Plants: Who Eats Berries?

Line of Inquiry: How people and animals use plants

It's a very exciting time of year as the first berries of the season are beginning to ripen.

It's Salmon Berry time!

A walk in the forest provided many opportunities to pick berries. "This is like an Easter egg hunt!" said Esme. The children were determined to pick as many as they could and ventured deep into the bushes.

During group time the children answered the question "Who eats berries?" and they all responded that they do. "Who else eats berries?" They came up with several ideas: bears, birds, seagulls, crows, eagles. We watched several videos of animals that eat berries and added them to our web; squirrels,
racoons, and coyotes.

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"Do you think we should eat all the berries in the forest?

"No, we should share them with the wild animals" said Esme

Oliver had a different idea "We can eat all the berries we can eat and leave the berries we can't eat for the animals, like the ones that are poison for people."

The children represented their knowledge in art and created a salmon berry bush, using Lego bricks to stamp berries. They added pictures of animals found in Pacific Spirit Park that eats berries and they included a picture of themselves!