About this episode

This episode explores the fascinating animals of Costa Rica and their unique characteristics.

Every year when I teach my students about Costa Rica we spend time learning about the fascinating animals of Central America. I was reminded of these amazing animals recently when I visited the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington DC. Costa Rica is home to incredible biodiversity and intriguing animals. Today’s story investigates 8 of these animals and their unique characteristics. This story is in the third person and present tense. Important vocabulary in the story incl...

Topics covered

• animals
• Costa Rica
• biodiversity
• education

Keywords

• Spanish
• learning
• fiction
• arts

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