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Things
required: Work sheet, Paper to make sketches, pencil, binoculars
and hand lens.
Find a tree in your school garden or in the neighbourhood park.
Play detective with the tree. The worksheet given along will help
you record your observations.
A tree is not just leaves, branches and trunk. It provides shelter,
space and food for many other living things.
Careful observations will help find living things as tiny as ants
and spiders on the bark, under the leaves, around the flowers and
over the fruits. You are sure to find large ones like lizards, squirrels,
snakes and monkeys too. Record these in the “living things”
column.
In the “ Seen Where” column note where you found them.
E.g. on top, middle, lower part of the tree: amongst leaves, branches,
flowers, trunk: in the leaf litter: on dead branches.
Record the size in the “Size” column. Record size by
associating with other known objects. For eg, the size of pin’s
length or half its length.
“The outstanding character
“ is to help you record striking features that caught your
attention. The beak of a bird or the long tail of a langur etc.
Do make rough sketches for quick identification.
Try to observe the same tree at different times of the day and if
possible in different seasons. You will be amazed to find the number
of living things a tree attracts. It brings so many living things
together.
Exchange your observations with friends and make a presentation
to your class. |