Exploring the Animal Kingdom
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PEP policy guidance
A deterministic result from the reviewed 2026–27 rule pack. It is guidance, not a funding guarantee.
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- Program and school year
- FTC-PEP · 2026-27
- Rule pack
- step-up-ftc-pep-2026-27 · v1.0.1
- Evidence level
- Official category rule
- Source freshness
- Review due · Low
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- Curriculum is authorized with format and availability conditions
PEP-2026-27-AUTHORIZED-CURRICULUM-CONDITIONS
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Product description
Your kids will discover animals from the microscopic to the huge with its helpful material and rich illustrations that bring each animal to life.<br><br>Grades 3 and Up | 223 black and white pages | This is a digital only resource. | <a href="https://dsb-samples.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/exploring-animal-kingdom-SAMPLE.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">View Sample</a><br><br>Your kids can discover invertebrates including insects, sea creatures, spiders, and more; fish including freshwater fish, sharks, and rays; amphibians including frogs, toads, caecilians, and salamanders; reptiles including lizards, snakes, and more; birds from tiny birds to flightless birds and powerful birds of prey; and mammals including monkeys, bats, whales and dolphins, elephants, marsupials, bears, and much more.<br><br><strong>This Notebook Companion™ is open-and-go</strong> so it’s ready for you to use, <strong>no prep work necessary</strong>. Just get a copy of <em>Encyclopedia of Animals</em> (sold separately) and this Notebook Companion™ and work through them at whatever pace works for your family. <br><br>You can explore the book in order or jump around to learn more about specific kinds of animals your kids are studying or are interested in.<br><br><h3>Notebook Pages</h3><br>This Notebook Companion™ was created a bit differently than our typical notebook pages in order to accommodate journaling over 500 creatures (without taking over 500 pages!).<br><br>Each page has an <strong>index card-style layout that includes 2 cards</strong> that can be cut out and used in a card-like fashion. If you cut the sections into cards, you can choose to color the top section/tab a different color per insect group. Laminating the pages after they are completed will make them durable for referencing them for years to come.
Source evidence
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- Catalog
- FESUA_DailySkillBuilding
- Source type
- Search
- Link status
- Stepup product link
- Enrichment confidence
- Unknown
Official policy source
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- Publisher
- Step Up For Students
- Applies to
- FTC-PEP · 2026-27
- Effective dates
- Jul 1, 2026 — Jun 30, 2027
- Source last modified
- Jul 14, 2026
- Reviewed by Navigator
- Jul 23, 2026
- Review due
- Aug 14, 2026
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