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Hey, Try This! Below is a whole
bunch of great activities to try. Click on the names of each
activity below. Enjoy!
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Caterpillar
Cafe
Want
to observe nature? To
attract caterpillars and butterflies to your yard and garden,
you will need a garden pot, potting soil, and some of the seeds listed below.
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Caterpillar |
Butterfly |
Alfalfa
Butterflyweed
Catnip
Common Rue
Dill
French Marigold
Goldenrod
Lavendar
Parsley
Sage
Thyme |
Alfalfa
Butterflyweed
Cabbage
Common Rue
Dill
Parsley
Red Clover
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Scoop
some of the potting soil into the pot so that it is about 1 ”
below the top. Follow
the directions on how to plant the seeds that are on the seed
packages that you bought. Water
the soil.
You
should water the soil when the seeds start sprouting and
whenever it is dry to the touch.
Soon you will have lots of color and visitors to your café!
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You
might want to examine the middle of an egg.
Over a paper plate, break an egg apart.
Draw what you see. Label
the shell, chalaza, yolk, germinal disk, thick albumen, and the
thin albumen. Wash
your hands immediately after you are done and throw the egg away.
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Bat’s
hearing is much better than ours, but we still learn a lot from
the way they hear. Shout
in different rooms of your house and areas outside and compare the
echoes. Echoes will most likely be louder outside.
In most cases rooms with carpet, soft furniture etc. will
not have as many or as loud echoes.
Echoes could be loudest of all though, in your bathroom.
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Keep
an Animal Journal
Dr. Jane Goodall
and the other zoologists work in the field, they keep a journal.
They write down what they see and what they hear.
You can keep a journal about the wild animals that live
near your. The record
should include what you see and what you hear for several weeks.
Then begin by writing the time and the date.
Write down as many details as you can.
You can make sketches of the animal that you see.
From a distance watch the animal so that you don’t affect
the way the animal acts. What
new thing can you discover about the animal’s behavior?
Now
go out at night. Look
for an animal to observe. Try
to answer these questions. What
does the animal do during the night and day? What other kind of
animals live around it? How do those other animals interact around the animal?
What does the animal eat?
How does the other animal get its own food?
Where does the other animal live?
Does the other animal have babies?
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To demonstrate how a feathers repel water try this activity. Use a
straw as you would an eyedropper.
Drop a few drops of vegetable oil on a paper plate.
Pick up a drop or two of water with the straw and drop it
on top of the oil.
Explain what happens and how this is like a bird’s
feathers.
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Animals On the Map
Americans
have named many places after animals. How many places can you
locate on the map named for an animal?
Get a blank map of the United States and an atlas or
political map. Label each place as you find it.
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Did you
know that dolphins may have a built-in compass?
Would you like to make your own compass?
Tie
a string in the middle of a bar-shaped magnet.
Let the magnet hang straight down.
The magnet will point to the North, mark that end with a
piece of tape. (If you are not certain which way North is, check
with an adult.) Mark a staring point with tape. Then navigate your
course with the magnet. Try
this:
Go:
1.
4 steps North
2.
3 steps South
3.
1 step North
4.
5 steps West
5.
5 steps South
6.
2 steps East
7.
1 step South
8.
3 steps East
Where
did you end up? Make
up your own course and have someone follow it.
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Be
an Animal Detective
Select
an animal that lives near you.
You
may live in an area that has dear or wolves,
Keep
a distance from the animal, you don’t want to influence their
behavior.
Try
to observe the animal at different times of day.
Answer
the following questions:
Where
does this animal live?
What is the animal doing?
What does it eat?
How does it go about getting its food?
What other animals live near by?
Does
the animal being observed interact with them?
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Warthog
Word Scramble
Can
you unscramble these words?
The
place where warthogs sleep at night:
ESND
_ _ _ _ or
UORWSBR_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The
continent warthogs live on:
RFCAAI
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The
sound warthogs make:
YRUGN _ _ _ _ _
Warthogs
usually ________ on their front legs when grazing:
EKELN _ _ _ _ _
Answers:
dens or burrows, Africa, grunt, kneel
Now
try some “scrambes” on your own.
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