Connecticut Plants and Anmials

Connecticut

Plants and Animals

Below is a list of animals the are found in Connecticut. Research your plant or animal following the directions below and decide if it might be found in Sleeping Giant State Park.

Animals	Birds	Plants	Trees
Black Bear	American Crow	Poison Sumac	White Pine Tree
Gray Squirrel	Red-Bellied Woodpecker	Lady Fern	American Sycamore
Beaver	Northern Cardinal	Poison Ivy	Sugar Maple
Chipmunk	American Robin	Skunk Cabbage	Dogwood
White-tailed Deer	Wild Turkey	Ragweed	Red Birch
Woodchuck	Great Horned Owl	Wild Leek	Shagbark Hickory
Painted Turtle	Black-Capped Chickadee	Canada Mayflower	Scarlet Oak
Skunk	Horned Lark	New Jersey Tea	Red Spruce
Wood Frog	Carolina Wren	Maple-leaf Viburnum	Slippery Elm
Eastern Coyote	House Finch	Southern Arrowwood	White Ash
Redback Salamander	Blue Jay	Common Polypody	Eastern Red Cedar

Other species may be selected with the permission of your teacher.

Research Pathfinder

Use your notetaking sheet and follow the path below to collect your research.

PRINT RESOURCES	Book Cart -use the index! Encyclopedia- Copy or scan pictures if needed OPAC- use the OPAC keyword search to find reference books
ONLINE RESOURCES	Use in the order listed:
	Open Grolier Online and type your search term in the box in the Bottom right hand corner.
	Select INFOTRAC JUNIOR EDITION Type in your keyword search
Other Useful Websites	http://www.ctbirding.org/photos_of_ct_birds.htm Photos of CT birds with their scientific name; some locations listed. CT Dpt. of Environmental Protection Links to informatin about animals and birds e-Nature.com - Habitat Guide Type in the common name of your plant or animal Connecticut Animals Fun facts about animals and birds Connecticut Botanical Society Type in a search term at the top Connecticut Trees and Plants Fun Facts about trees and plants http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/learn.htm Information and Fact Sheets