FAUNA
When you go on a nature walk in a school setting, you teacher might tell you to observe the flora and fauna in the woods. Flora is plant life; fauna refers to animals.
Fauna derives from the name of a Roman goddess, but the handiest way to remember flora and fauna is that "flora" sounds like flowers,
which are part of the plant world, and fauna sounds like "fawn," and fawns are part of the animal kingdom.
When you go on a nature walk in a school setting, you teacher might tell you to observe the flora and fauna in the woods. Flora is plant life; fauna refers to animals.
Fauna derives from the name of a Roman goddess, but the handiest way to remember flora and fauna is that "flora" sounds like flowers,
which are part of the plant world, and fauna sounds like "fawn," and fawns are part of the animal kingdom.
Activity
Create a food web of the plants and animals in your unique environment
Create a food web of the plants and animals in your unique environment
- Make sure you use string (with arrows) to show what is eating what
- Use the plants and animals from your area (see the page for your area)
- Remember some animals eat many other animals
- Add micro-organisms which eat all animals when they die
- Build your food web over the top of your trees/canopies/reef and make it look awesome!
- Look at the example below for help