Vision and Light: Lesson 1.1

​According to the message, the Tokay gecko lives in rain forests. This map shows the location of rain forests around the world.

​The word conservation means saving or protecting. A conservation biologist is someone who works to protect plants and animals in an environment. These conservation biologists are studying plants and animals in an environment in order to see if they are healthy.

​studying a forest moss

looking for grizzly bears

studying insects in a river

measuring a bat to see how healthy it is

Draw

Circle the two monkeys

Open Ended

The monkeys sit on a branch high up in the tree. What kind of information can they get from the environment? 

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How do monkeys get that information?

​Kayla wrote a summary of her observations of how her bird acted each night. Read Kayla’s summary.

Draw

Draw what the light from the lamp is doing in each diagram below.

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How would you think the bird found its food on Night 1?

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Why do you think the bird could not find its food on Night 2?