Mr. Brown’s 4^th Grade Class

A WebQuest Through The Wetlands

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A Wetland Journey

Introduction: When you hear the word wetlands what kinds of thoughts or ideas come to mind?  Do you think of a beautiful landscape of water and trees or do you think of slimy fish and bright green turtles?  Today we are going to take a journey through the wetlands so we can understand what it is all about!

Your Challenge: It is a beautiful day and you are out taking a nature walk.  The birds are chirping and there is a gentle breeze in the air.  Suddenly you stubble across a beautiful wetland…

Task 1: Before you start your journey through the wetlands lets first find out what a wetland really is!

Task 2: Determine what kinds of animals live in the wetlands? What do animals in the wetlands eat?  What kinds of homes do these animals live in?

Task 3: Determine what kinds of plants live in the wetlands?  What kinds of insects rely on wetland plants for food?

Task 4: Find out what kinds of wetlands are in our very own state of Vermont?

Your Journey: Click on the weblinks below, and the highlighted words above, to complete your challenge.

Here are some specific sites on the Internet that will help you complete your challenge.

Animal and plant websites:

http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/grade5/wetlands/page1.htm

http://lacoast.gov/education/kids/Animalquiz/index.htm

http://www.wwtlearn.org.uk/index0.html?factfile/ducky-diets.htm&2

http://www.hamiltonnature.org/habitats/wetland/wetland_animals.htm

Wetland website:

http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/wetlands/

These three words will also help you search for what you need: 1) wetlands, 2) animals, and 3) plants.

This WebQuest was done by: Erin E. Hall.   

If you have any questions or comments email me at eehall@zoo.uvm.edu.

Thank you Katherine Fenion for inspiring me to do my WebQuest on wetlands.