Habitats
All about the places in the environment where living things, called plants and animals, live and thrive!
Learn About the Arctic Habitat
Watch the video. Observe the interdependence of animals, plants, and environment to survive in the cold Arctic of Svalbard. Then get researching! Some ideas: where is Svalbard? What plants and animals live in the Arctic? How do they adapt to the harsh environment? How could you explore a research topic to learn new information?
As you watch this video, write down every plant and animal that you can identify (even if you don't know its name, write a description for it!). When you are finish, try to create a food chain that shows how the animals and plants are connected to each other. Think about how the environment (rocks, weather, access to water, and so on) affects how the plants and animals survive.
Learn About Tide pool Habitat
Carefully write or draw all the different organisms and geology (rocks and sand and soil!) you see in this video of a tide pool in Monterey, California. Pause the video if you need to. What shapes do you see? Why? What colors do you see? Why? Don't worry about the real names for the animals and plants and rocks you see. But think about what names would you create. Think about the characteristics of the organism or rock. Oh...and if you really want to find the scientific name for some of the organisms, visit this site on the inhabitants of tide pools. :) Check out Mr. Czarka studying and measuring everything in a tide pool (below) while he studied the author John Steinbeck, America, and Science.
Learn About Ants in the Habitat
Learn about the ways that ants cooperate and share the work. Observe these ants from Greece in their habitat. Pay close attention. What do you see? What are they doing this? What might happen next? How could you design an experiment to learn about the ants' behavior or something else?
Learn About New York City's Coastline Here in The Bronx
These pictures show oysters and other animals that are growing on shores of Soundview Park, right by our school. The last photos show you our school even! Mr. Czarka was volunteering with NY/NJ Baykeeper to improve the health of our waterways by reintroducing oysters. Have you been there yet? You can walk or bike to the park with your family. Mr. Czarka even did his own research on oysters. Yes, he goes to school too!
Students will conduct a citizen science project called "Project Squirrel." By observing the squirrels in the neighborhood and recording the data, students assist scientists in learning key aspects of the local habitat for squirrels.
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