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Questioning Artifacts, a virtual exploration of Alcatraz Island, stimulates your students' curiosity as they conduct archeological inquiry to discover how artifacts - found and missing - influence our interpretation of history, cultures, and even ourselves.
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After incubation lasting four weeks, a gull chick breaks out of its egg without assistance from its parents. At hatching, the chick is fully covered with down and is soon able to open its eyes and stand up to walk about the nest.

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