Hands-On Science: Cool Ways to Teach about Warm-Blooded Animals.

VanCleave, Janice

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ERIC Number: EJ560252

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Hands-On Science: Cool Ways to Teach about Warm-Blooded Animals.

VanCleave, Janice

Instructor (Primary), v107 n5 p88-89 Jan-Feb 1998

Presents three activities for teaching elementary students about the built-in mechanisms that help warm-blooded animals maintain constant internal body temperatures. The activities help students understand why humans sweat, why dogs pant, and why blubber keeps whales warm in frigid water. (SM)

Descriptors: Biology, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Hands on Science, Mammals, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Temperature

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers

Language: English

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