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1. Time for Kids - Camel Library
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Return to Unit List Grade 3 3 Unit 6: Making Decisions Teacher's Edition p. 430 Time for Kids Time for Kids Camel Library From the Student Web Page Hannover Zoo: Bactrian Camel How do Bactrian camels keep sand out of their eyes? Click to find out! Read the information about Bactrian camels. Click each picture to make it larger. Then click the Back arrow. What new facts have you learned? About the site At this Web site, students can learn about ways the Bactrian camel's body is uniquely suited fo...

2. Camels Camels
Information Institute of Syracuse _ Printer friendly text Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Lesson Plan : AELP-ANM0202 Statement Camels Source: LMS, School Library Media Activities Monthly (December 1994, p. 23-25) Grade Levels: 2, 3 Subject(s): Science/Animals Information Literacy Library Media Skills Objectives: The student will locate information about camels in encyclopedias, books, and non-print materials. The student will appl...

3. Silk Road Treasures & Traders Lesson Plan
Crayola Submit Register for FREE! Join the Crayola community today. Silk Road Treasures & Traders Why Trace the 7,000-mile-long Silk Road with traders and their camels. Imagine traveling across the treacherous mountains, deserts, and steppes, yesterday and today. Steps 1. The Silk Road meandered from Chang'an, China, to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean. Marco Polo, Alexander the Great, and other famous men are associated with it. Bandits and rough terrain m...

4. Map Me a Paragraph!
...they need to learn some comprehension strategies. MATERIALS: · Paragraph One: (copy for each student) Mammals live almost everywhere. Such mammals as monkeys and elephants dwell in tropical regions. Arctic foxes, polar bears, and many other mammals make their home in Polar Regions. Such mammals as camels and kangaroo rats live in deserts. Certain others, including seals and whales, swim in the oceans. · Paragraph Two: (copy for each student) Animals use their tails in many ways. The tails of frogs serve to move them and to steer them. Squirrels use their tails to keep their balance when they are lea...

5. The Day of Ahmed's Secret
...to predict what Ahmed's secret might be. 2. Read the story and point out details such as the sounds and colors that Ahmed experiences in his city. Ask the children why Ahmed works and what he eats? Point out places and things such as the old buildings and walls, the sea of sand, the Nile River, the camels, and the pyramids that Ahmed sees in Cairo. To conclude the book ask the children to recall the places Ahmed described. Ask the question, "In the end, what was Ahmed's secret?" 3. After reading Ahmed's story and pointing out the details, you may want to show pictures from other books or resources ab...

6. The Beast B
...'t developed any protective mechanisms appropriate to the new species. Other effects may be indirect such as the new species taking over the food supply of a native species. Research an introduced animal As a class list as many examples of feral animals in Australia as possible, eg. goats, donkeys, camels, water buffalo, cats, foxes, pigs, deer and rabbits. Divide students into groups and allocate each group one animal to research and report on. Their research should cover: reasons for the introduction of the species its geographical spread its impact on the environment, other fauna and agriculture a...

7. Unscramble the Letters - Mammals Lesson Plans
.... eciM 6. sCta 7. gosD 8. raeBs 9. eEhpnastl 10. eeDr 11. ffseairG 12. lsemCa 13. sarHe 14. saRt 15. mMmlaas 16. nkyseoM 17. pPeeol 18. salliroG 19. sionL 20. sregiT Answer Shee to Mammals 1. Kangaroo 2. Bats 3. Apes 4. Rabbits 5. Mice 6. Cats 7. Dogs 8. Bears 9. Elephants 10. Deer 11. Giraffes 12. Camels 13. Hares 14. Rats 15. Mammals 16. Monkeys 17. People 18. Gorillas 19. Lions 20. Tigers Procedure: First, you will need to give the students the worksheet. The students are to unscramble the words, and then write sentences for each word. Then, you will give them the answers. Grade You can grade them...

8. Animal Adaption to Environment Lesson Plan
...bear Deserts: Deserts can be scorching hot with very little water and some like the Gobi Desert have freezing winters. So many desert animals are nocturnal (animals that are active during night and sleep during the day), burrow during the day to protect themselves from the heat. Fennec Fox, Addax, camels, gazelles are some of the large animals that survive in the desert. They have to travel long distances in search of water, so they have : Camel feet that are wide and keep them from sinking into the sand light colored skin to blend in with the sand and rocks In Gobi desert, where it gets very cold d...

9. Marvelous Monsters
...r. Start at the fence and go down to the sidewalk. Without picking your pencil up off of the paper, go back up to the fence and make one hump on your paper. Then make another hump just like the first one. (While talking, model this on a chalkboard for the class.) These humps are like the humps on a camels back. After you have made the second hump, you have made an m! I want you to practice by making four more of these on your paper. Remember that the letter m spells the /m/ sound." 4. Next the teacher will ask the students to raise their hands and answer the following questions. "Do you hear the /m/...

10. On the Road with Marco Polo: From Hormuz to Kashgar
...eography by accessing the following website A map of Marco Polo's route to and from China. Relief map of Afghanistan available through Xpeditions. Compare the geographic landscape of Afghanistan with that of Persia (Iran). Since very early times, most Afghans have been nomadic herders of cattle and camels. However, there are some craftsmen and merchants among _ them. _ Go to No frills lodging available through Xpeditions. What are the three major products of this region? Guiding Questions for Discussion: Subject Areas What difficulties might the Polos have encountered in traveling across the harsh te...