Change the child Change the world People For Animals, Trivandrum Chapter.
How Animals Change their Environment
description
Transcript of How Animals Change their Environment
How Animals Change their Environment
Elizabeth BuckholtzTPS Science Support
Start your concept map.
How do living things affect nonliving things?
Beavers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:American_Beaver.jpg
Beavers
http://students.cis.uab.edu/saccursi/project/dam.html
Beavers
http://www.anacostiaws.org/news/blog/busy-beavers-flood-local-parking-lot
Beavers
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/beaver_damage/conflicts.shtml
http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/176486/enlarge
Beavers
http://shelledy.mesa.k12.co.us/staff/computerlab/ColoradoLifeZones_Riparian_Adaptations.html
Beavers
http://arnebeckwinter.blogspot.com/2011_04_03_archive.html
Beavers
http://stevegreerphotograph.photoshelter.com/image/I0000PMtRJkITYJs
Beavers
http://blogs.yourdiscovery.com/.m/whats-new/2009/10/ancient-giant-beavers-didnt-have-a-taste-for-wood.html
Beavers
Beavers
http://www.martinezbeavers.org/wordpress/page/2/
Beavers
http://www.audubonguides.com/article.html?id=96
Beavers
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/beaver-dam.htm
Resources for teachers
• Lesson plan on the Needs of Living things which includes information about how animals affect the nonliving environment.
Lichens
Lichens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Parmeliopsis_ambigua_-_lichen_-_gr%C3%BCnliche_Schneepegel-Flechte.jpg
Lichens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LogLichen.jpg
Lichens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:N2_Lichen.jpg
Lichens
Lichens
Teacher Resources
Contains Printable, leveled books about lichens.
Ants
Ants
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mY1UA9K/red+entrance+-++bull+ants+nest
Ants
http://www.123rf.com/photo_8178685_close-up-of-ant-carrying-seed.html
Ants
https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSFtt5aen5c57q4aG2OLFjPg5Y4HSEDMcAUarGURvKj3bplBytQ
Ants
http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/14126
Ants
http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_news/2011/01/when-teeth-go-bad-leaf-cutter-ants-call-it-quits.html
Ants
http://www.toledozoo.org/animals/cam_ants.html
Teacher Resources
• Lesson plan (K-5) to help students learn how ants create different types of colonies depending on their environment.
Teaching Resources
• Thematic units, experiments about ants.
http://www.classbrain.com/artmovies/publish/article_20.shtml
Worms
Worms
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/worms/live/index.html
Worms
Worms
http://www.songbirdgarden.com/store/info/infoview.asp?documentid=214
Worms for composting
http://www.pistilsnursery.com/worm-composting
Teacher Resources
Everything you want to know about worms. The site calls it a game but it is a power interactive instructional resource about worms.
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Vermi/Game/menu.html
Teacher Resources
• 48 pg PDF full of great cross curricular worm activities.
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Publications/Schools/56001007.pdf
Teacher Resources
http://tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=3330
An online story about an worm and a farmer.
Teacher REsources
http://www.moppetgames.com/math-games/play/math-worm/
Teacher Resources
• Worm activities, experiment to determine what worms will eat, build a worm condo, worm observations.
http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/worm-activities.htm
Teacher Resources
• Worm facts, videos of a worm’s heart beating, a worm hatching, interview with a worm farmer.
http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/worm/
click here