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ELEMENTARY
Curious Kids: Do butterflies remember being caterpillars?
MIDDLE
Dolphins Have Longest Memories in Animal Kingdom
HIGH SCHOOL
The Surprising Complexity of Animal Memories
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ELEMENTARY
How do elephants use social cues and their senses to build memories?
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MIDDLE
In what ways do dolphins exhibit behaviors similar to humans?
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HIGH SCHOOL
How can intelligence testing reveal the link between chimpanzees and humans?
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Determining and Tracing a Central Idea Through Details
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Nervous System
GRADE LEVELS 3-12
From developing sharkskin-inspired antimicrobials to studying chameleons to create nanotechnology, nature serves as a constant source of inspiration for scientists and engineers.
With this set, students learn about biomimicry. Complete with alignments to CCSS, NGSS, and TEKS, these lessons are accompanied by a skills-building lesson on using evidence to ask and answer questions.
