A Five Day Walk Through Georgia

By Brenna Lloyd 3rd Grade

Boston Elementary

Understanding Statement or Essential Question: How do features of a region affect the organisms that live there?

Introduction: Do you like to take a walk through the woods just to explore what plants and animals may have been there? Have you ever wished that you could keep walking to other parts of Georgia to see the animals and plants that live there? Complete the following Scavenger Hunt to find out more about the five different habitats in Georgia. Complete the questions using the links below. After completing the task, create a travel brochure for the different habitats.

Your Challenge!

The Questions:

1. What animals and plants live in the Blue Ridge Mountain habitat?

http://www.lilburnes.org/Students/Habitats/mountains.htm

http://www.fultonschools.org/school/hillside/Grade%20Level/Third/Georgia%20Habitats.ppt

2. If you lived in the Mountains of Georgia, what would life be like and why?

http://www.lilburnes.org/Students/Habitats/mountains.htm

3. Compare and contrast the animals and plants of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Piedmont Regions.

http://www.lilburnes.org/Students/Habitats/mountains.htm

http://naturalhistory.uga.edu/~GMNH/Habitats/habitats.htm

4. Why is the Piedmont region such a popular place to live?

http://www.uga.edu/gardenclub/m2s/piedmont.html

http://georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=490&txtPage=6

5. What line seperates the Piedmont Region from the Coastal Plain Region?

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-721

http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/photogallery/physiomap.htm

6. Using the attached powerpoint, how are the habitats of the animals in the Coastal Plain different from the habitats of animals from other regions?

http://www.fultonschools.org/school/hillside/Grade%20Level/Third/Georgia%20Habitats.ppt

7. Why would the Swamp/Marsh habitat not be an easy place to build a home and live?

http://www.visitusa.com/georgia/photos/okefenokee-swamp.htm

http://www.okeswamp.com/

8. Imagine that you are a tour guide in the Swamp Habitat, in a minimum of five sentences, explain what your tourist will see on their tour.

http://www.okeswamp.com/

http://www.swampgeorgia.com/kidzone.html

9. Are there any endangered animals in the Atlantic Ocean habitat?

http://www.uga.edu/gardenclub/m2s/sea.html

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2189

10. How will continued pollution affect the ocean habitat of Georgia?

Putting It All Together: Congratulations on completing your Georgia Habitats Scavenger Hunt. You now are considered an expert on Georgia Habitats. Using what you have learned create a travel brochure that would explain the five different habitats to someone who has not been to Georgia. Be sure to include a minimum of six facts about the habitat and a photograph like picture.