Introduction
Calling all zoologists, veterinarians, and wildlife biologists for a very important mission! I need your help! A local zoo just hired me to create an advertizement poster for thier zoo that shows all the different types of animal groups but, I don't know much about animals and the different characteristics they have that make them easy to classify into groups. That's where you come in! I need your help identifying fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals! You will go over the information I have provided to help me classify animals!
To get started, take the pre-assessment and click here: https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=animal-characteristics
Although, the pre-assessment shows you what questions you answered correctly or incorrectly, the score WILL NOT be counted in your webquest assignment. The pre-assessment is intended to help you identify what you already know!
Once you've taken your pre-assessment, proceed to the TASK page to get your next mission!
Task
Step 1: Watch the instructional video below.
Step 2: After watching the instructional video, take some time to play the game below to practice classifying animals:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/animalclassgame.swf
The game allows you to drag and drop the animal characteristics at the top into the animal groups. If you have dragged a chracteristic to the wrong animal group, it will bounce back to the top until it is dragged to the correct animal group.
Process
Now, that you've learned all about animals and how to classify them, I need you to create an advertizement poster for the zoo that shows all the different types of animal groups!
You can complete the poster digitally or on paper and you may use internet pictures or the picture cards provided on the Teams WebQuest assignment. Please be creative!
Your advertizement poster should have at least one animal on the poster that represents each animal group and a sayinging that grabs people's attention and makes them want to visit the zoo. The 5 groups are listed below:
- mammals
- reptiles
- amphibians
- birds
- fish
Digital Material Idea
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- internet pictures
- use shapes
- use different fonts (No Wing Dings)
- different text sizes
Paper Poster Material Ideas
- markers
- colored pencils
- paint or watercolor
- glitter
- stickers
- animal card pictures provided in the assignment page of Teams
- scrapbook and newspaper clippings
- scissors
- glue
- tape
Evaluation
Grading Rubric:
10 points: clear poster board that contains all 5 categories of animals, at least one example of each type of animal, the name of the zoo, and an attention grabbing saying.
5 points: Poster board only has 3 categories of animals and has the name of the zoo rather than an attention grabbing saying.
0 points: Poster board is missing the categories and does not mention the name of the zoo of contain an attention grabbing saying.
Conclusion
Congratulations! You now know all about classifying animals!
Credits
Animal Characteristics. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=animal-characteris…
Identifying Animals by their Characteristics. (n.d.) Retrieved from https://www.createwebquest.com/identifying-animals-their-characteristics
Periwinkle. (2017, May 25). Retrieved March 22, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8q1m0jbvCo
Teacher Page
This WebQuest has been adapted from a previously published WebQuest created using www.createwebquest.com. See second entry listed on the credits page. The original author is unknown.