Introduction
Good Afternoon, Wilderness Explorers! There are thousands of animals that live all around us. Animals have certain characteristics that help them to survive in a certain ecosystem, and these are called character traits. These traits are adaptive traits, that allow animals to be able to live and thrive, such as long, thick fur for cold climates. There are hundreds of other characteristics that animals have, and today we are going to exlpore a few! Let's get ready to enter into the great outdoors for an awesome adventure!!!
Task
Your task as a wilderness explorer, is to go out into the great outdoors to explore the animals in the deep forest, the dark depths of the ocean, the tundra, the heights of the mountains, the swamps, the tropical rainforests, or any other ecosystem that you find interesting. You are to find at least 3 different animals. These can be in three different ecosystems or the same, but each must be a different animal. You must include the name of the animal, a drawing of the animal, the habitat/environment it lives in, characteristics that help it to survive in this particular environment, what it eats, and at least one fun fact you find about this animal. All of this information will be collected in a pamphlet that you will create.
Process
1. First, you will create your Wildlife Pamphlet. You will need one piece of construction paper, 4 sheets of printer paper, a stapler, and markers/colored pencils/pencil. Fold all of your paper in half (hanburger style) and put the printer paper inside the construction paper, creating a book. Staple together on the spine of your booket. Be sure to write your name on the cover.
2. Next, you will use any of the websites below to locate the necessary information for at least 3 different animals. If you are unable to locate all of the necessary information using these websites, check with Mrs. Hall first before going to an unlisted website. Copy and paste the link into your web browser :)
http://animaladay.blogspot.com/
http://www.polarbear-facts.co.uk/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/
http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/
3. After collecting all of the information about three different animals, you will use the back of your booklet to summarize what you have written inside. You may also draw pictures of your animals on the cover of the booklet.
4. Use the rubric on the next page to make sure that you have completed your pamphlet to the best of your ability, and you will make Mrs. Hall proud with your hard work.
Evaluation
| iStar | Rubric Made Using:RubiStar ( http://rubistar.4teachers.org ) |
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| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Attractiveness & Organization | The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information. | The brochure has attractive formatting and well-organized information. | The brochure has well-organized information. | The brochure\'s formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader. |
| Writing - Organization | Each section in the brochure has all of the required information about each animal. | Almost all sections of the brochure have all of the information about each animal. | Most sections of the brochure have all of the information about the animal. | Less than half of the sections of the brochure have all of the information about the animal. |
| Graphics/Pictures | Pictures go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics. | Pictures go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text. | Pictures go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems \"text-heavy\". | Pictures do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen. |
| Content - Accuracy | All facts in the brochure are accurate. | 99-90% of the facts in the brochure are accurate. | 89-80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate. | Fewer than 80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate. |
Date Created: Nov 28, 2016 11:52 am (CST)
Conclusion
You should have now completed your Animal Survival Brochure. You have learned a lot of information about awesome animals that live in the wild, and have identified the characteristics that they have in order to survive in a particular environment. Keep on exploring the world around you!!!
Credits
Teacher Page
The teacher has the discretion to amend the websites available for use, and may change the boundaries as necessary for the students.
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