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Grade level: Subject: Geography Duration:
Objective


1.Students will understand the social structure of aardvarks.
2.Students will gather data on the behavior of aardvarks in various climates.


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Materials

For this lesson, you will need:
•aardvark colony starter kit
•aardvark snacks and treats
•comfy habitat for aardvarks
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Procedures

1.Set out the snacks and wait for the aardvarks to come runin'!
2.Allow plenty of time for the colony to establish complex social relationships and hierarchies within the context of aardvarkian dogma. (about 5 minutes or so).
3.Befriend one (just one) of the aardvarks.
4.Develop a system of communication with the subject in step 3 by mimicking the sounds and behaviors exactly.
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Vocabulary

Click on any of the vocabulary words below to hear them pronounced and used in a sentence.

nose
Definition: How an aardvark smells.
Context: The aardvark's nose knows.
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nobody in particular
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