1. Activity 1 - Assessment 1: Culminating Task
Name: Bryanna Rose Migwans
Background Information:
In an area just outside the area where you live there is a field with a large forest beside it and a river
running through it. Across the river from the field is another large forest.
The two forests support communities that include birch, maple, cedar, hemlock, fungi, elder, ferns,
poison ivy, wild ginger, squirrels, chipmunks, insects, amphibians, and at least five different kinds of
birds.
The field supports a community that includes dogwood, ferns, fungi, Queen Anne’s Lace, Goldenrod,
thistles, strawberries, raspberries, rabbits, groundhogs, frogs, snakes, moles, mice, rats and three kinds
of birds including a hawk that regularly flies over the field in order to hunt.
The river supports a community that includes watercress, marsh mallow, algae, brook trout, large-mouth
bass and sunfish, as well as smaller fish, crayfish, frogs and plants. Several birds and mammals
hunt for food in the river, including a Blue Heron.
2. Deer, wild turkeys, raccoons, skunks, and porcupines often move between the forest, field and river. The
deer often cross the river from the field to the forest on the other side. A fox and a coyote are seen
occasionally and move throughout the area.
No one has kept an accurate count of the smaller animals, but a local conservation officer estimates that
there are 12 deer and eight wild turkeys living in the area.
The property was recently bought by someone who would like to build a new neighbourhood there. The
proposed development includes 16 homes. The proposal is pictured below.
3. 1. What problems could this development cause for the communities in
each habitat if it is built as planned?
Habitat
Problems this development could cause for the
community in this habitat.
Forests The Deer, Moose etc, will have a hard time to hunt
there food because most of the animals will move to a
different Habitat.
Field All the Animals that live I the field are going to have to
move to a different habitat, And the hawk won’t have
anything to hunt.
River The fish population will go down because the people
that are going to move there will fish them out and
eat them. Kids will go swimming in the river and scare
away the fish and living animals in the river
Animals
moving
between
habitats
All the animals will have to squeeze in half the habitat
so it is just better for them to move, And that area will
have a low population of animals
4. 2. a) Circle the three most important points you made in Question 1.
b) Draw another way to develop the area so there will be fewer problems for the communities of plants
and animals in the area. Make sure you have made improvements in the areas you said were important
(your circled points).
The longest building has 6 houses , the small building has 4 houses and the last
building has 6 houses
5. 3. Describe how your development is better than the proposed development for the community in each
of the habitats.
Habitat
How my development is better than the proposed development
for the community in this habitat
Forests Less tree will have to be cut down…
Field
River
7. 4. Describe the problems your proposed development will cause for the communities in each of the
habitats.
Habitat How my development causes problems for the community in this habitat
Forests
Field
River
9. 5. You now have to sell your development idea to the person who wants to build the neighbourhood
and the people who might benefit from your development proposal.
In Question 3 you made a list of why your development proposal was better for the communities of
plants and animals. Now make a list of the reasons you would use to convince people that your
development proposal is better for them as well.
10. 5. You now have to sell your development idea to the person who wants to build the neighbourhood
and the people who might benefit from your development proposal.
In Question 3 you made a list of why your development proposal was better for the communities of
plants and animals. Now make a list of the reasons you would use to convince people that your
development proposal is better for them as well.
