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1. What you can do
2. Water
3. Ecology
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6. Keystone species
7. Get Wet!- Field Study Ideas
8. The Zoo Experience
9. Frogs & Friends
10. Case Studies
11. Resources
12. Glossary
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3.2 WETLAND WORDS
(Level: 4 :: Wetland Habitat)
Purpose: To identify a wetland and words associated with
it.
What You Need: reference materials :: pencil :: work
sheet (included)
What You Do:
We have included a Word Search
An African Wetland (available
here if you cannot view pop-up windows) and a Word Search "Amphibians of Ontario" in the Amphibians Unit. You
may wish to use one of these with your students or you may wish
to have them create their own, more complex word search activity
using this blank word search (available
here if you cannot view pop-up windows) as follows:
- Working alone or in pairs, ask your students to select a type
of wetland (e.g. a pond, swamp, marsh, bog, fen).
- Using reference materials the students should make a list of
15 words which contain names of plants, animals, and non-living
factors found in their wetland.
- Ask the students to use copies of the enclosed sheet to
create a word search using the words on their list. The words can
be printed backwards, forwards, or diagonal. Any empty spaces can
be filled in with extra letters.
- Collect and distribute the puzzles among the class to allow
individuals and/or groups to solve their classmate's puzzle. (
First, you may wish to photocopy the puzzles for the students who
created them.)
- As the students find the words in the puzzle, they should
circle it, and then write it in the columns to which it belongs
(eg. Plants, Animals, or Non-Living Parts).
- The students should now be able to identify the type of
wetland based on the words.
- Students can be challenged to add the names of any other
plants and animals that might live in this type of wetland.
Click here to see the list of activities for this unit.
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