Biodiversity Bingo

From PLUM LANDING · 2014

Biodiversity Bingo
3 min1st2nd3rd4thScience
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Summary

You don't need a faraway world to explore -- Zuzu, Annie and friends play 'biodiversity bingo' to see what strange and interesting things are lurking in an ordinary backyard.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Kids play a bingo game to discover the biodiversity in a backyard.

  1. What does 'biodiversity' mean?
  2. What kinds of living things did the kids find in the backyard?
  3. Why is it good for a place to have lots of different living things?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: biodiversity, variety, observe.

Try it: Make a 'bingo card' of four living things you might find in a backyard, then go spot them.