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In this activity, students will:
- READ the engaging article “Flying Cats” about how cats had to be parachuted into Borneo to control rats, all because of DDT (Based on a true story!).
- ANSWER text-dependent analysis questions.
- LEARN with a brief lesson on bioaccumulation and biomagnification as it relates to the article.
Includes both PRINT and GOOGLE SLIDES options to assign!
No prior knowledge is required. This lesson could be used to support a unit on biomagnification and pollution, but the text contains all the answers to the questions, so it can be used as a stand-alone lesson.
Teacher Notes:
- INCLUDES ANSWER KEY
- Please note: This resource is NOT editable.
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Related Standards:
- NGSS MS-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- NGSS MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
