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Warm summer evenings are a great time to be outdoors, and nature supplies its own moonlight concerto without the need of typical instruments! Listen to the melody provided by the clever cricket who creates tunes by rubbing its front wings. Discover how crickets hear each other with “ears” located on an unusual part of their bodies. Learn how far crickets can leap with a hands on activity. One species of these remarkable critters can even tell you how hot or cold the weather will be! Listen to the wisdom and music of the common cricket—there’s much to learn!
In this issue students will:
- understand structural adaptations
- conduct a simple scientific experiment
- identify similarities and differences in male and female crickets
- use the newspaper to locate descriptive adjectives for a cricket tale
- create a cricket conversation
- practice “cloze” reading for reading comprehension
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