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Build Your Wild Self InteractiveBuild Your Wild Self Interactive
Publisher
Wildlife Conservation Society
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Grade
K - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Interactives
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Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
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Build Your Wild Self

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Get wild with an interactive web site that challenges scholars to create their wildest self. Future wild things begin as an average person—eyes, mouth, clothes—then morph into animal attributes—horns, tails, wings—and end in the desert, ocean, forest, and more!    

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Concepts

animals, animal adaptations, animal attributes, zoo animals, animal anatomy, researching animals, arctic animals, african animals, desert animals, forest animals, jungle animals, rainforest animals, where the wild things are

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Send the link home to give pupils the opportunity to create their wild self outside of school 
  • Bookmark the page on classroom electronics, allow learners to visit the site when time permits 
  • Assign the interactive before or after reading the story Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 

Classroom Considerations

  • Every child needs a computer or mobile learning device 
  • The site has sound, have headphones available or instruct pupils to bring their own   

Pros

  • When finished, brief descriptions inform creators about their chosen animal parts and adaptations
  • Gives the option to save, email, or print finished products 

Cons

  • Some options do not align to the picture shown in the option button 

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