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On
the very first day I give the students a reading and a
worksheet that covers the general facts of the Adirondack park. Since
the
worksheet follows the reading paragraph by paragraph, small groups can
be
assigned paragraphs and a final summary can be done on the chalk board.
It
surprises me how few students know about the park, its size and its
location.
On
the second day, I show them a poster illustrating the Park's
biomes. "The Adirondack Park- A park of People and Natural Wonder".
It is illustrated by Anne Lacy 1994 and produced by the Adirondack
Council
(518) 873-2240. It illustrates the biomes in the Adirondack Park (see
the next
page) I have the students pick a biome they would be interested in and
create
small groups of no more than five. Each group is then given a work
sheet to
complete in the library. While researching their biome, each group is
responsible for their worksheet and their sketches. Then we go back to
the
class room to create! Please see the photos that were taken of our
first
attempt with this lesson. It is a great feeling to share the beauty of
the
Adirondack Park with children. Enjoy! Pam
BIOMES
OF THE ADIRONDACK PARK
Animals-
Common raven, ruby crowned kinglet, blackpoll warbler,
boreal chickadee
Plants-
Cinquefoil, bilberry, crowberry, lichen, diapensia,
lapland rosebay
Animals-Tree
swallow, wood duck,beaver, hooded merganser
Plants-
Aspen trees
Animals-
Birds, insects need to be researched more.
Plants-
Labrador tea, leather leaf, bog rosemary, bog laurel,
tamarack tree, pitcher plant, black
spruce,
grass pink.
Animals-
Red squirrel, snow shoe hare, white throated sparrow
Plants-
Gold thread, bunchberry, mayflower, star flower,
clintonia, trillium, balsam fir, red spruce
Animals-
Mink, black bear, toad, mourning cloak butterfly
Plants-
Trillium, hobble bush, trout lily
Animals-
Blue bird, red fox, Canadian geese, goldfinch, turkey
vulture, bobolink
Plants-
Apple tree, bull thistle, golden rod, Aster, black eyed
susan, deptford pink
Animals-
Chipmunk, white tailed deer
Plants-
Hemlock, yellow birch, sugar maple, American beech, red
spruce
Animals-
Loon, osprey
Plants-
White cedar, white pine, pink lady's slipper, sheep laurel
Animals-
Belted kingfisher, merganser, otter
Plants-
Cardinal flower, turtle head, closed gentian
Animals-
Cedar waxwing, peregrine falcon
Plants-
Redpine tree, wild columbine, bluets, reindeer lichen
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