BUILD A HABITAT FOR ROCKFORDS NEW ZOO ANIMALS

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BUILD A HABITAT FOR ROCKFORDS NEW ZOO ANIMALS
Author Marge Spangler Grade Level
3-4 Curriculum Science Keywords habitats, zoo
animals, bears, cougars, tigers, wolves, eagles,
wild animals
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DISCRIPTION

• Your class has been asked to create the
  habitats for the new zoo animals that are coming
  to Rockford.
• You need to use the on-line
  resources to find information on the animals
  given to the zoo.
• Next, you need to determine
  what habitat features the animal should have and
  what food the animals will need to eat to be
  healthy and happy.

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NEWS FLASH!!

• Wild animals will be arriving from all over the
  world. Each animal will need a special habitat
  within the zoo. The habitats need to offer
  secure, safe area to play, sleep, and eat.

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NEWS FLASH

• FOURTH GRADERS YOU CAN DO IT
• THE ANIMALS NEED YOUR HELP!!

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TASK 1 1. Choose 2 of the animals

• Alligator
• Cougar
• Camel
• Penguin
• Polar Bear

• Black Bears
• Coyotes
• Monkey
• Fox
• Tiger

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TASK 2Check the following websites for
information about your animal

• Coyotes http//www.desertusa.com/june96/du_cycot
  .html
• http//www.whitingwoods.org/
  coyote_habitat.htm

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ALLIGATOR

• Alligator http//www.nps.gov/archive/ever/eco/ga
  tor.htmsafety
• http//www.flmnh.ufl.edu/nats
  ci/herpetology/brittoncrocs/csp_amis.htm

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FOX

• Fox http//www.nfws.org.uk/
• http//animals.nationalgeogra
  phic.com/animals/mammals/arctic-fox.html

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PENGUINS

• 8. Penguin http//www.seaworld.org/animal-info/a
  nimal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuteros
  tomes/chordata/craniata/aves/sphenisciformes/pengu
  ins.htm
• http//www.seaworld.org/inf
  obooks/Penguins/home.html

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MONKEYS AND CAMELS

• Monkey http//www.honoluluzoo.org/spider_monkey.
  htm
• http//www.monkeys-monkeys.c
  om/
• Camel http//www.blackpineanimalpark.com/Anima
  ls/camels.htm
• http//www.seaworld.org/anima
  l-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/
  deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/artiodact
  yla/dromedary-camel.htm

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Big Cats

• Tiger, Cougars
• http//www.bigcatrescue.org/catfacts/catfacts.htm
  
• http//dialspace.dia
  l.pipex.com/agarman/bco/ver4.htm
• http//www.desertusa
  .com/may96/du_mlion.html
• http//www.desertusa
  .com/animal.htmlmammals

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BEARS

• Bears http//www.bear.org/SlideShows/SS_Home.
  html
• http//www.bear.org/Kids
  /KA_Home.html
• http//www.bears-bears.o
  rg

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TASK 2

• Make a list of all the important items in both
  animals habitat.
• Record your findings for both animals on a Venn
  diagram.

Venn diagram
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TASK 3

• CREATE A DIARAMA FOR ONE OF THE ANIMALS.
• USE A SHOEBOX FOR YOUR THEATER
• SET UP 3-D VIEWS IN YOUR THEATER.

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