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Hold It

In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners investigate the special shapes, holding structures and holding behaviors that real organisms use in streams, rivers, creeks or coast intertidal zones to avoid being swept away by moving water. Learners then create their own "animal" with holding adaptations. The activity includes drawings that detail helpful equipment such as bug boxes and dip nets, as well as instructions for making a milk-carton...

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Bug Box, Plants, Physical Activities, Structures, Hooks, NSDL, Biological Science, Holding, Ecology, Rivers, Nature and Environment, Physics, Animals, Trough, Earth System Science, Suction Disks, Forestry and Agriculture, Clams, Life Science, Abalone, Water, Intertidal Zone, Diversity of Life, Geoscience, Ocean Science, Dip Net, Animal Behavior, Biodiversity, Engineering, Coast, Aquatic, Fish, Behavior, Intertidal Zones, Ocean, Creeks, Kelp, Outdoor Activities, Adaptation, Streams, Currents