Refuge’s WoW continues Micro-Mania
The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge reported that the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge’s Wildlife on Wheels has been incorporating the use of microscopes into its teaching plans, beginning with this summer’s Micro-Mania curriculum. During the school year, the WoW team will use microscopes in different ways for various grades:
– First grade: Students will observe the gills of a fish to understand how fish get oxygen.
– Second grade: Students will observe a butterfly wing and discuss the life cycle of a butterfly.
– Fifth grade: Students will observe a scale of a fish and dogfish shark to compare and contrast them, along with observing the tube feet from a sea star and radula from a mollusk also to compare and contrast.
– Seventh grade: Students will observe basic animal and plant cells to identify cell organelles.
– Eighth grade: Students will observe dinoflagellates while relating to red tide.
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