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Science Lessons
for 3rd-5th Grade Classes

Choose Your Own Adventure
Use the embedded slideshow below to encounter Archbold's educators and researchers in the field. Students can choose what questions to ask them. The presentation is about 15 minutes long, but students may want to run through twice to choose different options. Click the three dots at the bottom to go full-screen.
SCIENCE in the SCRUB Module 1:
At Home in the Florida Scrub
Students learn how Florida Scrub-Jays rely on family for survival in the Florida scrub, and how scientists use banding and long-term research to understand and protect this endangered species.
Lesson Plan
Scrub-Jay Story Image
Scrub-Jay Graph
Family Tree
SCIENCE in the SCRUB Module 3:
Animal Skulls: Animal Features are Bone Deep
In this lesson, students learn about how scientists classify animals and how animal skulls reveal clues about how animals live. Students watch a video, then work in groups to complete a skull matching activity.
Mod 3: Lesson Plan
Skull Match Answers
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