Lesson Plan 4: Biozones
of Cazadero
(Grade Level 5-6-7-8)
First posted April 25, 2004 Last
updated June 11, 2004
Remember these points from the Lesson
Plan Homepage:
(1) These lesson plans are not rigid requirements,
but a starting point for the Nature Counselor's
plan for teaching a particular day's experience.
(2) The activity should be fun and emphasize
active learning on the student's part: ask a
question, don't just state a fact.
(3) You should employ hands-on as much as possible.
(4) Plan each session to also allow time for
making entries in the Nature
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Prior to the
session
(1) Read the web site section on Introduction
to Biozones and then each specific biozone.
(2) Take a walk through the various biozones and see
how each is different from the others. This module is
harder to teach than the others because it requires
a much broader understanding. Keep the level of teaching
at the proper level for this group of students. It will
be enough if at the end of the session they know what
a biozone is and recognize that Caz has more than one.
3) Remember the cautions about poison oak in Lesson
Plan 3.
Session
(1) Take a walk into the first biozone of your choice.
If you have already done the Redwood Forest Lesson,
it would be a good one to start with. You should be
able to do it fairly quickly and move on to the second
biozone of your choice.
(2) Ask questions that highlight the nature of the biozone
you are in:
*What is the main plant that you see? What name would
you give to this area?
* What are the other main plants that you see?
* Is this biozone characterized by more water or less
water than other biozones? How does that affect the
zone?
* Is this biozone characterized by more shade or less
shade? More sun or less sun? Does the sun reach the
ground, or is it stopped high up by trees? How does
that affect the zone?
* Is this biozone characterized by steep hillsides
or level ground? How does that affect the zone?
* What animals would you expect to see in this zone?
Are any of them special to this zone? Why are they
only found here? Can you find any of them?
Have the students draw some pictures and collect some
specimens of this biozone.
(3) Walk to the second biozone of your choice. Repeat
the questions and Journal entries.
(4) If you have time, walk to a third biozone. Try
to emphasize the differences that they can see.
References
Las
Pilitas Nursery has a complete list of
all of the biozones of California and data about rainfall
and plants.
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