Habitats of Georgia

Introduction

Calling all zookeepers! You have been chosen to help develop a zoo that will have a sample of the plants and animals from all the habitat regions of Georgia. As a biologist you must find out what kind of plants and animals live in each of the five habitat regions and what adaptations they have to live in those regions

Task

You will need to first need to find out about plants and animals that live in those regions and the features that they have that allow them to thrive there. You will need to take notes on the sheets given. You should also make a list of what you will need to include in your zoo to insure the survival of the plants and animals you chose to include in each region.

You should then draw a plan for your zoo that shows what conditions each area would have in order for the plants and animals from that region to survive there. In your zoo plans include the name of plants and animals that you want to include in each region.

Process

So what exactly do I need to do???

1. Research-by clicking on the link at the top of the page-the Coastal Plains region of Georgia. On the sheet of paper given to you by your teacher, take notes about the type of plants and animals that live in the Coastal Plains region. Write down at least 5 different types of plants that you would find in the Coastal Plains region and at least 5 different types of animals you would find in the region. You should also write down 5 things that the region must have, so that the plants and animals can survive.

2. Repeat step one with the Appalachian Plateau, and the Piedmont Region, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and then the Valley/Ridge Region.

3. Draw a map of the your plan for the zoo. You may use a large piece of drawing paper. Make sure you clearly label each region in your zoo.

4. You should illustrate each region to make it look like the actual region it represents.

5. On the back of your paper write down which 5 plants and animals you have chosen for each region and explain why the plants and animals survive in those regions.

Evaluation

Name _______________________________ Date ______________________________

Evaluation Rubric on Habitat Presentation

Habitat: _________________________________________________________________

A- Excellent	Excellent understanding of habitat and well communicated.	Characteristics and Adaptations of animals are well written, and clear.	Characteristics and Adaptations of plants are well written, and clear.	Excellent teamwork and cooperation demonstrated.	Excellent art projects. Represents characteristics of habitat. A lot of time put into project.
B- Above Average	Very good understanding of habitat and very well communicated.	Characteristics and Adaptations of animals are clear.	Characteristics and Adaptations of plants are clear.	Very good teamwork and cooperation demonstrated.	Above Average art projects. Shows good understanding of habitat.
C- Average/ On Grade Level	Good understanding of habitat.	Characteristics and adaptations of animals are listed.	Characteristics and adaptations of plants are listed.	Average teamwork and cooperation demonstrated.	Art project represents habitat.
D-Below Average	Partial understanding of habitat.	Characteristics and adaptations of animals are not complete.	Characteristics and adaptations of plants are not complete.	Teamwork and cooperation need improvement.	Art project completed but required more effort.
F-Failure	No understanding of habitat.	Not presented.	Not presented.	No teamwork.	No art project.

Comments: __________________________________________________________________________

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Conclusion

Now that you have learned about animals and animal groups present your zoo drawing to the class.

You have now been promoted to Head Biologist and Zoo Keeper! Great Work!

Teacher Page

Click on the following links to research the Coastal Plains.

http://www.geocities.com/~rewoodham/Glory/index.html
You should not need to click on any links on this webpage. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2123

This site is awesome!!! You may want to click on several of the pencils. http://www.uga.edu/gardenclub/m2s/coastalplain.html
http://georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=490&txtPage=7

Click on the following links to research the Appalachian Plateau.

You should not need to click on other links on this webpage. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3561

http://ngeorgia.com/mountains/lookout_mountain.html

http://georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=490&txtPage=3

Click on the following links to research the piedmont Region.

You should not need to click on other links within this webpage. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2126

This site is awesome!!! You will want to click on the pencils! http://www.uga.edu/gardenclub/m2s/piedmont.html
http://georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=490&txtPage=6

Click on the following links to research the Blue Ridge Mountains

Be sure to look at the toolbar on the left of the screen. You will want to click on Photos & Multimedia to look at pictures, and Nature and Science to learn more about the plants and animals. http://www.nps.gov/blri/index.htm

http://ngeorgia.com/mountains/blueridgemountains.html
http://georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=490&txtPage=5

Click on the following links to research the Valley/Ridge Region.

You should not need to click any other links on this webpage. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1163

http://georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=490&txtPage=4