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Try to imagine the “toughest animal alive on earth today!” You may think of a mighty lion, ferocious tiger, thick-skinned hippo, or a giant elephant. While these noble creatures are all survivors of harsh climates and predators, scientists believe a tiny micro-animal known as a tardigrade is the toughest of all. This issue explains how tardigrades are among the most resilient animals alive. Found in every climate and location on earth, tardigrades can survive extreme conditions including temperature, pressure, dehydration, and starvation that would typically be the end of most other forms of life—animal or human. Learn how tardigrades use special features and structures to stay alive. Discover where in our solar system tardigrades have journeyed to see if they can survive outside earth. You may agree with scientists that the tardigrade deserves the title “toughest animal alive!”
In this issue students will:
- read informational text about tardigrades
- understand animals have unique structures that help in survival
- use context clues to select appropriate vocabulary words
- solve puzzles to learn tardigrade facts
- locate numbers greater than 10 in the newspaper to rewrite as decades
- follow visual clues in sequence to illustrate a tardigrade
- find examples of alliteration in news articles
- write a persuasive essay about your reasons to take a ride in space
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