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

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

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

Manitoba has 4 habitats TUNDRA PARKLAND BOREAL FOREST GRASSLAN D

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

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

Tundra Habitat polar bear

Tundra Habitat barren-ground caribou

Tundra Habitat arctic fox

Tundra Habitat arctic loon

Tundra Habitat ptarmigan

Tundra Habitat arctic hare

Tundra Habitat snowy owl

Tundra Habitat snow goose

Tundra Habitat tundra swan

Tundra Habitat mosquito

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

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

Boreal Forest Habitat black bear

Boreal Forest Habitat moose

Boreal Forest Habitat woodland caribou

Boreal Forest Habitat wolf

Boreal Forest Habitat lynx

Boreal Forest Habitat boreal owl

Boreal Forest Habitat great grey owl

Boreal Forest Habitat broad-winged hawk

Boreal Forest Habitat blue-spotted salamander

Boreal Forest Habitat mosquito

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

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

Parkland Habitat white-tailed deer

Parkland Habitat elk or wapiti

Parkland Habitat red fox

Parkland Habitat coyote

Parkland Habitat bobcat

Parkland Habitat skunk

Parkland Habitat great horned owl

Parkland Habitat bald eagle

Parkland Habitat grey tree frog

Parkland Habitat mosquito

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

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

Grassland Habitat plains grizzly bear (extinct)

Grassland Habitat bison (extirpated)

Grassland Habitat pronghorn (extirpated)

Grassland Habitat coyote

Grassland Habitat jackrabbit

Grassland Habitat prairie dogs

Grassland Habitat burrowing owl (endangered)

Grassland Habitat red-tailed hawk

Grassland Habitat meadow lark

Grassland Habitat mosquito

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

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

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

Riverbottom Forest Habitat white-tailed deer

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

Riverbottom Forest Habitat raccoon

Riverbottom Forest Habitat wood duck (male and female)

Riverbottom Forest Habitat wood frog

Riverbottom Forest Habitat leopard frog

Riverbottom Forest Habitat toad

Riverbottom Forest Habitat hairy woodpecker

Riverbottom Forest Habitat western plains garter snake

Riverbottom Forest Habitat snapping turtle

Riverbottom Forest Habitat tiger swallowtail butterfly and caterpillar

Riverbottom Forest Habitat monarch butterfly and caterpillar

Riverbottom Forest Habitat muskrat

Riverbottom Forest Habitat badger

Riverbottom Forest Habitat red squirrel

Riverbottom Forest Habitat mole

Riverbottom Forest Habitat millipede

Riverbottom Forest Habitat mosquito

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

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

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