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Explain...
- Animals have the same
needs we do, and in since we call these needs the animals' HABITAT.
An animals' habitat looks very different from ours, and they have
special habits just like we do that helps them survive in their habitat.
- What habit do we do
to help us find shelter? Build houses, wear coats.
- We are going to see
if we can create some habitat for this duck (show Mallard picture),
Show the following pictures and discuss:
- Food- seeds in water and
fields, sometimes insects
- Water- from ponds, rivers
and lake where they forage for food.
- Shelter/Cover- tall wetland
plants sometimes in shallow water
- Space- one duck doesn't
need that much space, but sometimes they need to travel great distances
when parts of their habitat becomes scarce. In what season is there
not much food available?
Do. . .
- Let's create some duck habitat.
- Have students close their
eyes and pick a habitat symbol.
- Tally each habitat symbol,
- Show the students the results
on the white board,
Ask. . .
- Do we have enough food,
water, shelter and space to support our duck?
- When might there be no water
for the duck? Drought
- What season might there
not be any food for the duck? Winter
- What does the duck do during
the winter? Migrate
- Do people sometime affect
duck habitat? Using water for farming, building houses on duck habitat,
polluting the water.
Explain. . .
- We are sitting in the middle
of some GREAT duck habitat. By looking around can you see why? Because
sometimes we take away duck habitat by building house or farming we
have set aside this place for ducks and many other birds called National
Wildlife Refuges.
Ask. . .
- Today we are in the birds
habitat/ homes to learn about them. When we are in other people's houses
how do we act.
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