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What we found at …………………………………..
Choose a habitat. Throw your quadrat down in four different places. Record what you found in each sample. Note how many of each plant and animal you found. Name of habitat: …………………………………………………………..
Quadrat 1 Quadrat2
Quadrat 3 Quadrat 4
Repeat the activity in different habitats.
Using a Quadrat
You will need:
Half metre quadrat Pooter Hand lens or magnifying glass Notebook and pencil Reference Books
Placing the Quadrat in position Choose two different places to study. You may wish to compare two different places i.e. the shady side and the sunny side of a hedge. When you have reached the place you wish to study, drop the quadrat behind you on to the ground. Think why you do this.
Recording
Make a table to show your findings (example shown below). Count the different plants and minibeasts that you find within your quadrat and write your results in the table. You may have to look in your reference books to find out the names of some of the things that you find. For minibeasts you cannot recognise use a pooter to catch them. Identify them using a book and then let them go. When you have finished your first quadrat count, drop your quadrat Compare your two results with each other and with those of your friends. Can you notice and explain any difference in the plant and animal life in the different places?
This is an example of a chart you can draw up to write down your findings:
PLACE:
DATE: NAME OF SITE
TIME: QUADRAT 1 QUADRAT 2
Number of different kinds of flowering plants
Names of flowering plants
Number of different types of grasses
Names of grasses
Number of different kinds of minibeasts
Names of minibeasts
Draw what you see in your quadrat
If you have time you could try drawing a map of the plants that you find in your quadrat. Try and make it as accurate as possible. It would help if you use squared paper or draw some squares before you start. This worksheet is taken from the website: www.yptenc.org.uk
Name: ______________________ Date ___________
Finding out about animals: Choose an animal that can be found at the place you visited. Use books and CD ROMs to help you find out about it.
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What I already know about ………
I want to find the answers to these questions:
I also found out that ………
The most interesting thing I found out was that ..........
Name: ______________________ Date ___________
2b. Finding out about animals:
Choose an animal that lives at the site you visited. Use books and CD-ROMs to find out about it. Write or draw what you found in the boxes.
What it eats
Where it lives
How it moves
Name _____________________ Date _________
Finding out about plants:
Plant name ………………………………………
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What I already know about .........
I want to find the answer to these questions:
I also found out that .........
The most interesting thing I found out was that .........
Name ____________________ Date ____________
Finding out about animals
Use this template to help you write your report in Microsoft Word on the animal you investigated. (Now delete what you have just read).
Type the name of your animal here
Delete this picture and insert your own
Write your report here.
I already knew that …… I discovered that …… I also found out that ……… However, the most interesting thing I found was that…
Make any changes that you wish, then save and print your work.
Name ____________________ Date ____________
Finding out about Plants
Use this template to help you write your report in Microsoft Word on the plant you investigated. (Now delete what you have just read.)
Type the name of your plant here
Delete this picture and insert your own
Write your report here. I already knew that … I discovered that … I also found out that … However, the most interesting thing I found was that… Make any changes that you wish, then save and print your work.
Name ______________________ Date __________
A list of animals found at ……………………………
Name of animal Its habitat
woodlouse under a stone
Name _____________________ Date ___________
A list of plants found at ……………………………………
Name of plant Where it was found
ivy on wall
Name _____________________ Date ___________ How animals and plants
are suited to their environment
Choose two different habitats found at the site you visited. Name some animals and plants that are found there and say how they are suited to their environments.
A stone wall – Ivy – rootlets help it to cling to wall.
Name ___________________ Date _____________
How animals and plants are suited to their environment
Choose a habitat found at a site you have visited. Name some animals and plants that are found there and say how they are suited to their environment.
Name _______________________ Date _________
How are animals and plants suited to their environment?
Habitat Name of animal or plant
How is it suited to its environment?
dry stone wall ivy small rootlets on
stems help it cling to the wall
Name ____________________ Date ____________
Different Habitats
Write the names of the animals and plants that you know live in two different habitats at a site you have studied.
Habitat Animals and plants found in that habitat
Name ………………………………………………………………………………. Date ……………………………
Investigating Earthworms
Use a magnifying glass to observe an earthworm. Record your observations here: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Measure your earthworm: Length ………………… cm. Width at widest point: ………………… cm Mass ………………… grams Compare and contrast the earthworm to the human body. Note the differences you can see. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Draw a detailed diagram of the earthworm in the large box. Use reference books to help you to label the different parts of its body. In the small box, draw a close-up diagram of any one part of the earthworm as seen through a hand lens.
Names ____________________________ Date ____________
Planning Notes
We are going to investigate …
We will need the following equipment:
We will measure and observe:
What we will keep the same:
What we will change: What we predict will happen:
Name _________________________ Date _____________
My Investigation
What I found out:
I wanted to find out …
What I did:
My conclusions:
Name __________________ Date _________ Food Chains
Use the correct word or phrase from the list to complete these facts about food chains.
Nearly every food chain starts with a …………………………… A food chain shows …………………………………… in a habitat. The arrow means ……………………………………………………… Green plants are called ………………………………………… because they
make their own food. Animals are …………………………………………………… An animal which catches and eats another animal is called a
……………………………………………………. An animal which is eaten by another animal is called its ………………. Animals which only eat plants are called ………………………………………… Animals which only eat other animals are called …………………………… Animals which eat plants and animals are called …………………………… consumers herbivores predator carnivores prey producers what eats what “is eaten by” green plant
omnivores
Name _____________________ Date ___________
4b. Relationships in a Food Chain
Here is an example of a food chain grass rabbit owl What would happen to the rabbits if the owls’ nesting places were all destroyed? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Here is another example of a food chain: grass grasshopper robin sparrowhawk What would happen to the sparrowhawks if all of the grass was covered in gravel?
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Names ____________________________ Date ____________
Planning Notes
We are going to investigate …
We will need the following equipment:
We will measure and observe:
What we will keep the same:
What we will change: What we predict will happen:
Name _________________________ Date _____________
My Investigation
This chart shows my results:
I wanted to find out …
What I did:
My conclusions:
The seeds are carried away
from the parent plant
Pollen from one plant is carried to another plant
by insects or the wind
When the shoot appears from
the seed
The seedling grows into a new plant
The seeds grow in the ovary
The pollen travels down
the pollen tube and joins with
the ovule
Name ……………………………………………………… Date ……………………
How humans can affect the life cycle of flowering plants
Some of the things that we do can interfere with the life cycle of flowering plants, and could mean that the plants are unable to reproduce.
Make a poster to teach people how their actions can interfere with the life cycles of the plants that grow in our town.
Use the box below to make a rough sketch.
Name …………………………………………………………….. Date ………………
The parts of a flower Write the correct words from the list in the sentences: stamens, ovary, sepals, ovules, petals, stigma. These protect the flower before it opens ……………………… These attract insects ………………………………………………………… These make the pollen ………………………………………………………… The pollen sticks to this ……………………………………………………… These will change into seeds ……………………………………………… This is where the seeds will grow ……………………………………… Label the diagram with the words from the list:
Name …………………………………………………………… Date ………………
The parts of a flower Write the correct words from the list in the sentences: stamens, ovary, sepals, ovules, petals, stigma, anthers These protect the flower before it opens ……………………… These attract insects ………………………………………………………… These are the male parts …………………………………………………… These make the pollen ………………………………………………………… This female part receives the pollen ……………………………… These will develop into seeds …………………………………………… The ovules are protected by this ……………………………………… Label the diagram with the words from the list:
Name ………………………………………………………. Date …………………….
How pollen is transported Use books and photographs to help you make a list of flowers that are wind pollinated and those that are pollinated by insects. Insect Pollinated Flowers
Wind Pollinated Flowers
Complete these sentences: Insect pollinated flowers are …………………………………………… Wind pollinated flowers are ………………………………………………
Name _______________________ Date _________
Sorting Animals Explain how you sorted the animals on the previous worksheet. I put the ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………… in the same group because …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Using and making keys
Heron, bird, warm blood, feathers, beak, vertebrate, wings, lays eggs.
Frog, amphibian, cold blood, vertebrate, webbed feet, lays eggs in water, lungs.
Butterfly, insect, cold blood, invertebrate, lays eggs, six legs.
Bat, warm blood, mammal, gives birth to live young, vertebrate.
Trout, fish, cold blood, vertebrate, scales, lays eggs in water, breathes through gills
Snake, reptile, cold blood, vertebrate, lays eggs on land, scales.