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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Spiders! Amazon Tales

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore several spider species and learn about their adaptations to the world around them. Design a new species of spider, with adaptations required to survive in a particular habitat.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Spiders! Spider Canyon

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate funnel-web spiders and their ability to adapt in order to survive. Make a set of spider trading cards that will include information about a spider's behavior, habitat and adaptations.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Spiders! Spin, Spin, Spin

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the use of computers to simulate spider behaviors to learn more about how and why spiders build webs. Build a model of a web to compare your eyesight and dexterity to a spider's, then compare the elasticity and strength of...