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DISCOVER EARTH WITH
DAVID,
THE PROJECT:
THE EARTH IS
OUR LITTLE
GREEN HOUSE
Multilateral partnership
project
Children manual with activities,
tests and experiments
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Introduction:
PLANTS AND ANIMALS HELP THE ENVIRONMENT
(AND US) IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. David the gnome helps you to discover :
ALL ABOUT PLANTS AND ANIMALS (FLORA AND
FAUNA),
THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN LIFE
SAVEING EARTH, PLANTS AND ANIMALS
With:
activities, tests and experiments
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Hello, my name is David, I am a gnome,
of 15 centimetres (6 inches) of height,
and between 250 and 300 grams (8 and
10 ounces) of weight.
I’m 399 years old. I live in a wood .
I know the secrets of Nature.
You will discover with me plants and ani-
mals, their importance in our life.
WHERE DOES DAVID LIVE? DRAW AND COLOUR
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The trees in wood are very big.
Trees are all very unique. Just like snowflakes, no
two trees are the same! All trees, though, are a
type of plant that have tall wooden trunks, roots,
branches, and leaves or needles. Trees don't just
die after one year or season, but they stay alive
for many years. Some of them get to be a thousand
years old!
COLOUR
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Some trees change during the sea-
sons spring, summer, fall and winter.
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Some trees loose their leaves- those
trees are called "deciduous". There are
trees that do not loose their leaves and
stay green all year long, those trees
are called "evergreen". Evergreen trees
are used as Christmas trees. But don’t
cut them...
Deciduous trees lose their leaves in the autumn, the leaves are generally larger and wider than those of conifers (ever-green). the conifers known as pines, spruce and fir, leaves ap-pear as needles and remain on the twig during even the coldest winters.
Search cut and paste the leaves of various trees (both deciduous and evergreen)
There are lots of kinds of bark. Look for the differ-ences. What colour is the bark? Is it rough or smooth? Is it thick or thin? Does it have a smell? What other differ-ences can you find?
Leaves have lots of different sizes and shapes. A tiny pine needle is really a leaf. How many pine needles would fit on a maple leaf? Find a leaf and look at it closely. Is it smooth or hairy? Is it shiny or full? Does it have one point or lots of points? Are the points sharp or round? Is it simple or com-pound? Can you find the veins in your leaf? What other interesting things do you see?
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A TREE IS A MAN’S BEST FRIENDS!
Trees give us air, food, heat, wood, pa-
per, they are a home for the animals
and we like climbing trees.
Trees are very important to our environment. They
purifies air and also provides fruits, woods for human
beings. Trees are the place for birds and animal to
live.
What do the trees give us? Search, cut and past news-
paper and magazine images.
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We need to take care of our trees. You use paper
every single day right? Well paper comes from
tree trunks. And today, people in different
countries all over the world use so much paper
that there are fewer and fewer trees, and
smaller and smaller forests. We can work
together to reduce how much paper we use and
save one tree at a time!
Make your own paper from old newspaper.
You will need:
-a blender
-a whole section of newspa-
per
-2 and a 1/2 single newspaper pages
-5 cups (1.2 litres) of water
-a pan 3 inches (7.6cm) deep
-a piece of screen to fit inside the
pan
-a measuring cup
-a flat piece of wood the size of a
newspaper's front page
-waxed paper.
Follow These Steps:
1. Tear the two-and-a-half pages of
newspaper into tiny strips.
2. Place the strips in a blender with 5
cups of water. ASK PERMISSION
TO USE THE BLENDER. HAVE AN
ADULT SUPERVISE THIS STEP.
Cover the blender and blend the
newspaper and water.
3. Pour about 1 inch (2.5cm) of water
into the pan. Pour the blended paper
pulp into the measuring cup.
4. Put the screen into the pan. Pour one cup (240 ml) of pulp over the screen.
5. Spread the pulp evenly in the water with your fingers.
6. Lift the screen and let the water drain off.
7. Open the newspaper section to the middle. Put the newspaper on a waterproof surface. Place waxed paper
in the center of the newspaper. Place the screen with the pulp on the waxed paper. Close the newspaper.
8. Carefully flip over the newspaper section so the screen is on top of the pulp. THIS STEP IS VERY IMPOR-
TANT.
9. Place the board on top of the newspaper and press out extra water. Open the newspaper and take out the
screen. Leave the newspaper open and let the pulp dry for at least 24 hours. When your paper pulp is dry,
peel it off the waxed paper and paint on it !
Paste your recycled paper or a photo of the activ-
ity.
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Like all plants, a tree begins
from a seed. Inside each tree
seed is a tree waiting to be
born!
A seed must have food, water and light to grow. Once the seed sprouts, it grows into a seedling that grows into a sapling and even-
tually saplings grow into trees that produce their own seeds. LIFE CYCLE OF BEAN PLANT: PLANT A BEAN,
WATER THE PLANT OBSERVE SEED SPROUT-ING, GROWING ROOTS, ETC.
OBSERVE AND COLOUR
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I love plants and garden-
ing...In my garden I planted
seeds of herbs and medici-
nal plants. They can used
for flavouring foods and
medicinal purposes.
Grow and explore some herbs, use all of your senses . You can make
your own herbarium.
CUTE, PRESS AND PASTE A LITTLE HERB. WRITE THE NAME.
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In the spring I plant flower bulbs.
Bulbs are simply underground
masses of food storage from which
plants grow.
Some plants grow from other means, such as bulbs. .
Bulbs, like seeds, are also available in different sizes,
shapes, and types. True bulbs, such as tulips, onions, and
daffodils, contain a complete miniature plant inside. They have fleshy scales of
food that nourish the plant.
PLANT A FLORE BULB USING A POT, OBSERVE AND COLOUR
Life cycle of a bulb plant Draw and colour the bulb.
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The forest where I live is the
home of many types of
ANIMALS
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Some animals (herbivores) eat
plants and some animals eat other
animals..
A food chain shows how each living thing gets its food. Some ani-mals eat plants and some animals eat other animals. For example, a simple food chain links the trees & shrubs, the giraffes (that eat trees & shrubs), and the lions (that eat the giraffes). Each link in this chain is food for the next link. A food chain always starts with plant life and ends with an animal.
Observe and colour
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Animals live everywhere on
Earth. An animal's living place is
called its habitat.
Most animals are only adapted to live in one or two habitats where they can find food, water, shelter and a mate.
DRAW ANIMALS INTO EACH CIRCLE.
ANIMALS IN “COLD” HABITAT
ANIMALS IN “HOT” HABITAT
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The animals are my great
friends...wild and domesti-
cated animals. The farm animals
sustain our daily lives.
Most of the food and materials you buy in stores, originally comes from
farms. Visit a farm and discover the animals that reside on the farm,
their life and all things they give us. You can find interesting informa-
Draw a line to match animals to the
products they produce
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Most of the domestic ani-
mals, our pets, are greatly
devoted to us. We can also
respond to their LOVE AND
CARE.
The most popular pets are: dogs, cats, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, rabbits,
ferrets, horses, pet birds [canaries, finches, cockatiels, parakeets, and love-
birds], mice, rats and fish. Have you a pet? Visit a pet shop.
PASTE A PHOTO OF YOUR PET (OR YOUR FAVOURITE PET) ….
OUR PETS NEED
AND CURE:
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THE FOREST WHERE I LIVE
THE PLANTS AND THE ANIMALS ARE
PRESERVED: IT IS A NATIONAL PARK
WHERE NATURE AND WILDLIFE ARE
PROTECTED, WHERE YOU AND THE
CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE CAN
DESCOVER THE BENEFIT AND
ENJOYMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
Search, cut and past newspaper and magazine images OF
ANIMALS IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION.
HUMANS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED THE EXTINCTION OF MANY SPECIES, AND
LARGE NUMBERS OF MANY OTHER SPECIES ARE CURRENTLY ENDANGERED AND
MAY SOON BECOME EXTINCT.
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Now you know all living crea-
tures (plants, animals, men)
have basic needs: air, water,
food and a place to be.
Protecting land, water and air
is the key to preserving plant
animals and us for our
planet's future.
WHAT YOU CAN DO?
REDUCE RIUSE RICYCLE AND .....COLOUR
Recycle! Recycling is an important part of keeping Earth
clean. It is very easy to do. By giving old things a new life we put less pressure on
important resources all of us will need in the future to survive.
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AND REMEMBER: THE
EARTH IS OUR LITTLE
GREEN HOUSE
READ AND COLOR THE PICTURE.
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NOW YOU KNOW:
THE EARTH IS
OUR LITTLE
GREEN HOUSE….!!!
SAVE THE FUTURE
OF OUR EARTH
by going green & recycling…
ANIMALS, PLANTS AND TREES ARE
OUR FRIENDS: LOVE AND PRESERVE
THEM!