Web Quest

Students will "visit" different places...

ANIMALS AT HOME

How do you think we can keep
wild places safe?

Week by Week Questions for Students:

How do you think we can keep wild places safe?

What do you see that is different about the forests, deserts, oceans, grasslands, and tundra areas (habitats) from each other?

What is different about the weather in different areas (habitats)?

What is different about animals from each of the different places?

What does the zoo have to do for animals to think they are home?

How would you take care of animals from different lands?

Are any of these animals near you outside?

What kind of area is our school and your home in?

Do you know any true stories about these places or animals?

What did you learn about that you never knew before?

Students will "visit" different places to see and
learn about animals homes.

1) Favorite sites listed On "Animal Habitats" Site By Rebecca Borlik and Lisa Fong

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forest/

http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html

http://www.oceanlink.island.net/

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/tundra

2) Animals and their Habitats of Wellington Zoo

http://www.wellingtonzoo.com/animals/animals.html

http://www.wellingtonzoo.com/animals/habitats.html

3) Visit the Houghton Mifflin theme 8 page for the forest:

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/1/8/wft.html

4) Visit Links From Thorton Zoo in Indiana:

HABITAT RESOURCES (click on the habitat)

Animals of the Arctic    Mountains

Polar Region                  Tropical Forests

Desert Life                     Desert

Wetland                         Grasslands

Oceans

Grade One Standards Used for a Web Quest:

Life Sciences 2. Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways. As a basis for understanding this concept:

a. Students know different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places.

Science Investigation and Experimentation 4.b. Record observations and data with pictures, numbers, or written statements.

1.0 Written and Oral English Language Conventions

Sentence Structure 1.1 Write and speak in complete, coherent sentences.

Students Check Off Sites as they visit.

Question #  __________________________________

Then they write their responses and draw pictures to illustrate what they learned.