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For teachers and groups · Bradenton, FL

Gallery walks

Four walks, one for each grade band. Each stop names a card to stand in front of and a question to ask there. Lessons on newSchoolWorks.com pick up where the walk ends.

All bandsGrades K-2Grades 3-5Grades 6-8Grades 9-12
Grades 3-5 · 7 stops

Partners, pets and pests

Seven stops on how animals came to live with us and what happens when they get loose. About 35 minutes.

  1. Dogs: Dogs at work
    List three jobs dogs did long ago. Which one does a machine do now?
  2. Cats: Cats of Egypt
    People prayed to cats and also sold them. Can both be true at once? Give one reason.
  3. Pet birds: The canary trade
    Why was a small bird a good warning in a mine? What replaced it in 1986?
  4. Reptiles: The dime-store turtle
    A 1975 rule stopped the sale of tiny turtles. Who was the rule protecting?
  5. Aquarium fish: Florida raises the tropical fish
    Find Ruskin on a map of Florida. How far is it from Bradenton? Why farm fish instead of catching them?
  6. Murderous cats: The hunter on the sofa
    A full cat still hunts. Is hunting about hunger? What is your evidence?
  7. Lionfish in Florida: Why lionfish win
    Venomous or poisonous? Sort the lionfish and the pufferfish and explain the difference.
Linked lessons

The Domesticated Animal: Open the drawerPreviewThe Domesticated Animal: Map it, time itPreviewThe Reptile House: Is "cold-blooded" true?PreviewThe Bird Aviary: Why are they different colours?PreviewThe Great Aquarium: Is a dolphin a fish?PreviewTales Around the World: Puss in BootsPreview

Fiction to pair

Puss in Boots (Perrault, 1697), Tall Museum · The Cat That Walked by Himself, in Just So Stories (Kipling, 1902) · Black Beauty (Anna Sewell, 1877) · Charlotte's Web (E. B. White, 1952), at your library

Every room, as this band sees it
DogsCatsPet birdsReptilesAquarium fishBred, sold, kept, adopted, killedMurderous catsAnimals made to fightMarkets and delicaciesFugu and poisonous puffersThe economics of tunaLionfish in Florida
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Faint rooms are meant for older grades and stay closed in a younger student's view. More walks through the farm galleries: start in the lobby. Animals in fiction.