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Become an expert on the variety of habitats that exist in the Perkiomen Creek Watershed. We will explore the forest, identifying its many layers and inhabitants and we will take measurements in the field to understand what factors make this habitat so attractive to some species of animals while others shy away. A visit to a local pond will provide us with information we will later contrast to a visit to a stream. Lentic and lotic habitats… hmmm…how do these systems differ? How are they the same? Friday we will finalize the information in our lab books and make some predictions about the health and future of these habitats. Fun is guaranteed as we travel “afield” investigating these awesome natural areas.
Dates: (pick one)
Session 1: June 23-27, 2008 (THIS SESSION IS FULL)
Session 2: July 21-25, 2008
Time: 9:30 am—12:30 pm
Fee: $110.00 Members/$150. 00 Non-members
* Pre-registration with payment is required.
CLICK HERE for the REGISTRATION FORM
Contact: Trudy Phillips, Director for Environmental Education, for more information by email: tphillips@perkiomenwatershed.org, or phone: 610.287.9383.
PDE Academic Standards for Environment and Ecology addressed during this week-long experience include:
4.1.4.C. Identify living things found in water environments.
· Identify fish, insects and amphibians that are found in fresh water.
· Identify plants found in fresh water
4.1.4.D. Identify a wetland and the plants and animals found there.
· Identify different kinds of wetlands.
· Identify plants and animals found in wetlands.
· Explain wetlands as habitats for plants and animals.
4.1.4.E. Recognize the impact of watersheds and wetlands on animals and plants.
· Explain the role of watersheds in everyday life.
· Identify the role of watersheds and wetlands for plants and animals.
4.1.7.C. Explain the effects of water on the life of organisms in a watershed.
· Explain how water is necessary for all life.
· Explain how the physical components of aquatic systems influence the organisms that live there in terms of size, shape and physical adaptations.
· Describe the life cycle of organisms that depend on water.
· Identify organisms that have aquatic stages of life and describe those stages.
4.1.7.D. Explain and describe characteristics of a wetland.
· Identify specific characteristics of wetland plants and soils.
· Recognize the common types of plants and animals.
· Describe different types of wetlands.
· Describe the different functions of a wetland.
4.1.7.E. Describe the impact of watersheds and wetlands on people.
· Explain the impact of watersheds and wetlands in flood control, wildlife habitats and pollution abatement.
· Explain the influence of flooding on wetlands.
4.3.4.C. Understand that the elements of natural systems are interdependent.
· Identify some of the organisms that live together in an ecosystem.
· Understand that the components of a system all play a part in a healthy natural system.
· Identify the effects of a healthy environment on the ecosystem.
4.3.7.B. Describe how human actions affect the health of the environment.
· Identify land use practices and their relation to environmental health.
· Explain how natural disasters affect environmental health.
· Identify residential and industrial sources of pollution and their effects on environmental health.
· Explain the difference between point and nonpoint source pollution.
· Explain how nonpoint source pollution can affect the water supply and air quality.
· Explain how acid deposition can affect water, soil and air quality.
4.3.4.C. Understand that the elements of natural systems are interdependent.
· Identify some of the organisms that live together in an ecosystem.
· Understand that the components of a system all play a part in a healthy natural system.
· Identify the effects of a healthy environment on the ecosystem.
4.6.4.A Understand that living things are dependent on nonliving things in the environment for survival.
· Identify and categorize living and nonliving things.
· Describe the basic needs of an organism.
· Identify basic needs of a plant and an animal and explain how their needs are met.
· Identify plants and animals with their habitat and food sources.
· Identify environmental variables that affect plant growth.
· Describe how animals interact with plants to meet their needs for shelter.
· Describe how certain insects interact with soil for their needs.
· Understand the components of a food chain.
· Identify a local ecosystem and its living and nonliving components.
· Identify a simple ecosystem and its living and nonliving components.
· Identify common soil textures.
· Identify animals that live underground.
4.7.7.A. Describe diversity of plants and animals in ecosystems.
· Select an ecosystem and describe different plants and animals that live there.
· Identify adaptations in plants and animals.
· Recognize that adaptations are developed over long periods of time and are passed on from one generation to the next.
· Understand levels of ecosystem organization (e.g., individuals, populations, species).
4.7.7.B. Explain how species of living organisms adapt to their environment.
· Explain the role of individual variations in natural selection.
· Explain how an adaptation is an inherited structure or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce.
· Describe how a particular trait may be selected over time and account for a species’ adaptation.
· Compare and contrast animals and plants that have very specific survival requirements with those that have more general requirements for survival.
· Explain how living things respond to changes in their environment.
· Explain how one species may survive an environmental change while another might not.
4.7.7.C. Explain natural or human actions in relation to the loss of species.
· Identify natural or human impacts that cause habitat loss.
· Explain how habitat loss can affect the interaction among species and the population of a species.
· Analyze and explain the changes in an animal population over time.
· Explain how a habitat management practice affects a population.
· Explain the differences among threatened, endangered and extinct species.
· Identify Pennsylvania plants and animals that are on the threatened or endangered list.
· Describe state laws passed regarding threatened and endangered species in Pennsylvania.
· Explain why one species may be more susceptible to becoming endangered than another species.
4.7.4.A. Identify differences in living things.
· Explain why plants and animals are different colors, shapes and sizes and how these differences relate to their survival.
· Identify characteristics that living things inherit from their parents.
· Explain why each of the four elements in a habitat is essential for survival.
· Identify local plants or animals and describe their habitat.
4.7.7.A. Describe diversity of plants and animals in ecosystems.
· Select an ecosystem and describe different plants and animals that live there.
· Identify adaptations in plants and animals.
· Recognize that adaptations are developed over long periods of time and are passed on from one generation to the next.
· Understand levels of ecosystem organization (e.g., individuals, populations, species).
4.7.7.B. Explain how species of living organisms adapt to their environment.
· Explain the role of individual variations in natural selection.
· Explain how an adaptation is an inherited structure or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce.
· Describe how a particular trait may be selected over time and account for a species’ adaptation.
· Compare and contrast animals and plants that have very specific survival requirements with those that have more general requirements for survival.
· Explain how living things respond to changes in their environment.
· Explain how one species may survive an environmental change while another might not.
4.7.4.A. Identify differences in living things.
· Explain why plants and animals are different colors, shapes and sizes and how these differences relate to their survival.
· Identify characteristics that living things inherit from their parents.
· Explain why each of the four elements in a habitat is essential for survival.
· Identify local plants or animals and describe their habitat.
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