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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students use the Internet to discover similarities and differences among biomes. They become zoo planners, to decide which biome the city zoo should construct and which plants and animals should be included in it. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students sing a variation of "The Muffin Man" with lyrics dedicated to zoo animals. As a class, students sing the song as a round and maintain a stead beat and rhythm while singing. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students visit a zoo and draw three animals and three different types of foliage as well as an environment that depicts a sense of height and space. Using the drawings they create an exotic landscape with a foreground, middle ground and background. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students review the Spanish animal vocabulary learned in previous lessons before taking a virtual trip through the Madrid Zoo at its website. They design a paper bag puppet of one of the animals, take digital pictures of it and finally create a PowerPoint slide using the vocabulary and picture. They participate in a class presentation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 12th
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Students read and discuss a news article about a baby panda at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. They answer comprehension questions, analyze a map of Asia, listen to a retelling of a Chinese folktale, complete an online panda puzzle, and write a journal entry. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students listen as the teacher reads "Zoo" by Gail Gibbons. They identify different zoo careers and realize that everyone makes important contributions through jobs. The students will identify the factors of production used to produce various goods and services. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students are expected to demonstrate a knowledge of scarcity and choice through their decision-making process. They will also demonstrate appropriate writing strategies in completing this position paper. This paper is presented to a zoo board comprised of students and teachers. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students research the entertainment value of the zoo as compared to other venues of entertainment (i.e.. professional sports, amusement parks, concerts, etc.). After viewing several web sites and interviewing 5 people, students will be given the role of zoo marketer and the responsibility of developing a new activity to attract visitors to the zoo and maintain its existence among the other entertainment giants. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students perform a web quest by using the Columbus Zoo website. After the web quest is finished they have a discussion about scarcity in the zoo. They follow directions and complete worksheets that navigates them through the non-fiction readings located on the Columbus Zoo web site. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students explore infrared image technology. They complete a sorting activity. Students characterize warm-blooded animals. They design a mammal. Students characterize cold-blooded animals. They draw a new infrared image. Students are given a worksheet called "Where have You Been?" Full Review »
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