https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack Made with creative frenzy en-us 2020-04-14 22:38:28 UTC 2025-11-27 06:48:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f99c.png edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407901 Habitats - Reading Comprehension: Read this story about habitats or ask your family to read it with you, then answer the questions. You may also color the page.]]> 2020-04-14 22:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407901 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407903 Have fun cutting apart the pages of this book, placing them in order & stapling them. Then you can color the pages & read your books aloud to each other, learning more about habitats.]]> 2020-04-14 22:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407903 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407904 Habitat Match Cards: Study the cards. Cut them out, mix them up. Then take the challenge of pairing the animals with their habitats again.]]> 2020-04-14 22:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407904 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407906 Here is an amazing caterpillar we found in our backyard habitat.]]> 2020-04-14 22:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407906 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407907 We saw this squirrel's nest way up in the tree in our backyard habitat!]]> 2020-04-14 22:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407907 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407908 2020-04-14 22:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407908 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407910 Let's watch a good, short video about what habitats are, made by another student, like you! ]]> 2020-04-14 22:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407910 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407911 As you look at the picture of this pond habitat, can you pick out the parts that are living & those that are non-living? Living things breathe, grow, use energy,  reproduce & respond to their surroundings.]]> 2020-04-14 22:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/507407911 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/513809188 Here's a bird's nest we found in the wreath on our front door. ]]> 2020-04-17 22:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/513809188 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/514605819 Here's a great book about polar animals you can read right on your screen. Move your mouse to enlarge or position. Use forward & back arrows to turn the pages.  You will need to click on the MackinVIA link below. Then enter:
School/Library Name: GWAEA
Username: 4086hsap
Password: aea10]]> 2020-04-18 18:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/514605819 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/514624184 There are so many good books to read about these topics! Go to mackinvia.com on your computer. Sign in with these credentials below, & type habitat or food web or camouflage, etc., in the search box. Enjoy!
School/Library Name: GWAEA
Username: 4086hsap
Password: aea10]]> 2020-04-18 18:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/514624184 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/514746255 We enjoyed this & other videos & lesson plans through 5/16. Then my free membership expired. But you can get your own free membership for another new month!
https://www.generationgenius.com]]> 2020-04-18 21:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/514746255 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/514802857 This excellent food chain activity takes more work, but it's worth it. Instructions included.]]> 2020-04-18 23:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/514802857 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/515607013 This fun food chain game is easy to enjoy. Instructions included.]]> 2020-04-19 16:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/515607013 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/515749511 A good video explaining food chains.]]> 2020-04-19 17:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/515749511 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/515750881 Food chains explained in more detail.]]> 2020-04-19 17:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/515750881 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/515754184 Food webs easily explained.]]> 2020-04-19 18:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/515754184 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/515760915 Here's a great activity about prairie food webs you can do at home. Get a large sheet of construction paper. Cut out the animals in the attachment below, then draw arrows showing the path of the energy. Energy goes from the sun, to plants, to herbivores, to carnivores/omnivores, then to decomposers. When you finish, post your project for us to see!

]]> 2020-04-19 18:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/515760915 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/517783423
My dad is working in Florida so we are isolating here. I saw this Portuguese Man O War washed up on the beach. It's actually four different creatures connected together.]]> 2020-04-20 15:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/517783423 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/517971847 Can you find the deer in this picture? We saw it on a field trip to Squaw Creek Nature Center last year. - Connor]]> 2020-04-20 16:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/517971847 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/518291307 I like the cheetahs in the savanna and the arctic foxes in the arctic. And guess what, they all have their own camouflage!  - Leighton]]> 2020-04-20 17:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/518291307 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/518430170 That was funny! When he was at the wetlands when he saw the snake he went all like AHH ! EEK! -Leighton]]> 2020-04-20 18:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/518430170 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/518741981 I found these in the apple tree.]]> 2020-04-20 21:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/518741981 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/520471975 I found what looks like a cocoon in my back yard yesterday. Do you know if it is or not and what made it? It's about 1/2" wide by 1-1/2" long.

]]> 2020-04-21 14:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/520471975 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/520831016 Found this during a vacation last year in a flower pot.]]> 2020-04-21 16:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/520831016 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/521598500 These Padlets will continue until 6/13: 
K-1 Insects/Bugs/Crawly Things
2-5 Habitats
6-8 DNA
This Padlet will continue as is:
2-5 Transcontinental RR]]> 2020-04-21 23:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/521598500 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/521613273 Do this fun lab about camouflage outside, "Early Bird Gets the Worm." You will need equal numbers of paper strips colored red, blue, green and brown, cut about 1/2" x 4", & colored pencils/crayons, to graph.]]> 2020-04-21 23:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/521613273 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/523713689 We caught this moment in the evening last summer. I was so neat to watch. It only took 20 minutes to have its wings stretched!]]> 2020-04-22 17:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/523713689 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/524294050 Pic of Polyphemus moth! Pretty!]]> 2020-04-22 22:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/524294050 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/525696487 2020-04-23 13:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/525696487 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/526949034 2020-04-23 21:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/526949034 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/526955527 Play this concentration game that matches baby mammals with their parents.]]> 2020-04-23 21:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/526955527 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/527209355 Try some Habitat math!]]> 2020-04-24 01:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/527209355 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/527210143 Learn more about endangered & extinct animals.]]> 2020-04-24 01:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/527210143 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/527211805 Make an animal diorama.]]> 2020-04-24 01:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/527211805 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/527225959 Play Walk on the Wild Side! Cut out the game cards from the sides, tape the 2 board pieces together, brainstorm 7 or 8  T-F questions with answers on the back & cut them out. You'll need a die and tokens (candy, buttons). Have fun!]]> 2020-04-24 01:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/527225959 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/527356170 2020-04-24 03:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/527356170 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/528581212 This just in! A great food chain activity incl. work pages. Scroll down on its site for those.]]> 2020-04-24 14:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/528581212 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/533778824 Wildflowers only found in spring...]]> 2020-04-27 15:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/533778824 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/533783756 More spring flowers]]> 2020-04-27 15:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/533783756 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/533785921 Can you spot the critter hiding in the woods? ]]> 2020-04-27 15:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/533785921 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/534471582 This cocoon is on a branch of our maple tree. We believe it to be from a cecropia moth but are open to other ideas!]]> 2020-04-27 19:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/534471582 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/534910533 The cecropia moth cocoon from the Internet looks like yours!]]> 2020-04-27 23:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/534910533 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/534911496 Here's the cecropia moth, another pretty insect!]]> 2020-04-27 23:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/534911496 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/535000741 Found a deer carcass when out fishing & exploring the woods -Jonathan  ]]> 2020-04-28 00:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/535000741 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/536358594 Visit Mrs. Anderson's 6th-8th DNA page!]]> 2020-04-28 13:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/536358594 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/536366042 Visit Mrs. Peiffer's insect page!]]> 2020-04-28 13:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/536366042 edukek https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/536379548 Visit Mrs. Elliott's Transcontinental Railway page!]]> 2020-04-28 13:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/536379548 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/536720760 I love birds like this.]]> 2020-04-28 15:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/536720760 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/536732718 I like birds like this colorful bird right here - Abigail ]]> 2020-04-28 15:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/536732718 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/544826620 Ellie enjoyed doing the food chain and food web activities. Thanks so much.]]> 2020-05-01 20:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/544826620 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/544828515 Food web activity]]> 2020-05-01 20:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/544828515 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/549315887 Ethan and his family went for a walk on Grant Wood Trail near Hwy 13. Spotted a snake on the sidewalk. ]]> 2020-05-04 13:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/549315887 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550248475 Frog eggs]]> 2020-05-04 18:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550248475 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550251691 Tiny tadpole]]> 2020-05-04 18:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550251691 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550260036 A big tadpole. Post if you know what different frogs would have tadpoles so tiny or this large. :)]]> 2020-05-04 18:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550260036 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550265689 A small frog that we caught.]]> 2020-05-04 18:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550265689 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550269566 A bigger frog - a leopard frog we think.]]> 2020-05-04 18:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550269566 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550273482 Jasper with the biggest frog we caught. Who can tell us what kind it is? :)]]> 2020-05-04 18:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550273482 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550279743 And Liesel with the giant frog.]]> 2020-05-04 18:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/550279743 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/552955633 We enjoyed using the printed cards at the bottom of Week 2 to create food chains, but in case anyone wanted to do the activity virtually, we found a game online that we did as well: www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm]]> 2020-05-05 18:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/552955633 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/561763315 2020-05-09 18:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/561763315 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/561872524 Tree in my backyard]]> 2020-05-09 20:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/561872524 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/572771287 We had so much fun doing this activity and talking through the graph! ]]> 2020-05-14 14:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/572771287 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/572798343 We found swallowtail caterpillars in our carrots last August. They went into chrysalis last fall and just came out this week!]]> 2020-05-14 14:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/572798343 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/572921492 Olivia, Noah and I had such a fun time making our worm habitats yesterday! We will be observing them everyday. It was fun teaching them what worms do. 

]]> 2020-05-14 15:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/572921492 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/586177297 Squirrels playing in their habitat in our backyard! Fun to watch from the school room window. -Ellie]]> 2020-05-21 02:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/586177297 https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/586198594 Completed a city habitat project from Scholastic's Animal Habitat workbook! Really fun to learn about. -Ellie]]> 2020-05-21 02:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/edukek/habitats_backpack/wish/586198594