Parks Victoria Education Program: Teacher Bulletin

In a forest, wet and dry places have very different animals and plants. Wet places are usually lower down than dry places because that is where water runs to.

Go into a forest and find a place that is open - like the top of a hill or ridge. Is this a wet or dry place? See what plants and animals you can find.

Draw some of these (near the forest picture).

Find somewhere you can sit where you can't see anyone else. Close your eyes and listen to the sound of the forest. Write down what you heard.

Now walk to a gully or a deep low spot nearby and see what differences you find. Is this a wet or dry place?

Draw some of the plants and animals you didn't see in the open area.

Listen to the sounds like you did on the hill.

After the visit to your forest, try these questions.

Which of the areas did you find more? (Select Dry or Wet)

quiet	dry wet	cool	dry wet	shade	dry wet
tall trees	dry wet	short trees	dry wet	thick trees	dry wet
tall bushes	dry wet	short bushes	dry wet	varying bushes	dry wet
grass	dry wet	moss	dry wet	rocks	dry wet
bare soil	dry wet	soft soil	dry wet	wind	dry wet
large animals	dry wet	small animals	dry wet	birds	dry wet
flying insects	dry wet	crawling insects	dry wet	frogs	dry wet
long leaves on the bushes	dry wet	leaves on the ground	dry wet	lizards	dry wet

You may want to print this out for your records.

Here is a song about dry places in the forest. Sing it to the tune of "Fre`re Jacques".

Hot dry flat spot, hot dry flat spot
On the hill, on the hill
Lizards, snakes and birds
Can be seen and heard
On the hill, in the forest

Think up some words which describe a dry area and see if you can create your own song.

Some people think that forests are only trees. See if you can write down one thing starting with each letter of the alphabet that you might find in a forest, or which describes places in a forest, like... Ant, Bat, Casemoth, Damp places, Eats leaves, Etc...

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