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Katherine McGinness
The Environmental Ed students have been presenting to elementary school classes since the beginning of the semester. Students from around the district get to come learn about different animals and the environment from East students. On March 4 Briarwood Elementary students came during fourth hour to learn and play with animals. These presentations will continue through the end of the semester for more elementary schools.
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![Forest elephant vs honey bee. Most people would say that the elephant has the easy victory in this situation but Junior Mallory Wilkerson decided to take the risk and side with the bee for one of the first rounds in the biology class March Mammals Madness competition.
The honey bee created an upset by not only beating the elephant in the first round but also defeating the Flame Bowerbird in the second round of the animal tournament. Wilkerson ended up winning the tournament in her IB Biology class with 82 points out of the possible perfect bracket 128.
“I did get into it and I looked up every single animal, and the how the weird battlefields worked or whatever the habitat was,” Wilkerson said. “Most of it was just applying some logic but [the March Mammal Madness tournament] was a fun and easy way to get some extra credit.”
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