Students learn and discuss many facts about where plants and animals live.

Objectives:

• TLW describe a woodland environment.
• TLW conclude that plants in the woods provide food and shelter for animals living there.
• TLW identify some of the plants and animals that live in the woods.
• TLW describe how the changing season affect plants and animals.

Materials:

• Worksheets
• pictures of of the woods with different plants and animals in them
• dry erase board
• markers.

Plan:

Teacher: Ask the students if they have ever spent the night camping in the woods.

Student Response:

Teacher: Today we are going to learn about plants and animals that live in the woods. Pretend we are walking in the woods. Listen, What do you hear? (birds singing, squirrels chattering etc.)

Student Response:

Teacher: Now you are looking in the trees. What do you see? (Birds, squirrels, spider webs with a spider on it etc.)

Student Response:

Teacher: What do you think the squirrel is doing? (searching for food)

Student response:

Teacher: There are many kinds of animals that live in the woods. Can anyone name a few? (birds, squirrels, deer, fox, etc.)

Student Response:

Teacher: I am going to show you a picture of some trees we see in the woods. What do you think you would see if you looked up besides animals? (Branches, leaves, and a little bit of the sky)

Student Response:

Teacher: Did you know that it is cool in the place in the picture? That is because little sunlight comes through the tree branches and leaves. What else do you think the trees control? ( Wind and rain)

Student Response:

Teacher: Yes, the wind and the rain is controlled by the tree branches because they stop the force of the wind and rain.

Student Response:

Teacher: O.K. lets talk about the plants. Show a picture of different plants that live in the woods. Can anyone name some of the plants that are in this picture? (grass, trees, etc.)

Student Response:

Teacher: Did you know that some plants do not need a lot of sunlight? Why do you think they can live with little sunlight? (some of the plants can easily scorch and die)

Student Response:

Teacher: Show a picture of the woods with some birds and and earthworms in it. Can anyone identify the plants and animals in this picture? (birds and earthworms)

Student Response:

Teacher: Why do you think it is important for the earthworm and the birds to live in the woods? (food)

Student Response:

Teacher: Think real hard and see if you can figure out another way the earthworm is important. (They crawl around in the soil and loosen it so the roots of the plants can grow and get water)

Student Response:

Teacher: How do other animals that live in the wood use plants? (squirrels eat nuts, chipmunks and mice eat seeds, rabbits eats green plant life, deer eat plants and tree bark, birds use the trees to build their nests)

Student Response:

Teacher: Lets look at another picture of the Summer season. Can anyone tell me what the plants look like in the Summer? (full, leafy, and dark green)

Student Response:

Teacher: What type of trees do we see in the picture. (Green)

Student Response:

Teacher: Now lets look at a picture of the plants in the Winter. Can anyone describe the trees in the Winter? (some green and some with no leaves) The trees that are green are calonse:

Teacher: Now lets look at a picture of the plants in the Winter. Can anyone describe the trees in the Winter? (some green and some with no leaves) The trees that are green are cal