304 LIVING THINGS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT 



2. Ways in which a living thing depends upon its environment. 



3. The chemical factory in a green leaf. 



4. Just what are the important differences between a plant 

 and an animal. 



5. Living things I have found interesting on my field trips. 



SCIENCE RECREATIONS 



1. Take a hike to some place where you think you can collect 

 living things and make a map of the locality showing where differ- 

 ent plants or animals can be found. 



2. Take a trip to a near-by park and see how many animals you 

 can find feeding. Make a list for your notebook and tell just 

 what they eat, how they get their food, and how they eat it. 



3. Take a trip to a "zoo," select ten different animals, and 

 make a list of all their adaptations. 



4. Make a collection of pictures showing adaptations to environ- 

 ment. 



5. Make a survey of the birds nesting in your vicinity and 

 locate their nests. 



6. Make a tree survey of your block and make recommenda- 

 tions for tree planting. 



7. Select a small area in your yard and study it carefully over 

 a period of one week. List all the living things you find, both 

 plants and animals. Find out, if possible, the names of the vari- 

 ous plants. Make two lists native and introduced. Look for 

 birds. List all you recognize. Make descriptions of those you 

 do not know and try to identify them from some bird book. Look 

 under the leaves, in stems and bark, on the ground, and in the soil 

 for insects. Look in and on the soil, especially under boards and 

 stones, for other animals. You will be surprised to see what a long 

 list you have by the end of the week. 



8. Make a bird calendar in which observations of migrants will 

 be kept. 



SCIENCE CLUB ACTIVITIES 



1. To make a collection of plants inhabiting some particular 

 environment, mount them and make labels telling all the adapta- 

 tions you can find in each. 



2. Prepare a skeleton of a dog or a bird, mount it, and label all the 

 adaptations for life you can find. 



3. Make an excursion to the shore and bring back materials to 

 stock a salt-water aquarium. 



