Biodiversity Map

Investigate your backyard and make a biodiversity map to celebrate the abundance of life around you!

• Pick an observation site for your map. This could be a nearby park, lake, or even your own backyard!
• Take your materials to the observation site and spend some time walking around to get familiar with the area. 
• Draw a map of the site on your cardstock. Use a pencil instead of markers or crayons. 
• When your map is finished, walk around your observation site and begin recording what organisms you find. These can be plants, animals, or insects! You can use a magnifying glass or binoculars to get a closer look at certain species.
• Use a different colored marker or crayon for each type of organism - for example, red for ladybugs, brown for robins, etc. Lightly shade part of your map wherever you find each organism. For example, if you see ladybugs in a patch of grass and by a bench, shade each of those parts of your map red.

• Take pictures of any organisms you don’t recognize and research them. Can you figure out what they are?
• Write down field notes about the organisms you observe. What did the robin look like? What was it doing?
• Try going back to the observation site on different days. Does your map change, or are there the same organisms in the same places? 

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