We're in full science mode in the fifth grade.
A few weeks ago we were learning about biomes and what makes each biome unique. I was trying to help my students understand what a temperate biome might be like, by explaining that Maryland is a temperate zone.
Just that morning on my way to work, I had seen both a fox and a deer on my way to school. (I drive past a VERY large park on my way to work). And so I asked my students what animals might live in a temperate zone, if they knew that WE lived in a temperate zone.
Many hands went up.
The answer: rats.
I can't argue. They're right. But maybe someday we can expand what a temperate zone has the potential to be?
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I still instinctively look for rats when I am out at night. I didn't realize what a naturalist I have become!
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