Beaver Population Resource Document (Grade 3 PDF)
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This document provides an educational resource for a Grade 3 class on beaver populations, their role in the environment, and interactions with colonists. The document includes a "Read and Discuss" section and prompts for students to complete.
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Name________________________ Beaver Population Resource Document Directions: For Part 1, read and discuss the information on this page. For Part 2, use the information you learned to complete the prompts. Beavers are the largest rodents in North America. Adult beavers weigh b...
Name________________________ Beaver Population Resource Document Directions: For Part 1, read and discuss the information on this page. For Part 2, use the information you learned to complete the prompts. Beavers are the largest rodents in North America. Adult beavers weigh between 35 and 80 pounds. Part 1: Read and discuss. Beavers are important to nature. They dam streams and rivers. This creates ponds that let plants and animals thrive. Before colonization, beavers were found everywhere in Massachusetts. Beaver fur was very popular. It was used to make hats and other items. Colonists could make a lot of money selling fur. Plymouth colonists trapped many beavers. The fur trade was a big business. Before the 1600s, there were 100-200 million beavers in North America. Today there are 10-15 million beavers. In the early 1900s, people began to help bring back beavers in New England. There are still no beavers on Cape Cod. Grade 3, Unit 2: Indigenous Communities, European Colonizers, and the Plymouth Colony 1 Name________________________ Part 2: Complete the prompts. Circle the word in the brackets [ ] that describes what you read. The population of beavers [ increased / decreased / stayed the same ] during the colonization of the Northeast. Circle the word in brackets, [ ] and complete the sentence starter to describe what you read. Beaver populations [ were / were not ] affected by colonization because ___________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Beaver.jpg Text sources: https://www.nps.gov/caco/learn/nature/history-of-mammals.htm#:~:text=This%20included%20a%20number%20of,hi storical%20economy%20of%20Cape%20Cod https://www.mass.gov/info-details/learn-about-beavers https://www.mass.gov/media/9761/download Grade 3, Unit 2: Indigenous Communities, European Colonizers, and the Plymouth Colony 2
