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Springer students present research-driven essays on zoos, form classroom advocacy group
Summary
Fifth graders at Springer Elementary shared a semester project that moved classroom opinion away from supporting zoos to opposing inhumane practices; students described research, peer editing and a classroom petition.
Springer Elementary fifth graders presented a research-based writing project to the Lhasa School District Board of Trustees, documenting how classroom investigation shifted many students’ opinions about keeping animals in zoos and led to a student-led petition and informal advocacy group.
Principal (Missus) March introduced the class and framed the project as an example of “deeper learning,” emphasizing student agency, inclusion and learning by doing. Teachers Brooke Bailey and Mr. Ramirez described the unit: students…
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