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In this Sept. 11, 2012, photo, a tortoise walks onto the coloring project of a tortoise by Gavin Thoen in the first grade classroom of Dawn Slinger in Farmington, Minn. When the school year is over, each student's work becomes a book. Maryland-based Pets in the Classroom project is offering grants to help teachers pay for pets, cages, tanks and supplies of food. It issued its 10,000th grant this summer. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)