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| | Our school year is filled with learning and academics. We also
take part in some special projects that help us learn about academic areas and
the world around us.
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Museum in
the Classroom
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Students from 42 schools throughout Illinois, in conjunction
with The Illinois State Museum and Brookfield Zoo, have developed
on-line projects that explore the rich natural and cultural diversity
of Illinois and world ecosystems. In its simplest terms,
"biological diversity is the variety of life at all levels; it
includes the array of plants and animals; the genetic differences
among individuals; the communities, ecosystems, and landscapes in
which they occur; and the variety of processes on which they
depend." Humans are an important part of the system as the world
has changed and will continue to change as a result of their
interaction in the environment, and each culture uniquely reflects
these changes and interactions. Long-term changes in human-land
interactions provide a backdrop for study of global issues such as
declining biodiversity, habitat loss and fragmentation, global
warming, and multicultural societies.
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