Writing Projects ~ Information Reports

Wild Animals at Hidden Villa

In the Hidden Villa forest there are many big, wild animals lurking behind trees and over the mountains. There are lots of predators searching for food and prey hoping not to be found. There are always big wild animals in the forest and if you’re quiet, have good ears and sharp eyes, you can find some of them. Students learn about some of the big wild animals that make a home in Hidden Villa including coyotes, hawks and deer.

Coyotes are talented predators that live in the Hidden Villa wilderness. They use their sharp hearing to find and hunt rabbits. In addition, they have fast legs to catch rabbits on the run. Their sharp teeth let them bite, kill and eat rabbits. Every once in awhile on the trail you can find coyote scat. It’s very easy to find their scat at Hidden Villa, but hard to find the coyotes. It’s probably because they’re so fast so they can find a hiding spot quickly. You can open up scat to see what coyotes eat. You can find bones and hair of different animals.

There are tons of hawks at Hidden Villa too. Hawks have sharp eyes so that they can see their prey from the sky. Hawks eat many different animals like snakes, mice and bunnies. Hawks are good predators just like the coyote, but fly and swoop down to get their prey.

One of the other animals at Hidden Villa is the deer. Deer are not predators, only prey. Instead of eating animals, they eat plants. That makes them herbivores. There are different ways to behave near them. If you are loud they will most likely run. Deer don’t normally come near people because they are cautious.

Those are three of the many big wild animals that live in the forest of Hidden Villa. - by Andrew

Plant Survival

In the organic garden in Hidden Villa there are different types of plants. However, plants have similar thing they need to survive. All plants need leaves, roots, stems and a good environment.

The leaves of the plant are important for the plant to survive. The leaves make sugar for the whole plant to use as energy. They need a lot of sun and rain to make sugar for the plant. The plant sends the sugar to other important places in the plant. Leaves don’t just wastewater; they have a place where they keep their water in a middle line through the leaf. Many leaves have a good taste food. Not only worms eat leaves, other animals like deer eat leaves too.

Roots and stems are also important for the plant to survive. Roots are special for the plant because they suck water. You may ask how it sucks up water. Well, the roots have little hairs that you can’t see, which extend into the soil and attract water. The roots of the plant need water to survive the hot heat. The roots send water to the important places in the plant, helping it to grow. The roots also make the plant stand up in one place so it won’t get damaged. The stems transport the water to the leaves. Because stems are strong, they help the plant stand up and lift their leaves up to the sun.

The plant’s environment needs to give it all those things it needs to survive. For example, they need water to survive. Leaves need water for photosynthesis. Plants also need fertile soil from the environment. The dead leaves are composted when the worms and FBI eat it. If the fertile soil didn’t exist, the plant could not live or grow because the nutrients in the plant come from the soil. The sun is important to plants because the sun gives them energy. If plants were in a place where there was too much shade, they would not grow well. - By Alam