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Ms. Price and Ms. Burke's third grade classes pose with their scarecrows at Inverness Elementary School. Both classes read the Who Would Win? book "Taratula vs. Scorpion" and each made one of the bugs for their display. The joint effort won the two classes the honor of having the best scarecrows this year.
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Scarecrows representing a taratula and a scorpion sit outside Inverness Elementary School with blue ribbons. Ms. Price and Ms. Burke's third grade classes both read the Who Would Win? book "Taratula vs. Scorpion" and each made one of the bugs for their display. The joint effort won the two classes the honor of having the best scarecrows this year.
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Ms. Heard's kindergarten class poses with their scarecrow outside Inverness Elementary School.
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Ms. Hefner's first grade class poses with their scarecrow outside Inverness Elementary School.
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Ms. McMillan's first grade class poses with their scarecrow outside Inverness Elementary School.
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Ms. Nix's second grade class poses with their scarecrow outside Inverness Elementary School.
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Ms. Schauwecker's kindergarten class poses with their scarecrow outside Inverness Elementary School.
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Ms. Slawinski's kindergarten class poses with their scarecrow outside Inverness Elementary School.
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Ms. Washburn's second grade class poses with their scarecrow outside Inverness Elementary School.
In the end, both the tarantula and the scorpion walked away victorious. Ms. Price and Ms. Burke's third grade classes joined forces on their scarecrow project to recreate the characters from the book "Who Would Win?: Tarantula vs. Scorpion" by Jerry Pallotta. Voting from the Birmingham Zoo staff determined the outcome with Ms. Heard's kindergarten class coming in a close, unofficial second place.
The scarecrows, while initially stationed on the side of Valleydale Road outside of Inverness Elementary School, are now on display inside the Birmingham Zoo as part of the decorations for its Halloween event, Boo at the Zoo. The event will continue on Oct. 14-16 and Oct. 21-31.