Iowa Public Television

Students discuss some of their least favorite animals and why they don't like them. Get up close and personal with animals such as spiders, skunks, snakes, and bats and find out why these animals are often misunderstood. Students are presented with the facts that dispel the myths about these "unhuggable" animals. The program also allows time for student questions, so come prepared.

Following the ICN session, registrants receive the complimentary books, Camouflage and Fighters or alternate titles.

Other Polk County Conservation Board ICN events include:
Monarch Tagging
Insects
Spiders
Bats
Life on the Prairie
Animal Winter Preparation
Unhuggable Animals
Mammals of Iowa
Mammal Tracks
Cosmic Connections
Owls
Habitats
Amazing Reptiles
To Be a Seed
Sing a Song of Science

Session Related Web sites:

• EnchantedLearning.com - Learn everything about mammals including definition, descriptions, and extreme mammals (fastest, tallest, etc.)
• Polk County Conservation Board - Learn about nature and the fun you can have in Polk County.

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Applicable standards from McREL:

Life Sciences

Level I [Grade: K-2]
1. Knows the basic needs of plants and animals (e.g., air, water, nutrients, light or food, shelter)
2. Knows that plants and animals have features that help them live in different environments

Level II [Grade: 3-5]
1. Knows that living organisms have distinct structures and body systems that serve specific functions in growth, survival, and reproduction (e.g., various body structures for walking, flying, or swimming)
2. Knows that the behavior of individual organisms is influenced by internal cues (e.g., hunger) and external cues (e.g., changes in the environment), and that humans and other organisms have senses that help them to detect these cues

Classroom Resources:

The following related programs are available on IPTV's broadcast or from the AEAs: (Check the K-12 Classroom Television (www.iptv.org/k12catalog) Web site for broadcast dates and times.)

• BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY (Grade Level: 4-12)
• DRAGONFLY TV (Grade Level: 2-5)
• BACKYARD SAFARI (Grade Level: PreK-2)
• WILD CHRONICLES (Grade Level: 5-12)

Sessions are provided at no cost by Iowa Public Television in collaboration with the Iowa Communications Network to PK-12 students and the adults working with or on behalf of PK-12 students in Iowa.

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