MICHIGAN FORESTS FOREVER TEACHERS GUIDE

WILDLIFE HABITAT

"The Fallen Log", Project Learning Tree Pre K-8 Guide, Seventh Edition, page 72, Activity #23

Overview

It's amazing how many things live in and on rotting logs.  In this activity, your students will become familiar with some of those organisms.  They'll gain an understanding of how decomposition takes place.  And they'll gain a better appreciation of microhabitats and communities.

Objectives

• Identify some of the organisms that live in, on, and under fallen logs and explain how those organisms depend on the dead wood for survival.
• Describe the process of decomposition.

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