Changes in Surroundings
Have you ever seen a forest?
All the living things and the nonliving things surrounding an organism make up its environment. A living thing’s environment is all the things around it.
Plants and animals are part of the environment.
You can see many living things in the forest. All these trees are living things. You can see many nonliving things too. The soil is a nonliving thing.
A deer is a living thing. Any living thing is called an organism.
Rocks are nonliving things.
Eagles are living things. Any living thing is called an organism.
Water, rocks, soil, and air are also part of the environment.
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Changes in Surroundings
Many animals can change their environment.
To reach food, elephants regularly break branches, uproot bushes, and
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Changes in Surroundings
A Small Environment
To help your child learn more about their environment and how animals and plants can change the environment, take them to a nearby park. As your child learned in the lesson, an environment includes the living and nonliving things around an organism. For your activity, you are going to do a “three square foot hike.” Rather than focusing on everything they can see around them, you will guide your child to take a close look at a small area. Explain to them that a single drop of pond water can contain hundreds of tiny microscopic organisms.
If you have a magnifying glass, take it with you on your exploration. If you go to an aquatic area, you can use a tall, clear container to carefully peer down below the surface of the water. If you explore a land environment, you can gently turn over rocks to find tiny organisms like worms and insects. The key of the exploration is to encourage your child to observe and scrutinize a small area and see how animals or plants change their environment. Make sure you do not permanently disturb the environment. Be certain to leave the environment the way it was before you