You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby...

1. You will be broken up in to pre-assigned pairs , and assigned either to Group A or Group B.  The groups correspond to the animals/insects you will be researching.

2. Your pair will be given two worksheets, one for each animal or insect to be investigated.  Working together, you will use the internet resources provided to answer the questions about each animal or insect. Also, check out the list of key words in the resources area.

3.  After the worksheets are completed, you will collect poster board from the front of the room and begin to make your poster.  Remember, this poster is aimed at both showing your knowledge of the animal or insect you studied, and proving that the animal/insect should be moved either to the side of the zoo for creatures that look like their parents at birth, or creatures that do not.  You must include the information from at least 3 of your questions, and at least 2 new facts that the worksheet did not ask for.  In addition, a life cycle must be made for each animal or insect.  The life cycle should include drawings and labels of each stage of the animal or insect's life cycle.  An example of a life cycle drawing is included in the resources below.

4. It is now time to join your partner and begin your research.  You and your partner should work together throughout your research, worksheet answering, and poster making.  Remember, part of this excersise is learning to work efficiently with other people.  Ask each other questions, and help one another to create the best possible result!

GROUP A-  Butterflies and Alligators

1. Download and print your worksheets found in the resources below. 

2.  Use the hyperlinks listed below "Butterflies" and "Alligators" to research answers to the worksheet questions.  Remember, you will also need to find at least 2 new facts to include on your poster, and you must also be looking for the life cycles of the Butterflies and Alligators. 

Butterflies:

Butterfly Slide Show

Butterfly Life Cycle

Butterfly Information

More Information

Alligators:

Listen and Read about Alligators

Alligator Information 

Video of Baby Alligators

National Geographic on Alligators

GROUP B- Spiders and Frogs

1. Download and print your worksheets found in the resources below. 

2.  Use the hyperlinks listed below "Spiders" and "Frogs" to research answers to the worksheet questions.  Remember, you will also need to find at least 2 new facts to include on your poster, and you must also be looking for the life cycles of the Spiders and Frogs.

Spiders:

Frequently Asked Spider Questions with Answers

Spider Information

More Spider Information

Spider Life Cycle

Frogs:

Frog Information

Frog Video  -look especially at the video titled "tadpoles"

Frog Life Cycle

Frog Facts

Now that you have finished researching, it is time to make your posters.  You may use any of the materials that you find at the front of the room, or in your desks (markers, crayons, glue, colored paper, scissors, pencils...) to make your poster stand out!

Remember, posters must include:

1) life cycle drawing including labels (see example in resources)

2) At least 3 of the facts you were asked about on the worksheet

3) At least 2 new facts about the animal/insect

4) Where the animal/ insect should be housed in the zoo