As we prepare for another trip to Manatee Springs I decided to do a lesson on the Florida Manatee. The Florida manatee is a beautiful gentle giant that is very large and resides in the water. These mammals live in the warm waters surrounding Florida, they migrate inland towards the rivers in the winter months. The amazing creatures are essential for the environment they help to clean the plant growth that creates blocks in the water ways. Manatees are herbivores, which means they only eat plants just like their distant relative the elephant. Since 1967 they have been on the endangered species list. Like many animals humans are to blame, because of fishing net and most importantly fishing boats. They are very large, slow moving mammals so collisions with them are way to common. There are many things that we can do to help to save the manatees.
For this lesson plan the kids vocabulary words are:
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As a mom of three boys who go to public school I started to notice that some things were not being taught in detail so I decided to create lessons for them. Many of these lessons cover science, history and of information about Paganism. I share crafts for the all different holidays and cultures as ways that they can learn and have fun at the same time.
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