Nature Area-Benefits
A nature study area facilitates learning about:
- Life's diversity
- plant types
- worms
- spiders
- many insect types
- fish
- frogs
- reptiles
- birds
- mammals
- Plant life cycles
- Annual
- Perennial with a resting stage
- Deciduous shrubs and trees
- Evergreen shrubs and trees
- Animal life cycles
- Metamorphosis by insects and amphibians
- Nesting and parental care by birds and squirrels
- Specific adaptations of plants and animals
- drought tolerance
- shade or sun adaptations
- specific pollinators: adaptations of both plant and the animal pollinator
- wind
- moths
- butterflies
- hummingbirds
- bees
- Bird beaks for different food types
- Selection of specific host plants by butterflies
- Plant seed dispersal: animals vs. wind
- Needs of wildlife
- food
- water
- nest sites
- cover from predators and weather
- Stewardship of natural resources
- Respect for other forms of life
- as unique and interesting entities
- as valuable agents in the ecological balance
- Garbage composting
- nutrient cycles
- soil requirements
- ecological role of decomposers and earthworms
- Recycling materials to generate money for the area