Earth child

THE PROJECT:

THE EARTH IS OUR LITTLE GREEN HOUSE Multilateral partnership project

DISCOVER EARTH WITH DAVID,

Children manual with activities, tests and experiments 1

Introduction: PLANTS AND ANIMALS HELP THE ENVIRONMENT (AND US) IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. David the gnome helps you to discover : 

ALL ABOUT PLANTS AND ANIMALS (FLORA AND FAUNA),

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THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN LIFE

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SAVEING EARTH, PLANTS AND ANIMALS With:

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activities, tests and experiments

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Hello, my name is David, I am a gnome, of 15 centimetres (6 inches) of height, and between 250 and 300 grams (8 and 10 ounces) of weight.

I’m 399 years old. I live in a wood .

I know the secrets of Nature.

You will discover with me plants and animals, their importance in our life.

WHERE DOES DAVID LIVE? DRAW AND COLOUR

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The trees in wood are very big.

Trees are all very unique. Just like snowflakes, no two trees are the same! All trees, though, are a type of plant that have tall wooden trunks, roots, branches, and leaves or needles. Trees don't just die after one year or season, but they stay alive for many years. Some of them get to be a thousand years old!

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Some trees change during the seasons spring, summer, fall and winter.

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Some trees loose their leaves- those trees are called "deciduous". There are trees that do not loose their leaves and stay green all year long, those trees are called "evergreen". Evergreen trees are used as Christmas trees. But don’t cut them...

Deciduous trees lose their leaves in the autumn, the leaves are generally larger and wider than those of conifers (ever-green). the conifers known as pines, spruce and fir, leaves appear as needles and remain on the twig during even the coldest winters.

Search cut and paste the leaves of various trees (both deciduous and evergreen)

There are lots of kinds of bark. Look for the differences. What colour is the bark? Is it rough or smooth? it thick or thin? Does it have a smell? What other differences can you find?

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Leaves have lots of different sizes and shapes. A tiny pine needle is really a leaf. How many pine needles would fit on a maple leaf? Find a leaf and look at it closely. Is it smooth or hairy? Is it shiny or full? Does it have one point or lots of points?

Are the points sharp or round? Is it simple or compound? Can you find the veins in your leaf? What other interesting things do you see?

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A TREE IS A MAN’S BEST FRIENDS! Trees give us air, food, heat, wood, paper, they are a home for the animals and we like climbing trees.

Trees are very important to our environment. They purifies air and also provides fruits, woods for human beings. Trees are the place for birds and animal to live.

What do the trees give us? Search, cut and past newspaper and magazine images.

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We need to take care of our trees. You use paper every single day right? Well paper comes from tree trunks. And today, people in different countries all over the world use so much paper that there are fewer and fewer trees, and smaller and smaller forests. We can work together to reduce how much paper we use and save one tree at a time!

Make your own paper from old newspaper.

You will need: -a blender -a whole section of newspaper -2 and a 1/2 single newspaper pages -5 cups (1.2 litres) of water -a pan 3 inches (7.6cm) deep -a piece of screen to fit inside the pan -a measuring cup -a flat piece of wood the size of a newspaper's front page -waxed paper.

Paste your recycled paper or a photo of the activity.

Follow These Steps: 1. Tear the two-and-a-half pages of newspaper into tiny strips.

2. Place the strips in a blender with 5 cups of water. ASK PERMISSION TO USE THE BLENDER. HAVE AN ADULT SUPERVISE THIS STEP. Cover the blender and blend the newspaper and water.

3. Pour about 1 inch (2.5cm) of water into the pan. Pour the blended paper pulp into the measuring cup.

4. Put the screen into the pan. Pour one cup (240 ml) of pulp over the screen.

5. Spread the pulp evenly in the water with your fingers.

6. Lift the screen and let the water drain off.

7. Open the newspaper section to the middle. Put the newspaper on a waterproof surface. Place waxed paper in the center of the newspaper. Place the screen with the pulp on the waxed paper. Close the newspaper.

8. Carefully flip over the newspaper section so the screen is on top of the pulp. THIS STEP IS VERY IMPORTANT. 9. Place the board on top of the newspaper and press out extra water. Open the newspaper and take out the screen. Leave the newspaper open and let the pulp dry for at least 24 hours. When your paper pulp is dry, peel it off the waxed paper and paint on it !

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Like all plants, a tree begins from a seed. Inside each tree seed is a tree waiting to be born!

A seed must have food, water and light to grow. Once the seed sprouts, it grows into a seedling that grows into a sapling and eventually saplings grow into trees that produce their own seeds.

LIFE CYCLE OF BEAN PLANT: PLANT A BEAN, WATER THE PLANT OBSERVE SEED SPROUT-

ING, GROWING ROOTS, ETC.

OBSERVE AND COLOUR

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I love plants and gardening...In my garden I planted seeds of herbs and medicinal plants. They can used for flavouring foods and medicinal purposes.

Grow and explore some herbs, use all of your senses . You can make your own herbarium.

CUTE, PRESS AND PASTE A LITTLE HERB. WRITE THE NAME.

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In the spring I plant flower bulbs.

Bulbs are simply underground masses of food storage from which plants grow.

Some plants grow from other means, such as bulbs. .

Bulbs, like seeds, are also available in different sizes, shapes, and types. True bulbs, such as tulips, onions, and daffodils, contain a complete miniature plant inside. They have fleshy scales of food that nourish the plant.

PLANT A FLORE BULB USING A POT, OBSERVE AND COLOUR

Life cycle of a bulb plant Draw and colour the bulb.

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The forest where I live is the home of many types of ANIMALS

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Some animals (herbivores) eat plants and some animals eat other animals..

A food chain shows how each living thing gets its food. Some animals eat plants and some animals eat other animals. For example, a simple food chain links the trees & shrubs, the giraffes (that eat trees & shrubs), and the lions (that eat the giraffes). Each link in this chain is food for the next link. A food chain always starts with plant life and ends with an animal.

Observe and colour

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Animals live everywhere on Earth. An animal's living place is called its habitat.

Most animals are only adapted to live in one or two habitats where they can find food, water, shelter and a mate.

DRAW ANIMALS INTO EACH CIRCLE.

ANIMALS IN “COLD” HABITAT

ANIMALS IN “HOT” HABITAT

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The animals are my great friends...wild and domesticated animals. The farm animals sustain our daily lives.

Most of the food and materials you buy in stores, originally comes from farms. Visit a farm and discover the animals that reside on the farm, their life and all things they give us. You can find interesting informa-

Draw a line to match animals to the products they produce

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Most of the domestic animals, our pets, are greatly devoted to us. We can also respond to their LOVE AND CARE.

The most popular pets are: dogs, cats, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, rabbits, ferrets, horses, pet birds [canaries, finches, cockatiels, parakeets, and lovebirds], mice, rats and fish. Have you a pet? Visit a pet shop.

PASTE A PHOTO OF YOUR PET (OR YOUR FAVOURITE PET) ‌.

OUR PETS NEED

AND CURE:

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THE FOREST WHERE I LIVE THE PLANTS AND THE ANIMALS ARE PRESERVED: IT IS A NATIONAL PARK WHERE NATURE AND WILDLIFE ARE PROTECTED, WHERE YOU AND THE CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE CAN DESCOVER THE BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. HUMANS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED THE EXTINCTION OF MANY SPECIES, AND LARGE NUMBERS OF MANY OTHER SPECIES ARE CURRENTLY ENDANGERED AND MAY SOON BECOME EXTINCT.

Search, cut and past newspaper and magazine images OF ANIMALS IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION.

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Now you know all living creatures (plants, animals, men) have basic needs: air, water, food and a place to be.

Protecting land, water and air is the key to preserving plant animals and us for our planet's future.

Recycle! Recycling is an important part of keeping Earth clean. It is very easy to do. By giving old things a new life we put less pressure on important resources all of us will need in the future to survive.

WHAT YOU CAN DO? REDUCE RIUSE RICYCLE AND .....COLOUR

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AND REMEMBER: THE EARTH IS OUR LITTLE GREEN HOUSE READ AND COLOR THE PICTURE.

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NOW YOU KNOW: THE EARTH IS OUR LITTLE GREEN HOUSE….!!!

SAVE THE FUTURE OF OUR EARTH by going green & recycling…

ANIMALS, PLANTS AND TREES ARE OUR FRIENDS: LOVE AND PRESERVE THEM!

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