Transcript If I Ran the Zoo

If I Ran the Zoo
• Students will each create their own zoo by
choosing at least 10 animals they would
like to have in their zoo.
• Each Student’s zoo must have one of
each of the different kinds of vertebrates.
• Mammals
• Amphibians
• Reptiles
• Fish
• Birds
• Insects
For each Animal in your Zoo you
must include the following:
• What kind of animal; bird, insect mammal
etc.
• Where they live in the wild
• What they eat
• Any special things you will need to have
for them to be able to live in a zoo; special
food, habitat
• One paragraph about why you chose them
for your zoo.
How you will do the project:
• Research each one of your animals during library time, computer
time and internet access.
• Keep track of where you get your information. If you go to an
internet site copy it and put it in the class Delicious page. (We will be
going over this during computer lab time)
• You can do research at home but most of it will be done during class
time.
• First month will be dedicated to your researching your animals,
collecting data, finding pictures on the internet of each of your
animals.
• Once you have collected your data you will be writing up the
information on each of the animals on the computer and saving your
data to your own flash drive (provided in class)
• Once you have all your information you will be putting
together a power point presentation to show the class
your Zoo.
• The last two weeks before the project is due we will be
working on the power point presentations during
computer lab time and during free time in class.
• You are encouraged to take the project home and work
on it with your parents. Perhaps some of you have
parents who are good at this sort of thing and can help
you out.
• You don’t have to have a computer at home to do this
assignment. It can be done at school.
If I Ran the Zoo
by
Dr. Seuss
Now I am going to read you a book by Dr.
Seuss. This book was the inspiration for
this project. The kid in this story designed
his own zoo as well but there is something
very different about his Zoo. Let’s read
and find out.