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Young biologists identify how plants and animals are affected by changes in their ecosystem and environment.  The concepts of succession, maintenance of habitats, interrelationships, and adaptation are all discussed. This well-developed lesson plan has terrific activities and worksheets embedded in it that should make it easy to implement. An excellent lesson plan on biology!

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5th
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Science
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