Life Systems: Grade 3 - Growth and Changes in Plants

1. demonstrate an understanding of the similarities and differences in the physical characteristics of different plant species and the changes that take place in different plants as they grow;
2. investigate the requirements of plants and the effects of changes in environmental conditions on plants;
3. describe ways in which plants are important to other living things, and the effects of human activities on plants.

Site Name	Online	O.E.	Description
A Happy Forest		3	Through dramatization and role-playing, students will become increasingly aware of the value of fire in a healthy pine forest.
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority		3	A site which gives access to information about many bogs and marshes in the Upper Thames River watershed.
All About Plants		1	This is a student-designed site that has a great deal of primary information about plants.
Environment Canada Atlantic Region		2,3	This site provides information about national Wildlife Protection areas and also information about migration routes.
Essex Region Conservation Authority		2,3	This web site outlines the services and features of ERCA. Great resource for birding and migration through Essex County.