Do Four of These
- Keep an "insect zoo" that you have collected. You might have
crickets, ants, or grasshoppers. Study them for a while then release them.
- Set up an aquarium or terrarium. Keep it for at least a month.
- Visit a museum of natural history, nature center, or zoo with your family,
den, or pack. Tell what you saw.
- Watch for birds in your yard, neighborhood, or town for one week. Identify
the birds you see and write down where and when you saw them.
- Learn about the bird flyways closest to your home. Find out which birds
use these flyways.
- Learn to identify poisonous plants and venomous reptiles found in your
area.
- Watch six wild animals (snakes, turtles, fish, birds, or mammals) in the
wild. Describe the kind of place (forest, field, marsh, yard, or park) where
you saw them. Tell what they were doing.
- Give examples of
- A producer, a consumer, and a decomposer in the food chain of an
ecosystem
- One way humans have changed the balance of nature
- How you can help protect the balance of nature
