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09 Fall Courses: Animals & Adaptations
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Is a coursed designed to further develop student understanding of the animal world. Study will focus on animal survival techniques, environmental interactions and physical and behavioral adaptations. There will be two main student projects during the trimester. The first will be an individual research project on an animal family and the second will focus on an individual animal species. Differentiate between innate and learned responses of animals.
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09 Fall Courses: Life Science
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This course is designed to answer some of the fundamental questions in the life sciences such as: what is a living organism and how does it function within its environment? Students will learn how organisms interact with each other through predator/prey and symbiotic (mutualistic, commensalistic and parasitic) relationships. We will use an inquiry-based approach to discover and learn the key concepts that define the kingdoms of life. Cells and their organization. Cellular Functions and Processes.
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09 Fall Courses: Ojibwe History
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Subject Area: Social Studies. Ona Kingbird is a Twin Cities Ojibwa elder who has taught for 36 years in Minnesota public schools and prisons. As a Red Lake tribal member and bearer of the pipe given by her father, a medicine man, she preserved the culture of her students throughout the state of Minnesota. Ona teaches Ojibwe history, language and culture all tied up in a course based on learning history through the understanding of land, language and personal experience.
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09 Fall Courses: Arts & Crafts
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Instructors: Ona Kingbird, Shannon Hartwig and Penny Scheffler. We will learn how to make dream catchers and head dresses. You may learn how to make moccasins and bone chokers. It is uncertain if we will be able to offer beading. We will also learn some about cultural, and spiritual meanings of some Native American art. We hope that you have fun, and enjoy your creativity. You can also earn credit for the following:. 80% attendance for full credit;. Successful completion of art projects.
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09 Fall Courses: The Nature of Science and Engineering
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The Nature of Science and Engineering. The Nature of Science and Engineering—Students will be able to:. Understand that scientists conduct investigations for a wide variety of reasons: to discover new. Aspects of the natural world, to explain recently observed phenomena, to test the conclusions of. Prior investigations or to test the predictions of current theories. Scientific inquiry is a set of interrelated processes used to pose questions about the natural world and.