Coast

COASTAL RESOURCES
Here's a study that looks at the plant and animal biodiversity of Georgia’s marsh hammocks (along the coast) that was produced by Georgia Conservancy (by the way, check out their educational archive). The study is a .pdf file so you'll need to make sure you have Adobe Acrobat working. Around page 18 of the report you'll see a listing of all kinds of plant species found in this kind of habitat. To get the common names of plants and animals, drop by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division. The DNR notes that Georgia's saltmarshes are also important in what is considered our state's coastal management area. One plant in particular, smooth marshgrass, plays a big role in this particular habitat. You might want to find out more about other "jurisdictional" plants from the coastal area (hint: look on the right-hand side of the page).

Also useful is a collection of coastal animal data resources from Forsyth's Tek Trekking Across Georgia site.

http://crd.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=412

http://alpha.marsci.uga.edu/coastalcouncil/research.htm

http://southern.ducks.org/Georgiaconservation.php

http://www.georgiaconservancy.org/CoastalGeorgia/CG_hammocks_flora_fauna_rich.asp

Atlantic Ocean

ATLANTIC OCEAN RESOURCES
Looking for an important plant found in the Atlantic Ocean? Try phytoplankton. Actually, phytoplankton is not a true plant. They are a kind of micro-algae (and like plants they are considered producers). Sargossum Weed, a brown algae (also known as gulfweed) along with broad-toothed gulfweed, however, are true plants found in the ocean waters surrounding Georgia.

http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/lter/education/education.htm

http://www.bchs.uh.edu:16080/~steve/Georgia%20Coastal%20Ecosystems%20LTER.htm

http://crd.dnr.state.ga.us/

http://schoolyard.lternet.edu/

http://www.webdirectory.com/Science/Oceanography/

http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/lter/education/education.htm

http://www.bchs.uh.edu:16080/~steve/Georgia%20Coastal%20Ecosystems%20LTER.htm

http://crd.dnr.state.ga.us/

http://schoolyard.lternet.edu/

http://www.webdirectory.com/Science/Oceanography/

Mountains

MOUNTAIN RESOURCES
You'll find the following plants living in Georgia's mountainous areas...

Hemlock (lots of detailed information here and good photograph here)
The Yellow Poplar (with excellent close-up photographs of parts of the tree)
Stone Mountain Yellow Daisy (it turns out that Stone Mountain is home to other interesting plants and animals as well)--for more scientific information, look here
The Loblolly Pine (with other information here and from DiscoverLife and lots of images, both close-up and aerial shots)
The Shortleaf Pine (as well as a description for eNature)

Georgia's Virtual Forest (mountain region) is worth a glance
Georgia's forest health (a 1998 study)

http://sherpaguides.com/georgia/mountains/cumberland_plateau/cumberland_plateau.html

http://www.gfc.state.ga.us/Publications/RuralForestry/GeorgiaForestryBMPManual.pdf

http://www.nps.gov/grsm/pphtml/nature.html

Swamp

SWAMP RESOURCES
Water lilies

Also useful is a collection of coastal animal data resources from Forsyth's Tek Trekking Across Georgia site. Note that our state's premiere swamp, the Okefenokee, is listed. The United States Geological survey (or USGS) has a great deal of information about the amphibians that live in the swamp as well as a listing of the plants of this habitat. Among the plants you'll find in this region are:

Pickerel Weed (here are a few good pictures of the plant and a lot of scientific information about this plant)
Pond cypress (see pictures of the cypress)
Fetterbush (Auburn has a good set of photographs of this plant)
Spatterdock (a very clear picture of the plant is here)
Titi (here's a great deal of scientific data about the plant as well as Auburn's pictures of the plant)

Piedmont

PIEDMONT RESOURCES
What do we mean when we use the word piedmont?

piedmont

plants on the piedmont

http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~jrhode/jessie%20community%20ecology/piedmont%20forest.htm

http://piedmontpark.org/support/mission.html

http://georgiatrails.com/trails/rcwoodpecker.html

http://www.defenders.org/bio-stga.html

http://www.georgiaconservancy.org/Home/SiteMap.asp

http://www.n-georgia.com/bike_trails.htm

http://georgia.org/tourism/appalachia/attractions/attractions.asp

All Habitats

As we do our research, all students will need this post and these sites.

Biomes

Plants in Georgia by counties

*Georgia's eco-regions (according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources in 2001--still, it's very useful)--I really like the map that goes along with the description (it's a .pdf file) because it describes how different areas in Georgia are unique.

*Microsoft Encarta's description of Georgia is worth a look. It briefly discusses plant and animal life as well as the different types of regions in our state.
*Sherpa Guides to Georgia has a page with links to our state's parks. Even more useful is the guide to the different types of wildlife and when it's easiest to view them.

*Georgia's environmental issues

Georgia maps

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/

http://www.brainpop.com/

http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/sitemap.htm#TOC

http://www.gadnr.org/

http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/georgia/preserves/

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/biome.html

http://www.enature.com/localguide/localguide_standard_display.asp?showType=5&doMap=no&curGroupID=60&lgFromWhere=natives&rgn=GA&shapeName=&email=adaniel@screven.k12.ga.us

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=d5091cf575413e925b23161f1c461773&number=231040&password

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/themes/sik-4/index_siK4.html

Suzy's map

http://usa.learningtogether.net/continents/

As we study maps, we will be using the map website that Miss Love has shown you.

Trying Again!!!

Miss Love has an exciting lesson planned for us today about comparing fractions. We will need these sites.

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/fractions8.html

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/iongoal/g43b-comparefractud.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/fob.cgi?A1=s&A2=0

Comparing Fractions

Miss Love has a very exciting lesson planned for us. We will be learning how to compare fractions. We will need the following websites during our lesson.

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/fractions8.html

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/iongoal/g43b-comparefractud.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/fob.cgi?A1=s&A2=0

It has been a while, and a lot has happened!

I am so sorry that our classes have not been blogging. We have been very busy. We have finished our birdhouses, been to tech lab and finished a graphing unit. We're hard workers. There are some sites that the students want to use at home so I am going to list them on the blog.
Also, instead of putting the pictures up on the blog, I am posting them to a website. You will be able to look at the pictures and if you would like to buy them, you can do that also.
Here is the site
http://www.kodakgallery.com e-mail: wwoods@screven.k12.ga.us password: woodswonders

Here are the sites the children want to use:
www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html

http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/index.aspx