“The House That Georgia Built!”-Life Science

Introduction

by Valerie McGhee

This is a WebQuest which will allow students to investigate the habitats of different organisms and their dependence for their habitats.

VOCABULARY:

Beginning: shelter, nesting

Language Used: Coastal Plain, Blue Ridge Mountains, Appalachian Plateau, Atlantic Ocean,

ridge, valley, Brown Thrasher, Magnolia, camouflage, producer, adaptation,

soil, sand, food chain, predator, food web, sandy clay, beaches, swamps,

ponds, islands, sand hills, rivers, mountains, habitats, marsh, coast, Live Oak,

birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish, insects, spiders

Enrichment: ecosystems, deciduous forest, coniferous forest, germinatio

HABITAT-the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism

Task

By the end of this task, the student will understand that:

1. animals eat plants or other animals for food.

2. animals use plants or other animals for shelter and nesting.

3. different kinds of living things are found in different regions of Georgia.

4. changes in an organism’s habitat can be helpful or harmful.

5. there are different types of habitats in Georgia.

6. plants and animals adapt to their environment in order to survive.

Task

Your task will be to match the plant/animals with the appropriate habitat of Georgia. Given a scenario explain/predict how changes affect the habitat. You will answer these questions:

What happens to a habitat if it is changed?
What are the similarities and differences between the habitats of Georgia?

You will present your findings in Foldables©.

Process

Check out the Georgia Habitats at http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=333920

Your mission is to explore the following:

What is an environment?•Plants and animals live together in many different environments all around the world.•An environment is all the living and nonliving things in a place. •The environment is the surroundings: air, water, plants, and animals. •Each kind of environment has many different kinds of animal habitats.What is a habitat?•Every animal has a habitat.•The place where an animal or plant lives and grows is called its habitat.•A habitat is where an animal finds the food, water, and shelter it needs to live.

Aim - Match the habitat to their features

Use the foldable and write the name of an animal that lives in the habitats with the correct features:

Ocean – cold, salt water, many predators	Artic – very cold, snow and ice, little shelter	Rain forest – very hot, damp and many plants & trees
Woodland – can be cold in winter, many plants and trees	Meadow – little shelter, lots of grass to eat	Mountains – very cold higher up, little shelter
Swamp – damp, marshy, with many different plants	Desert – very dry, hot in the day, cold at night, little shelter	Pond/lake – sheltered water is calm, many places to hide

Evaluation

Arrangement of Concepts

Main concept is identified easily on front of foldable and cut-outs are placed under correct habitats.

Content Reflects Understanding

Foldable content shows full and complete understanding of the concept,question, problem or process.

Labels, Terminology & Text

The Foldable contains scientific words and terms appropriate and important to the topic with clear and accurate labeling plus definitions where required. Text is easy to read with no grammatical/mechanical mistakes.

Conclusion

Click and enjoy!

http://www.lilburnes.org/Students/Habitats/

Congratulations! You have now completed your WebQuest about Georgia Habitats. As you can see different plants and animals live and thrive in different regions in Georgia.The organisms that live in the different habitats in Georgia may dwell in:

Mountains- climate, landforms (soil, rock) Appalachian Mountains, Blue Ridge, animals with fur and claws, changes occurring, hibernate
Marsh- dens, thick, muddy, CumberlandIsland, Atlantic Ocean, animals, alligators, crocs, brackish water, changes occurring
Swamp- climate, weather, moving water, alligators, crocs. More inland in lowland areas- changes occurring, freshwater-Okefenokee Swamp.
Coast- climate weather, sand birds (cranes, pelicans) Atlantic Ocean changes occurring.

Credits

Georgia Habitats
Binder Author: Mrs. March's Third Grade Class

http://www.lilburnes.org/Students/Habitats/

Youtube

AIMS

Teacher Page

STANDARD: S3L1. Students will investigate the habitats of different organisms and the dependence of organisms on their habitat.

a. Differentiate between habitats of Georgia (mountains, marsh/swamp, coast, Piedmont,

Atlantic Ocean) and the organisms that live there.

b. Identify features of green plants that allow them to live and thrive in different regions

of Georgia.

c. Identify features of animals that allow them to live and thrive in different regions of

Georgia.

d. Explain what will happen to an organism if the habitat is changed.