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Changes Over Time & Community Service

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Happy Friday! Find your grade level below for some social studies activities.

Fourth Grade
Hueco Tanks Park
http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/hueco-tanks

Goose Island
http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/goose-island

Texas Indians-Caddo
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/caddo/


Second Grade
Use the links below to observe how our community has changed over time.

Austin Skyline
http://www.mystatesman.com/interactive/news/local/austin-skyline/then-and-now/

Cars & Carriages
https://www.austintexas.gov/blog/cars-and-carriages-shared-austin-roads-century-ago

Third Grade
Use the link below to learn more about service organizations from It's Your World.
When you get to the page, scroll down to Link to Resource by Chapter.
Click Chapter 9 and choose an organization to explore.

http://www.itsyourworld.com/resources/

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  1. Luke.JJanuary 8, 2016 at 10:38 AM

    I found that 99% of a Panda's diet is bamboo!

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  2. Ava W.January 8, 2016 at 10:41 AM

    I learned that tigers are going out because of us.

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  3. jeremyJanuary 8, 2016 at 10:43 AM

    I learned that pandas diet is 99 percent bamboo and there are 1890 pandas left.

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  4. Ava S.January 8, 2016 at 10:43 AM

    Did you know that there is only 1,864 more pandas in the world.

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  5. Sam GreenwaldJanuary 8, 2016 at 10:46 AM

    I learned that there used to be 500 thousand rinos now there 27 thousand big difference

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  6. KateJanuary 8, 2016 at 10:46 AM

    I know that today only 25 thousand Rhino's survive!Its pretty sad.Also about only 5 tigers still alive so there extinct.

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  7. NateJanuary 8, 2016 at 10:47 AM

    Today i learned two things.
    number 1 did you know there is only 1,864 wiled pandas left in the world
    number 2 did you know that pandas diet is 90 persent bamboo

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  8. LukeJanuary 8, 2016 at 10:48 AM

    I didn't know that walruses were killed many times by polar bear.

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  9. JonathanJanuary 8, 2016 at 10:49 AM

    I learned that Sumatran tigers are losing there habitat because of paper.

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  10. JuyeopJanuary 8, 2016 at 10:49 AM

    Today in Social Studies I learned that tigers are almost fully extinct and there are only like 5 or 6 tigers left in the world so we need to save the tigers from extinction.

    ReplyDelete

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