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Mushrooms

Price: $2.99, format: 7 page PDF, grades: 1,2,3,4,5

This issue looks into the fascinating world of mushrooms - organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the material in which they grow. Budding botanists will marvel to discover the mystery behind forest fairy rings - circular growths of fungi once thought to be the playground of elves and fairies. Internet links will take students to videos where they can watch mushrooms grow and learn how they can help cure disease.

In this issue students will:

• learn how mushrooms grow and reproduce
• follow written directions to conduct simple experiments
• understand the dangers of wild mushrooms
• use the newspaper to connect letters that "mushroom" into words
• have "Fun with Fungi" using the internet to expand learning