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Life Cycles
Learning Objective:To observe and compare the life cycles of animals in our local environment with other animals around the world.
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Can you think of some words to describe the environment near or around your school where plants and animals live?
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Is the environment near your school like this one? What words could you use
to describe this environment?
These animals are all found in woodland areas all over Britain.
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wood antjay
field mousecommon toad
Wood ants live in colonies of hundreds or even thousands. They often make their nests in rotting tree
stumps or under stones in damp, shady areas of woodland. They eat other tiny insects as well as nectar
from flowering plants.
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Jays forage for food both in trees and on the woodland floor, where acorns, seeds, berries and even small birds
and rodents can be found and eaten. Some jays can mimic the sound of owls. Some owls prey on jays at night; by mimicking their cry, jays can scare the owls
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The common toad spends most of its life in the damp, rotting vegetation found on the floor of woodland areas.
At night time, it ventures out of its lair to hunt for woodlice, slugs, flies and earthworms. During breeding season, toads will travel to ponds to mate and lay strings
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Field mice have lots of predators. Because of that, they prefer to forage for seeds, berries and snails at nighttime, under the cover of shrubs and fallen
branches where they are well hidden. They carry their food back to their burrows and store it there.
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How might the life cycles of animals living in these environments vary due to the conditions there? What aspects of life might be more or less challenging in
these environments, compared to the British woodland environment?
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Let’s look at a variety of different
environments around the world. Think about the
questions below as we look at each picture...
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How might the life cycles of animals living in these environments vary due to the conditions there? What aspects of life might be more or less challenging in
these environments, compared to the British woodland environment?
Swamp, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa.
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How might the life cycles of animals living in these environments vary due to the conditions there? What aspects of life might be more or less challenging in
these environments, compared to the British woodland environment?
Savanna, Tsavo National Park, Kenya, Africa.
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How might the life cycles of animals living in these environments vary due to the conditions there? What aspects of life might be more or less challenging in
these environments, compared to the British woodland environment?
Arctic tundra, Lapland, Russia.
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How might the life cycles of animals living in these environments vary due to the conditions there? What aspects of life might be more or less challenging in
these environments, compared to the British woodland environment?
Death Valley desert, California, America.
Today we will be finding out more about the
conditions of different environments around the world and comparing the
life cycles of the animals that live in them.
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swamp/river deltasavanna/grassland
deserttundra/mountain
You could find out about animals in one of these environments:
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Plenary Woolly mammoths were prehistoric animals that lived in Arctic environments
during the last ice age. Although similar in appearance to elephants,
their life cycles were different in some ways due
to their environment.
•They ate the shoots and leaves of birch trees (and some other trees and shrubs), which were plentiful due to the cold climate
•They often lived long lives as they had few predators
•Their broad feet helped them move in snow and ice
•Some scientists theorise that they went extinct due to climate change; the foods that they ate died out as the temperature of their environment increased
Why might the mammoth’s furry coat and small ears and tail
have been advantageous in the cold Arctic
environment during the last ice age?
Which animals (alive today) might you
compare with woolly mammoths?
