Written by Naomi Lacelle, Don Galbraith Award Winner 2020-21, Laurentian University For my Habitats and Communities Unit culminating project, I created a digital model of the Sudbury forest ecosystem in the winter months. Often, when grade 4 students explore interdependence of organisms and their adaptation to their habitats for the Habitats and Communities unit, they […]
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