Conservation of Plants and Animals | Chapter 22 | 8th Science - Student Activities | 8th Science : Chapter 22 : Conservation of Plants and Animals
Chapter: 8th Science : Chapter 22 : Conservation of Plants and Animals
Student Activities
Activity 1
Activity 2
Discuss about afforestation in the class and write a brief report on your discussion.
Activity 3
Observe the important days related to conservation of nature. Also organise a ralley on protecting forest.
Activity 4
Observe the following days in your school
World Forest Day - March 21
World Water Day - March 22
Environmental Day - June 5
World Nature Conservation Day -July 28
Ozone Day - September 16
Activity 5
Collect as many pictures of wild plants and wild animals as possible. Prepare a poster showing the endangered species separately.
Activity 6
Find out the national parks and wildlife santuaries in Tamil Nadu. Visit those places and collect more information about them.
Long distance travel by birds to escape severe environmental conditions is called migration. Many birds and many other animals migrate long distances during unfavourable season. Siberian Crane migrates from Siberia to India during winters to escape harsh conditions in Siberia and to get comfortable conditions and food in India. Siberian crane, on an average can travel 200 miles in a single day.
Amazon forest is the largest rain forest in the world, located in Brazil. It covers 6000000 square km. It helps to stabilize the earth’sclimate and slow global warming by fixing Co2, and producing 20% of the world’s oxygen in the process. It has about 390 billion trees. It is the lungs of the planet.
The term social forestry was first used in 1976 by the then National Commission on Agriculture, Government of India. It means the management and protection of forests and afforestation on barren land with the purpose of helping the environment, social and rural development. It is to raise the plantations thereby reducing the pressure on the traditional forest area.
Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in Kenya in the year 1977.GBM has planted over 51 million trees in Kenya. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004.
Each year, 22nd May is celebrated as World Biodiversity Day. Biodiversity is a term used to describe the different plants, animals,marine life, microorganisms, insects, habitats, ecosystem etc. that make our planet so unique and so fascinating.
Yeoman Butterfly has been declared state butterfly of Tamil Nadu. This species is endemic to WesternGhats. It is among 32 butterfly species found in Western Ghats.
At one time Dinosaur, ferns and some gymnosperms were wide spread on the earth. They disappeared from the earth, may be due to shortage of space and food or due to climatic change
Planting the native trees like Neem tree, Umbrella tree and Banyan tree in our surrounding will be helpful for the animals. Many birds and animals find shelter in those trees.
World Wild life Day is observed on March 3rd every year.
The oldest zoo is Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, established in the year 1759. In India the first Zoo was established in Barrachpur in the year 1800.
More to know
Dr. K. Sakhila Banu, a scientist from Texas A & M University, USA has found out that the water contaminated by chromium metal induces infertility in female species and also causes oxidative stress in the human placenta which could affect the growth of the baby. She is from Pudupattinam village in Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu.
Blue cross was founded to care for working horses on the streets of London, UK. It opened its first animal hospital, in Victoria, London, on 15May 1906.
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