Using the Library Book 2: a web quest
| An Animal in the Zoo | Researcher's name: |
Your Task
You are to tell the designers
of enclosures at your new zoo, and the keepers who will look after
you, about your needs.
Tell the zoo keepers how to recognise you. Write about
your size, shape, colour, covering and features.They may not know
much about you, so include lots of detail. Include drawings or
photos.
Tell the designers what features the enclosure they are making for you will need to have in order for you to live as natural a life as possible. Write about the habitat you live in in the wild. What activities (animal behaviour) should it enable you to do? What shelter must it provide for you?
Tell the keepers what they will
feed you. Write about what you eat in the wild.
Resources
Go to these sites to help
you choose what animal you are going to be. Click on animal names
to find out about them
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/animals.htm
http://www.awf.org/wildlives/
http://www.enature.com/home/ (select a category
such as mammals to get to a list of those animals)
http://www.wildanimalpark.co.uk/animals/southamerica/
http://www.vtaide.com/png/endangeredA.htm
http://www.americazoo.com/kids/europe.htm
or
Type the name of a selected animal into a search engine to get
more information. Go here for some search engines http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/searchengines.htm
also
Search for books and other resources in your Library Resource
Centre computer catalogue. You can also look at an encyclopedia.
1. After you have selected the
animal, write your research questions onto data charts. Make
notes on the data charts under each question as you research
your topic. Go here for data charts
and print as many as you need. Make notes too about where
the information came from.
2. Use your notes to write a draft report
about the animal, its habitat and needs.
3. After your teacher has checked your draft report, write your
final report, making any changes that were
needed.
4. As part of your report you must note the sources of your information,
where you got it from This is a bibliography. Go here to see one way of doing it.
5. Design your ideal enclosure
at the zoo, making drawings and a map of it, or even a model of
it. Assume that money is no object, and that there is plenty of
space. The drawings and map or model will form part of your final
presentation.
6. Presentation: Prepare and present a talk to the class,
who will be representatives of the zoo, and can ask you questions
at the end of your presentation.
Evaluation
Go
here for a self-assessment form. Fill it in after your
presentation. Discuss it with your teacher.