Site exploration-Upper Tampa Bay Park

• 1. Upper Tampa Bay ParkA Hillsbourgh County Park

2. Big Idea: Life Science Supporting Idea: InterdependencePlant and animals, including humans, interact with and depend upon each other and their environment Grade 2 3. What did I do when I go there?Toured the Nature Center/Classroom Touch table Snake exhibit Fish Mangroves History of ecosystem Turtles exhibit Observation Deck Manatee observation Trails 4. Purpose of Upper Tampa Bay ParkProvide protection for nature study and protects valuable coastal habitat and ecological communities that include mangrove forests, salt marshes, freshwater marshes, coastal hammocks and pinewoods.What type of animals do you see? 5. Estuary Area of water enclosed by land, where freshwater and saltwater mix. Traits of estuary Sea grass Oyster beds River Deltas Mangroves 6. Three types of Mangroves: Red, White & BlackMangroves 7. Unwrap the Estuary What two types of water meet to from an estuary? What are of this estuary? What are the plants called that grow in the water of an estuary? What lives in an estuary? 1. 2.Unwrap the box as we answer the questions Discover the plants, and animals that live in the estuary