various animals in the S.C. Aquarium utilize camouflage?

3. Water is Water

Focus Question: How are the animals that live in the ocean different from the animals that live in a swamp? Why are the kinds of animals so different if they both live in water?

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