Nuestro maravilloso y misterioso mundo de los animales (10-13 años)

This is a fun biology/zoology class that will focus on one animal or group of animals (ex: Gray Wolf, Thorny Devil, or Sea Turtles) that are chosen by the students and is then explored the next week, learning as much as possible about that animal. Over the course of this ongoing class we will discuss a variety of life, from insects to mammals, to get a better understanding of our planet Earth, and how we all have adapted to life here. 

Students will learn:
-About the specific animals they are interested in.
-Adaptions: which are a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment. This can be all sorts of things, like feeding adaptions, camouflage, super senses, or physical adaptions! 
-Feeding adaptions can be that an animal eats in a specific food, or in a specific way. 
-Camouflage is when an animal looks a certain way to hide from either predators or prey. 
-Some animals even have super senses that are part of their adaption utility belt! Certain snakes can sense heat, some sharks can sense electricity, and owls are famous for their hearing! These are all examples of how animals use super senses to adapt to their environment. 
-Some animals have physical adaptations that help them survive. This is like how a cheetah can run super-fast, or how some fish have hooked fins to help them climb trees!

Weekly topics will learner directed, but there will not be any materials required week to week. 
A sample 4 week breakdown:
1. Week of June 7th - Foxes 
2. Week of June 14 - River otters 
3. Week of June 21 - Peacock spiders 
4. Week of June 28 - Ravens