Rethinking the Animal Project:
- Imagine getting a new exotic pet! Compare a Komodo dragon (or whatever) to a dog.
- Interview candidates for your new school zoo. They explain what they need.
- Match celebrities to an ideal pet. "What would Justin Bieber pick?"
- Choose creatures for a new line of animal crackers. Shape, size, facts on box?
Some other lesson ideas
- http://www.madefor1stgrade.com/2011/05/animal-research-projects.html
- http://ilove2teach.blogspot.ca/2011/10/create-animal-create-plant-freebie.html
- http://mysecondsense.blogspot.ca/2012/06/animal-research.html
- http://lessonplansos.blogspot.ca/2011/05/not-your-average-animal-research-paper.html
Places to search:
1. World Book Kids & World Book Student
Use the "compare animals feature". (via http://destiny.sd38.bc.ca under the Visual tab of your catalog) Note: password needed for home access.
2. EBSCO mag - Zoobooks
3. EBSCO mag - Scholastic SuperScience
(Check out other kids' mags: http://public.sd38.bc.ca/sdweb/Lis/magazines/kids )
Some Websites:
- National Geographic for Kids. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/facts/
- San Diego Zoo. (AnimalBytes) http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/index.html
- Seaworld. http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/index.htm
- Smithsonian (The National Zoo) http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AnimalIndex/
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