Use Today S Discovery Page To

Activity Eleven - WORD SEARCH – complete the following word search.

Activities

Tuesday 3 March 2015 Activity One

Use today’s Discovery page to:

o Write 10 facts

o Write 10 true and false statements

o Write 5 words you don’t know the meaning of and become an

expert

o Prepare 20 quiz questions about today’s Discovery Page

o Make your own Power Point presentation to share with your

o Construct a diorama of an animal in its habitat.

o Make a list of adjectives to describe our local environment

o Write a list of ways to protect local fauna. Collate class ideas.

o Clip words and pictures from the newspaper to make a wildlife

collage Activity Two The poster below the United Nations World Wildlife poster.

Beautiful, isn’t it! Design a poster that is about our local region.

Activity Three

Try these online jigsaws:

 http://www.dltk-kids.com/puzzles/jigsaw/index.asp? id=20130807  http://www.kidzone.ws/sg/sept-decjigs/53.htm Activity Four

Red kangaroo Red-necked wallaby Long-footed potoroo

Write a fact sheet on one of the macropods

Common name: Scientific name:

Key features

Habitat

Threats Activity Five

Make a word macropod like the one above.

Activity Six You are going to set up your own wildlife shelter:

 Design your shelter: Hospital facilities, re-wilding programs, places to keep various animals

 Write a letter to convince the local council to provide funds for your wildlife shelter Activity Seven

Name the characteristics:  monotremes  macropods  marsupials  mammals

How are they similar? How are they different?

Activity Eight

Go to: http://www.leopoldwildlifeshelter.org

Find out what Helen and David do at the wildlife shelter.

Read the stories and poems

Activity Nine

Five ideas to spark interest

 Start an Animal Appreciation Club.

 Organize an event in your local community

 Plan a volunteers day. Invite local volunteers to speak to your class

 Visit a shelter to find out about local wildlife. Your local nature centre can give you lots of information about the types of wildlife in your area.

 Start a Backyard Habitat Club. Local conservation can start in your backyard. Get your friends and neighbours together and share ideas for transforming your backyard into an oasis for animals