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:

germination

plant growth

pollination fertilisation

seed production

seed dispersal

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 ………………………………………………

Sorting Animals Sort these animals into groups, and explain your reasons for your choice of groups.

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.