Welcome to the animal research page!
In addition to using a nonfiction book, magazine, or encyclopedia as a source to learn about animals, the internet is also an awesome research tool. This page is filled with cool places to visit on the internet to help you with your research. Just click on a button below to get started.
In addition to using a nonfiction book, magazine, or encyclopedia as a source to learn about animals, the internet is also an awesome research tool. This page is filled with cool places to visit on the internet to help you with your research. Just click on a button below to get started.
- Yellow Buttons: Animal Websites
Blue Buttons: Animal Videos
Green Buttons: Animal Webcams- see live animals
Pink Button: Databases
White Button: Search Engines and Search Directories
Click on a button below to link to a e-magazine about an animal.
Student Work:
Goal:
Writing in the first person voice from the viewpoint of the animal requires students to apply the new knowledge learned through their research. This, in addition to creating a virtual talking picture, allows students to practice supporting a claim with evidence. Synthesizing what is learned moves beyond a written report to a showcase knowledge thereby validating student learning to a higher degree.
Task:
Students researched an animal locating facts about their habitat, their body structure and function, their diet, their young and other interesting facts. After students completed their research, they were given the task to write a letter to the zookeeper or aquarist from the animal's viewpoint sharing their concerns about their new life at the zoo. The following questions were presented to the students: What concerns would your animal have about living in the zoo? (What needs would your animal want met?)
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Additional clarifying questions (from the viewpoint of the animal):
Assessment:
Writing in the first person voice from the viewpoint of the animal requires students to apply the new knowledge learned through their research. This, in addition to creating a virtual talking picture, allows students to practice supporting a claim with evidence. Synthesizing what is learned moves beyond a written report to a showcase knowledge thereby validating student learning to a higher degree.
Task:
Students researched an animal locating facts about their habitat, their body structure and function, their diet, their young and other interesting facts. After students completed their research, they were given the task to write a letter to the zookeeper or aquarist from the animal's viewpoint sharing their concerns about their new life at the zoo. The following questions were presented to the students: What concerns would your animal have about living in the zoo? (What needs would your animal want met?)
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Additional clarifying questions (from the viewpoint of the animal):
- How would you want your habitat enclosure to look?
- What items do you need so you continue to use your body structure to function at its best potential?
- What about diet?
- What concerns do you have for your young?.
Assessment:
- Student will be able to articulate what concerns she/he has for the animal.
- Student speaks in first person.
- Student can speak using the vocabulary of the discipline
- Student has produced an evidence based claim synthesizing their animal facts into a concern.
Student Showcase:
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