Orange County Wildlife

Let us share some amazing slides and stories about local wildlife! Enjoy close views of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds, with images from professional wildlife photographer Richard Jackson.

Our presentations address the life science strand of the California State Science Standards and were designed by educators, biologists, and naturalists.

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Please contact TDOLC's Program Director, Emily Igarashi.

The Babies of Orange County Wilderness (2nd Grade)

Take a slide trip into wild Orange County, where wild baby animals live. Learn that organisms reproduce offspring of their own kind and the offspring resemble their parents and each other. See if you can match Orange County wild animal babies to their parents. Some wild animals go through distinctly different stages as they develop. Learn about the life cycles of different Orange County animals, for example butterflies, beetles, and frogs.

Adaptations of Orange County Wildlife (3rd Grade)

All plants and animals need certain things to survive: food, water, shelter, and space. They have adaptations that help them get the things they need in their environment. You will see pictures of local plants and animals and learn about the adaptations that allow them to survive. Discover that plants and animals cause changes in the environment. These changes may help some wildlife and harm others. Organisms can disappear when the environment changes.

Food Webs of Orange County (4th Grade)

Explore food chains in wild Orange County. Learn that all organisms need energy and matter to live and grow. Plants are the primary source of matter and energy entering most food chains. Producers and consumers (herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers) are related in food chains and food webs, and may compete with each other for resources in an ecosystem. Decomposers, including many fungi, insects, and microorganisms, recycle matter from dead plants and animals. Discover some of the producers, consumers, and decomposers active in the Orange County food web.

Orange County Ecosystems (6th Grade)

Explore ecosystems in Orange County. Organisms in ecosystems exchange energy and nutrients among themselves and with the environment. Energy entering the ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by producers into chemical energy through photosynthesis, and then from organism to organism in food webs. Over time, matter is transferred from one organism to others in the food web, and between organisms and the physical environment. Populations of organisms can be categorized by the functions they serve in an ecosystem. The number and type of organisms an ecosystem can support depends on the resources available and abiotic factors, such as quantity of light and water.

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