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Nothing awakens foresight in a small child, who lives as a rule for the passing moment and without care for the morrow, so much as this. When he knows that animals have need of him, that little plants will dry up if he does not water them, he binds together with a new thread of love today’s passing moments with those of the morrow. —Maria Montessori The Discovery of the Child, p. 71. After completing a study of the anatomies of the vertebrate groups as outlined in the NAMC Lower Elementary Zoology manual, my lower elementary students each choose a vertebrate animal for in-depth study. I provide sub-topics for them to research and they compile facts from various sources. The sub-topics they investigate are: classification physical characteristics food habitat predators and prey interesting facts Montessori Lower Elementary: Studying Zoology with Vertebrate Animals Before they begin researching their animals, I give the students presentations on how to make notes and how to record infor...