Adventures in Time and Place

Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 4: Regions
Infographic #2: Land and Water of the Southeast
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1. Take a tour of the Florida Everglades! Go to Eight Parts of the Everglades Ecosystem.
http://www.nwf.org/everglades/ecosystem.html

Study the diagram of the unique Everglades ecosystem.
Read about each of its parts.
Look at the pictures.
If you have time, click why care? to learn more about the Everglades.

Online Activity: Exploring the Everglades
Work with your group to write a question for each answer. Find the information at the Web site. The first one is done for you. When you are finished, ask students in another group to answer your questions.

Answer	Question
Marine	*What part of the Everglades is home to fish, shellfish, corals, and sponges?*
Coastal Prairie
Mangrove
Freshwater Slough
Cypress
Freshwater Marl Prairie
Hardwood Hammock
Pinelands

2. Find out how the Greater Okefenokee Ecosystem helps people and animals. Go to Okefenokee Virtual Tour.
http://www.nwf.org/okefenokee/tour.html

Read the introduction and look at the map.
Then click why care?
Choose and click two topics to learn more.

Offline Activity: Save the Planet!
Take notes on two topics. Then write an interview. Have an environmental expert explain to a news reporter how the Greater Okefenokee Ecosystem is useful to people and animals. Act out the interview with a partner!