After completing a unit on habitat conservation, Allendale Elementary School's fifth-grade team takes their students on a field trip to a local wildlife center at a state nature preserve. While there, the students are given opportunities to touch living creatures native to the area and perform simple experiments focusing on various types of pollution and its effect on habitats. They then watch presentations on recycling and proper disposal of certain types of garbage. What would be the most logical justification for this field trip?
A)To provide students with first-person, hands-on experiences that could deepen the students' knowledge of the concepts contained within the conservation unit
B)To encourage students to participate in community efforts to clean up litter on the roadsides and to report citizens that litter
C)To build an anticipatory set for the next unit that the team will begin the following school day
D)To assess the students' mastery levels on the key concepts presented during the instructional phase of the conservation unit

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The most logical justification for this field trip to the wildlife center after finishing a unit on habitat conservation is that it provides students with first-person, hands-on experiences that could deepen their understanding of the concepts contained within the conservation unit. This type of learning helps students activate prior knowledge and make connections between prior and new knowledge. It also allows them to develop and test hypotheses, another effective learning strategy.

After Completing a Unit on Habitat Conservation, Allendale Elementary School's