HABITAT MEANS HOME. Habitat Means Home. Grade 4 Curriculum Guide. S. DANGERFIELD Interpretive Planning

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1 HABITAT MEANS HOME Habitat Means Home Grade 4 Curriculum Guide S. DANGERFIELD Interpretive Planning

2 Habitat Means Home Habitat is home for plants and animals Different plants and animals adapt to different habitats

3 Manitoba has 4 habitats TUNDRA PARKLAND BOREAL FOREST GRASSLAN D

4 Tundra Habitat northern Manitoba plants have short growing seasons adapted to grow small and gather lots of sunshine animals white coloured to blend with surroundings looks barren but lots of plants and animals

5 Tundra Habitat Animals that make tundra habitat their home WHAT S MY NAME?

6 Tundra Habitat polar bear

7 Tundra Habitat barren-ground caribou

8 Tundra Habitat arctic fox

9 Tundra Habitat arctic loon

10 Tundra Habitat ptarmigan

11 Tundra Habitat arctic hare

12 Tundra Habitat snowy owl

13 Tundra Habitat snow goose

14 Tundra Habitat tundra swan

15 Tundra Habitat mosquito

16 Boreal Forest Habitat boreal means northern northern forest sweeps across Canada lots of coniferous/evergreen trees lots of rock ridges Precambrian Shield low areas where water collects - bogs and lakes

17 Boreal Forest Habitat Animals that make boreal forest habitat their home WHAT S MY NAME?

18 Boreal Forest Habitat black bear

19 Boreal Forest Habitat moose

20 Boreal Forest Habitat woodland caribou

21 Boreal Forest Habitat wolf

22 Boreal Forest Habitat lynx

23 Boreal Forest Habitat boreal owl

24 Boreal Forest Habitat great grey owl

25 Boreal Forest Habitat broad-winged hawk

26 Boreal Forest Habitat blue-spotted salamander

27 Boreal Forest Habitat mosquito

28 Parkland Habitat between boreal forest to the north and grasslands to the south a bit of both habitats looks like a park patches of trees and long grass trees mostly deciduous lose their leaves grassy meadows once full of long grasses and flowers, now mostly ploughed for crops

29 Parkland Habitat Animals that make parkland habitat their home WHAT S MY NAME?

30 Parkland Habitat white-tailed deer

31 Parkland Habitat elk or wapiti

32 Parkland Habitat red fox

33 Parkland Habitat coyote

34 Parkland Habitat bobcat

35 Parkland Habitat skunk

36 Parkland Habitat great horned owl

37 Parkland Habitat bald eagle

38 Parkland Habitat grey tree frog

39 Parkland Habitat mosquito

40 Grassland Habitat grasslands once covered central North America southern Manitoba to Rocky Mountains and south to Texas as far as the eye could see grass and flowers no trees, except along creeks and rivers, because great wildfires burned the grasslands and kept the trees out grassland plants and animals adapted to live with fire grasslands have some of the best soils for crops today most grasslands ploughed to grow crops and build cities

41 Grassland Habitat Animals that make grassland habitat their home WHAT S MY NAME?

42 Grassland Habitat plains grizzly bear (extinct)

43 Grassland Habitat bison (extirpated)

44 Grassland Habitat pronghorn (extirpated)

45 Grassland Habitat coyote

46 Grassland Habitat jackrabbit

47 Grassland Habitat prairie dogs

48 Grassland Habitat burrowing owl (endangered)

49 Grassland Habitat red-tailed hawk

50 Grassland Habitat meadow lark

51 Grassland Habitat mosquito

52 Riverbottom Forest Habitat big habitats have special smaller habitats inside them like lakes and bogs in boreal forest in grasslands a special habitat is riverbottom forest along the creeks and rivers of the grasslands riverbottom forest thin strips of forest between water and grassy uplands

53 Riverbottom Forest Habitat riverbottom forest is important habitat one of the best on the Prairies many animals use the riverbottom forest as a temporary home when they migrate one of the few homes left for animals in southern Manitoba

54 Riverbottom Forest Habitat Animals that make riverbottom forest habitat their home WHAT S MY NAME?

55 Riverbottom Forest Habitat white-tailed deer

56 Riverbottom Forest Habitat elk or wapiti (extirpated from Red River Valley)

57 Riverbottom Forest Habitat raccoon

58 Riverbottom Forest Habitat wood duck (male and female)

59 Riverbottom Forest Habitat wood frog

60 Riverbottom Forest Habitat leopard frog

61 Riverbottom Forest Habitat toad

62 Riverbottom Forest Habitat hairy woodpecker

63 Riverbottom Forest Habitat western plains garter snake

64 Riverbottom Forest Habitat snapping turtle

65 Riverbottom Forest Habitat tiger swallowtail butterfly and caterpillar

66 Riverbottom Forest Habitat monarch butterfly and caterpillar

67 Riverbottom Forest Habitat muskrat

68 Riverbottom Forest Habitat badger

69 Riverbottom Forest Habitat red squirrel

70 Riverbottom Forest Habitat mole

71 Riverbottom Forest Habitat millipede

72 Riverbottom Forest Habitat mosquito

73 Manitoba Habitats What are Manitoba s 4 habitats? TUNDRA PARKLAND BOREAL FOREST GRASSLAND

74 Manitoba Habitats What is the special habitat found in grasslands habitat along creeks and rivers? Riverbottom forest

75 H A B I T A T M E A N S H O M E THANK YOU