Download Field Day #1 Photo Scavenger

A. Beckingham
Geography 12
Chatelech Secondary School
Field Day #1: February 12, 2016
Photo Scavenger Hunt
Instructions:
 In your assigned group you will take a photograph of the items listed below
 Your homework over the weekend will be to collate your groups’ images using
PowerPoint/Google Slides/Other
 Each image should be titled and include a sentence or two explaining why it satisfies the
item requirement. Your titles should use proper names of species (this will take research)
 Each image may only be used to satisfy ONE item requirement
 One point per appropriate and properly labeled image
 DO NOT DISTURB OR REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THIS SENSITIVE ECOSYSTEM
Items:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Cedar tree
Maple tree
Alder tree
Fir tree
5.
6.
7.
8.
Fungi (1 per species)
Insects (1 per species)
Slug (1 per species)
A chicken
20. An image that characterizes the canopy layer
21. An image that characterizes the understory
layer
22. An image that characterizes the forest floor
layer
23. An image which captures the cultural
characteristics of the Chapman River trails
(x2)
24. An image which accurately and as completely
as possible captures the physical
characteristics of the Chapman River trails
(one only; make it good!)
9. A feather (not attached to a bird)
10. Power lines
11. Tibetan prayer flags
12. A tree that looks like a face
25. Hands in clay
13. A plant growing on a plant growing on a plant 26. Hands in water
27. Hands in ferns
14. An undercut river bank
28. Hands underground
15. The confluence of two water ways
29. Hands in maple leaves
16. Evidence of human-environment interaction
(x5)
17. Evidence/images of fauna-environment
interaction (1 per species example)
18. Evidence of erosion (x3)
19. Evidence of multiple soil layers
30. An uprooted stump taller than one of your
group members
31. Your group on a boulder
32. Your group with hands joined around a tree
33. Your group on a bridge
34. A group selfie that includes Mr. Beckingham
without his knowing (he must no know!)
A. Beckingham
Geography 12
Chatelech Secondary School
Facts about Temperate Rainforest Layers
Temperate rainforest are divided into three layers; the canopy, understory, and forest floor. Tropical
rainforest have an additional layer, the Emergent layer which is the highest layer.
Rainforest Canopy Layer
The highest layer is the Canopy. This layer is characterized by huge trees growing hundreds of feet high.
Tall trees include the Redwoods of California, Douglas Fir and the Sitka Spruce. The tremendous
amounts of rain and mild weather fosters this type of growth.
Rainforest Understory Layer
This layer lies beneath the canopy. It is shaded by the huge trees towering over the forest. Plants that
grow here must be able to survive with little sunlight. This layer is characterized by plants such as small
trees, ferns and berry shrubs.
Rainforest Floor Layer
The forest floor is the lowest layer of the temperate rainforest. It is characterized by mosses, algae,
mushrooms, and small plants. There are fallen dead trees, tree needles, broken branches, and leaves
covering the ground. As the fallen trees, leaves, and branches decay they provide rich nutrients for the
soil promoting new plant growth. Very little sunlight breaks through the upper layers of the forest. This
layer is always damp and shady. The temperate rainforest floor is the layer where most temperate forests
animals live; unlike tropical rainforest where most animals live in the canopy. Here these animals have
some protection from the rain and can find food. Animals such as black bear, deer, chipmunk, vole, and
cougars can be found on the forest floor.
Adapted from: http://www.temperate-rainforest-facts.com/