Deer Spotting: Using Our Five Senses
In Deer Spotting: Using Our Five Senses, Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers spot a muntjac deer! Tag along and learn how the muntjac rely on oak trees, and how bramble bushes help oak trees to grow, even when lots of animals love to eat acorns and young oak trees. This video is excerpted from BBC's Ranger Hamza’s Eco Quest, a nature exploration show in which Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers go on quests to discover nature’s wonders and the important role they play in our environment.
Lesson Express
Q: Why is it hard for acorns to grow into oak trees?
A: Lots of animals, including muntjac deer, like to eat oak saplings.
Q: How does the bramble bush help oak trees?
A: Bramble bushes keep the acorns from being eaten by animals so they can grow into oak trees.
Q: What challenges do acorns face? What stops them from growing into oak trees? How do you think oak trees try to solve for this?
A: Students may talk about how acorns may get eaten by animals or land on stony ground. Students may talk about how oak trees produce a lot of acorns, or that oak trees can rely on squirrels to bury acorns and forget about them.