DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 165
UNIT 4 AT A GLANCE
THE PROBLEM
Wild animals that live in and around Lakeview are disappearing!
THE CHARACTERS
Ella
Jordan
Lily
Sasha
Mr. Miller
THE STORY - The Eco Detectives
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The Professor shows the detectives before and after photos that show that
Lakeview’s wild animals are disappearing.
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Jack and Amy call their friends the Green Team to help.
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The Green Team (Ella, Jordan, Lily and Sasha) come to Lakeview School to teach
the kids about animal habitat. They ask the kids to help find out what’s happening
to the animals.
The Green Team kids (including Tom and Kate) go to Lakeview. The clues they find
show that someone is building a new neighborhood called Lakeview Estates in the
park.
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The kids meet Tom and Kate’s dad, Mr. Miller. They tell him what’s going on.
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Together they come up with a plan for a better, greener neighborhood.
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neighborhood. The people of Lakeview love their idea.
THE CLUES
Before and after photos from Lakeview Park
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a nature walk in Lakeview Park the kids see lots of clues:
footprints
cut down trees
a road being built
a thrown away plan for Lakeview Estates
a flashlight
empty birds’ nests
THE SOLUTION
The Green Team presents a GREEN PLAN for building a new neighborhood. This
plan protects the environment, and the wild animals in the area.
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