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Plant and Animal Adaptations

http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/adapt.html

Plant adaptation assignment: Research a biome and plant adaptations from the website linked above. Create and name a fictional plant that could survive in this ecosystem. Describe the biome and the adaptations of your fictional plant. Illustrate your plant in the biome. 

Carnivorous Plants    http://www.botany.org/carnivorous_plants/

Owl Pellet Research Center

Description of your animal - Owls or Prey (mouse, rat, mole, shrew)

Habitat – where does it live (be specific)

Range – area where it can be found

Nesting – where and how does it care for its offspring?

How do they help or hinder humans?

What role do they have in the ecosystem?

 Barn Owl

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Barn_Owl.html 

http://edition.cnn.com/EARTH/9706/10/owls/

 Mexican spotted owl

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/mexowl/

 Burrowing owl

http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/center/pdfDocs/burrowl_5-2007.pdf

 Web sites that you can use to research your animal

http://www.enature.com/home/ 

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/ 

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/about/overview.html 

http://www.biokids.umich.edu/resources/links_for_kids/general_topics/

Web Sites to help with your Science Fair Project

Scientific method

http://plymouthschools.com/Science/scifair/scimeth7.htm

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/scientificmethod.html

http://sciencefairproject.virtualave.net/scientific_method.htm

Questions

 http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html#chemical 

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/ScienceInternet/TopicChoices.html 

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html 

http://www.rossarts.org/naples/ideas.htm 

http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ideas.html 

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/ideas.html

Glossary/Research 

http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Glossary.htm 

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html 

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/askjvc.html

Setting up your project 

http://sciencefairproject.virtualave.net/observation.htm 

http://www.scifair.org/HallofFame/HallofFame.html 

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/ScienceInternet/ChartsGraphs.html 

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/ScienceInternet/Backboard.html 

http://plymouthschools.com/Science/scifair/display.htm 

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/display.html 

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/presandeval.html 

http://www.scifair.org/articles/reports/display.shtml

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