Animal Adventures: Biodiversity and Engineering
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Talking Math: Day 3

  • Describe how you would count the number of duck feet in the picture. (2.OA.C.1)
  • What birds do you see around your home? Sketch and color the different birds you see. Keep track of the type and number of birds you see during the day. Make a display of the data. Show someone and ask them what they learn by looking at your display.
  • Ducks weigh far less than one might imagine. Find the weights of different kinds of ducks and put them in order from least to greatest. Mallard ducks migrate to different places. Read more about them here. Where do Mallard ducks live?
  • Learn how to draw some birds with Mo Willems here
  • Related children’s book: Johnny’s Pheasant by Cheryl Minnema Find somewhere around you that relates to the math you saw in the image. Take a picture or shoot a video. Send it our way!

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