Animal Group Behavior

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Animal Group Behavior STEM Case

A farmer in Africa is having problems with elephants eating her corn and cotton crops. As a wildlife biologist, students learn about animal group behavior and relationships of elephants and humans with bees. Students collect data from the farm and elephants to hypothesize and test solutions that will protect the crops without hurting the elephants.

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LevelDescriptionEstimated Time
Elementary School    Free This version is for elementary school classes. 30-40 min
Middle School  This version is for middle school classes. 40-50 min

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Elementary School  The Expanded Elementary School Handbook covers deforestation, external and internal structures and functions and how environments affect herds in addition to the concepts covered in the handbook section of the Elementary School Case. 20-25 min
Middle School  The Expanded Middle School Handbook covers dominance, hierarchy, deforestation, mutually beneficial relationships and how environments affect herds in addition to the concepts covered in the handbook section of the Middle School Case. 20-25 min

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Cool!
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Wonderful Lesson! I used this with 10th grade biology, and it was perfect. Thank you!
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