After completion of a 1 -hour tour, Scouts will have been exposed to the majority of the following topics and taught: How to identify forest trees common to the Chicagoland area, and ways that wildlife and humans use them Scouts will be taught how to identify six trees using leaves, bark, and/or bud characteristics (white oak, red oak, bur oak, ash, wild black cherry, walnut, maple, hickory, buckthorn, basswood, etc.) Scouts will discover how humans and wildlife rely on trees for survival Scouts will recognize seeds that develop into trees (acorns, walnuts, helicopters, etc.) How to identify shrubs, vines, other forest plants, fungi, and lichens, and to describe their role in the forest ecosystem Scouts will learn to identify poison ivy Scouts will be taught how to identify forest plants by leaves, growth habit, and/or bud characteristics (ferns, wild grape, raspberry, dogwood, honeysuckle, Virginia creeper, etc.) Scouts will understand the difference between fungi and lichens, and will learn their roles in the ecosystem Scouts will learn how wildlife use shrubs, vines, fungi, and lichens The different vegetation layers that make up a forest ecosystem Scouts will understand the different vegetation layers found in a forest (forest floor, ground cover, shrub layer, understory, and canopy) Scouts will learn about animals and insects that could be found living in these different layers How to identify relationships within an ecosystem by playing games that show how plants and animals depend on each other Scouts will learn to differentiate between producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem Scouts will play a Predator/Prey game or Oh Deer Scouts will model a food web and learn about each different level The concept of ecological succession (the natural process of change, when one community is replaced by another over a period of time) Scouts will see ecological succession in a meadow, savanna, and woodland Scouts will study plant decomposition and decaying logs, and discuss the life cycle of a tree Scouts will learn the term pioneer species and understand how it relates to meadow, savanna, and woodland areas Plant/animal adaptation and how it affects survival in habitats Scouts will learn about the term habitat and observe living organisms in natural settings Scouts will learn about plant adaptations (thorns, bad taste, spines, seeds, flower color, flower fragrance, etc.) Scouts will learn about animal adaptations (habitat conditions, camouflage markings, winter coats, size, eyesight, etc.) Scouts will learn about insect adaptations (habitat conditions, camouflage markings, shape, jumping/flying abilities, etc.) ( home ( feedback Updated on April 17th, 2001
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them
the life cycle of a tree
the term pioneer species
The concept of ecological succession (the natural process of change, when one community is replaced by another over a period of time)
their roles L:in the ecosystem Scouts
how to identify six trees using leaves, bark, and/or bud characteristics (white oak, red oak, bur oak, ash, wild black cherry, walnut, maple, hickory, buckthorn, basswood, etc.) T:After completion of a 1 -hour tour
by another T:over a period of time
how humans and wildlife rely on trees for survival Scouts T:After completion of a 1 -hour tour, Scouts will have been exposed to the majority of the following topics and taught: How to identify forest trees common to the Chicagoland area, and ways that wildlife and humans use them Scouts will be taught how to identify six trees
on trees for survival Scouts
the difference between fungi and lichens
How to identify forest trees common to the Chicagoland area T:After completion of a 1 -hour tour
how it relates to meadow, savanna, and woodland areas Plant/animal adaptation and how it affects survival in habitats Scouts will learn about the term habitat and observe living organisms in natural settings Scouts will learn about plant adaptations
to meadow, savanna, and woodland areas Plant/animal adaptation and how it affects survival in habitats Scouts will learn about the term habitat and observe living organisms in natural settings Scouts will learn about plant adaptations
survival in habitats Scouts will learn about the term habitat and observe living organisms in natural settings
into trees
ecological succession L:in a meadow, savanna
a Predator/Prey game
living organisms L:in natural settings
about plant adaptations
how plants and animals depend on each other Scouts
on each other Scouts
seeds that develop into trees (acorns, walnuts, helicopters, etc.)
plant decomposition and decaying logs
about animals and insects
T:on April 17th
a forest ecosystem Scouts will understand the different vegetation layers
the different vegetation layers found in a forest (forest floor, ground cover, shrub layer, understory, and canopy) Scouts will learn about animals and insects
a food web
about animal adaptations
about insect adaptations
about the term habitat