Habitats and Communities
Curriculum Expectations:
4s2, 4s3, 4s4, 4s5, 4s7, 4s8, 4s10, 4s12, 4s13, 4s14, 4s17, 4s18
Half Day Program
Students will be welcomed with the sounds of wildlife.
Learners will explore adaptations and discover how they allow animals and plants to flourish in their habitats. Examine food chains and how they relate to the survival or depletion of a species. We will discuss the effect humans are having on these natural environments.
Learners will explore adaptations and discover how they allow animals and plants to flourish in their habitats. Examine food chains and how they relate to the survival or depletion of a species. We will discuss the effect humans are having on these natural environments.
Activities
- Explore and Examine:
Explore structural adaptations through my moose
skull, deer jaw, beaver teeth, coyote skull and authentic samples of
insects, bird nests, feathers, moose fur, deer fur, snapping turtle eggs
,snake skin, birds nests, feathers, porcupine
quills, dragonfly nymphs, etc.
Examine my taxidermy owl, wood duck, and chipmunk
Examine my taxidermy owl, wood duck, and chipmunk
- Craft:
Several options
available including : life size animal track replica out of
plaster, Create a Critter etc.
- Games:
Play interactive games that support the relationships among plants and animals within their habitats and communities.
*all photography by Laurie Brown
