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Lesson helps from Cal Academy

While searching for lesson plan ideas (Because my district doesn't have NGSS compliant textbooks or other materials) I came across this from the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. It looks like something I can cobble together with some other stuff and have some good lessons.

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