Introduction
Imagine you are a photographer 📷 creating an album filled with animal 🐻 pictures. Your mission is to explore various animal habitats 🏜️ and their dietary 🥬 habits.
Task
Find one animal from each of the following habitats:
Jungle or rainforest⛰️
Ocean 🌊
Desert 🏜️
You will: learn about the animals, including their diet, habitat, sounds, and unique characteristics; share an interesting fact about each animal; and create a drawing of your chosen animal for the album.
Process
- Explore the habitats: (parental assistance)
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/
https://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/#google_vignette
- Choose one animal per habitat
Example:
Jungle: Gorilla 🦍
Ocean: Whale 🐋
Desert: Camel 🐫
- Draw ✍️ or paste a picture of each animal
You can use crayons 🖍️, markers 🎨, or digital drawing tools.
- Write or draw one food 🍽️ per animal
Gorillas eat fruits 🍌
Whales eat krill 🦐
Camels eat plants 🌱
- Write or say a fun fact
Gorillas are strong 💪
Whales are the biggest animals 🐳
The camels have humps to store fat 🐪
- Optional: write or record an audio 🎶 about your animal sounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t99ULJjCsaM
Evaluation
|
Category |
A (Excellent) |
B (Good) |
C (Needs Help) |
|
Picked Animals |
3 animals correct |
2 animals correct |
1 or fewer correct |
|
Animals' Dietary |
3 food correct |
2 food correct |
1 or fewer correct |
|
Described Animals |
3 facts correct |
Some facts correct |
No facts given |
|
Pictures/Drawings |
All pictures |
Some pictures |
No pictures |
Conclusion
You did it. Great photographer 📷! You have navigated the dense jungle🌳, vast ocean 🌊, and arid desert 🌵, gaining a wealth of knowledge about animals from all corners of the world.
Now that you know all about the amazing creatures in the real world, let’s get creative and imagine your very own unique and imaginative animal.
Go to Switch Zoo – Make New Animals
Mix different animal parts to invent a brand-new animal.
- Give your animal a name
- Describe where it lives, what it eats, what sound it makes, and what it can do
- Draw it or take a picture to share with your class or family