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Elephant Toothpaste

Elephant toothpaste cover.
Connected 2014 L3 cover

by Nikki Reid and Rex Bartholomew

A class arrives at school to find their room transformed into a laboratory and their teacher transformed into an animal dental hygiene scientist. The zoo asks them to invent a recipe for elephant toothpaste. The class observes the chemical reaction when they mix the ingredients together. Are they successful? And what do the elephants think of their new toothpaste?

Series: Connected 2014 level 3 - Why Is That?

Learning area: English, Science

Curriculum level: 3

Category: Non-fiction

Strand: Nature of science

Capability: Use evidence

In: Connected 2014 level 3 - Why Is That?

Publication date: January 2014

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