Third graders get science lesson with animals

Science lessons came alive for third graders at Malverne’s Davison Avenue Intermediate School when four animals from the Teddy Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center in Oyster Bay paid a visit to their school. The animals were accompanied by Alice Bryant, the center’s wildlife care coordinator.

Having just completed a unit of study on animals as part of their NYS Grade 3 science curriculum, the students were able to properly identify the differences between a mammal, a reptile and a bird, as Bryant introduced them to a rabbit, a corn snake, a red-tailed hawk and a great horned owl. They were also easily able to explain to her the difference between a warm-blooded and cold-blooded animal, identify which of the four were predators and which were prey, and distinguish between live bearing animals and egg layers.