Research Guide: Our Urban Habitat by Roberts, Jimmie (DCPS)

Using this Guide

jimmieroberts1 — 2023-12-04 04:57:01 UTC

This research guide will help you as you become ecologists of our outdoor school community. You will conduct research on the animals and plants near our school neighborhood. You have studied many different habitats. Thinking back: We know that Washington D.C. would be considered an urban habitat. What types of living things have we read about in urban habitats? What other things might we see if we investigated further? Let’s become naturalists and ecologists and examine the urban habitat near us.

On this padlet you will find books, websites, videos, and other resources to help you with your research!

Digital Citizenship: What's true and what's unbelievable?

jimmieroberts1 — 2023-12-04 05:05:13 UTC

In this short video, you'll meet Head! Head tells us why it's important to be curious and ask questions, so that we can know what's true and what's unbelievable.

Head taught us to ask questions to discover what's true. We can't believe everything that’s seen online, so asking questions and being curious are the first steps to finding out what's true and what's not.

Researching with keywords and phrases

jimmieroberts1 — 2023-12-04 05:17:52 UTC

Searching the internet for information can be tough! Here are some keywords and phrases that might help you as begin your search on the animals that live in our community:

Urban Animals
Animals of DC
Urban Habitats
DC Animal Habitats

I've also included a short video from BrainPop on research!

Websites!

jimmieroberts1 — 2023-12-04 05:25:16 UTC

Take a look at these websites! I curated them just for you :)

Wildlife in the DC Metro Area - City Wildlife

These Animals Live in the Most Powerful City in the World (nationalgeographic.com )

Washington D.C. Wildlife: Wild Animals that Call USA Capital Home - Southwest Journal

United States National Arboretum, DC, US · iNaturalist

Hey, Mr. Dewey :)

jimmieroberts1 — 2023-12-04 05:40:10 UTC

To help you find books on your urban animals, use the following Dewey Decimal Classifications:

591 Animal Habitats
597 Fish, Frogs, Toads, Reptiles, Amphibians, Snakes
598 Birds
599 Mammals of the Land and Ocean, Whales

Key Titles

Here are some books you can find in our very own JLES school library:

Chipmunks by Christian Leaf / Call #: 599.36

Deer by Amy McDonald / Call #: 599.65

Raccoons by Amy McDonald / Call #: 599.76/32

Squirrels by Derek Zobel / Call #: 599.36

For your Reference:

jimmieroberts1 — 2023-12-04 05:51:02 UTC

The following reference sites can help you with your research. Don't forget to log in to Clever before clicking the links!

Britannica School (eb.com )

https://www.brainpop.com/

Kids encyclopedia facts (kiddle.co )

Fact Monster - A Trusted Reference Site for Kids

Resources right in our community!

jimmieroberts1 — 2023-12-04 05:58:23 UTC

Homepage | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (si.edu )

U.S. National Arboretum (usda.gov )

City Wildlife

Smithsonian's National Zoo (si.edu )

Share your research!

jimmieroberts1 — 2023-12-04 06:04:19 UTC

After researching, share your information with your classmates on our class's Padlet! This will help us create our community display of the animals in our community.

You can:

share a voice or video recording of what you learned
share your notes on a specific animal
share information on a source you found particularly helpful
share a picture or graphic of something we can add to our display