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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students discover some of the threats to tigers in the wild and some of the challenges of keeping them in wildlife preserves and zoos. They then sketch and explain their designs for sensible tiger enclosures in zoos. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students create a fact sheet naming an animal's habitat, distinguishing characteristics, eating type, country of origin, and any interesting information that they research. They illustrate their fact sheet and sheets are compiled into a class book. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students discuss and identify natural habitats of most zoo animals, then construct and display a small "zoo like" model. They write a short story or diary about an animal or pet of their choice Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students construct a class picture graph and tally grid that show their favorite zoo animals. They discuss the information the graphs show and complete a personal graph based on the class example. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students explore the diversity of living organisms. They research an animal found in the zoo and plans a 10-card HyperStudio project about his/her organism. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the jobs that are available at the zoo. They need to evaluate three jobs based upon a set criteria. The decision about which job to choose is made after each student makes inference about important personal issues for accepting employment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students participate in a foreign language assignment while working towards creating a story about the zoo in context. This construction creates an activity for practice of words that are related to one subject. The class also uses props of animals to connect words with the objects. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discover the role zoos play in conservation of animals. They research the captive breeding programs that are in place at the Minnesota Zoo. They use the zoo's website to find the American Zoo and Aquarium Associations criteria for breeding programs. Full Review »
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- 5th - 9th
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Students investigate whether or not their local zoo represents the diversity of animals in the world. After a field trip to the zoo in which they compiled and classified a list of animals, they create a master list of zoo species. They compare this list to the species numbers for the animal phyla of the world in a class discussion.. Full Review »
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- 5th - 9th
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Students discuss the social limitations on a zoo's ability to provide animal exhibits that meet all of the requirements for animals to survive and have healthy behaviors in captivity. They compare notes from a visit to the zoo with current research on well designed zoo exhibits. Full Review »
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