HOMES
AND HABITATS
Goals: This
unit will help students to identify a variety of "homes" or
habitats in the natural world. It will also introduce students to the
different components of a habitat. Discussion will cover the effects of
changes to the habitat and how we can improve and protect that habitat.
Objectives:
By completing this unit, the students will be able to:
- define home and
habitat.
- identify elements
that make up a habitat.
- list elements
of their own habitat - food, water, air, shelter, and space in a suitable
arrangement - and generalize that animals and plants have similar basic
needs.
- give examples of
animals that live in different habitats, such as prairie, forest, cave,
or city and explain why they live there.
- discuss how changes
in a habitat affect the animals and the plants.
- make suggestions
on how humans can have a positive effect on a habitat.
- discuss connections
between animals, plants, and habitats.
These objectives will be achieved in three stages:
- Nametags, pre-visit
activities and information - teacher(s) will complete Nametag Activity
and select at least one Pre-visit Activity to do in the classroom before
visiting Wind Cave National Park. Selection of activities will be communicated
to the ranger leading park program.
- Park activities
- ranger directed with assistance and supervision of the teacher and/or
teacher aide.
- Post-visit activities
- teacher(s) will select at least one Post-visit Activity to do in the
classroom after visiting Wind Cave National Park.
Pre-Visit
Preparations:
Nametags
- Who Am I?
The
Comforts of Home
Zoe
Draw
Me a Prairie: Part 1
Post-Visit
Activities:
Map
Your Home Range
Draw
Me a Prairie: Part 2
How
Many Elk Can Live in This Park?
How Many Elk Graphics
Vocabulary
List
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