<p>Activity Eleven - WORD SEARCH – complete the following word search.</p><p>Activities</p><p>Tuesday 3 March 2015 Activity One</p><p>Use today’s Discovery page to:</p><p> o Write 10 facts</p><p> o Write 10 true and false statements</p><p> o Write 5 words you don’t know the meaning of and become an </p><p> expert</p><p> o Prepare 20 quiz questions about today’s Discovery Page</p><p> o Make your own Power Point presentation to share with your </p><p> class</p><p> o Construct a diorama of an animal in its habitat.</p><p> o Make a list of adjectives to describe our local environment</p><p> o Write a list of ways to protect local fauna. Collate class ideas.</p><p> o Clip words and pictures from the newspaper to make a wildlife</p><p> collage Activity Two The poster below the United Nations World Wildlife poster.</p><p>Beautiful, isn’t it! Design a poster that is about our local region.</p><p>Activity Three</p><p>Try these online jigsaws:</p><p> http://www.dltk-kids.com/puzzles/jigsaw/index.asp? id=20130807  http://www.kidzone.ws/sg/sept-decjigs/53.htm Activity Four</p><p>Red kangaroo Red-necked wallaby Long-footed potoroo</p><p>Write a fact sheet on one of the macropods</p><p>Common name: Scientific name:</p><p>Key features </p><p>Habitat</p><p>Food</p><p>Threats Activity Five </p><p>Make a word macropod like the one above.</p><p>Activity Six You are going to set up your own wildlife shelter:</p><p> Design your shelter: Hospital facilities, re-wilding programs, places to keep various animals</p><p> Write a letter to convince the local council to provide funds for your wildlife shelter Activity Seven</p><p>Name the characteristics:  monotremes  macropods  marsupials  mammals</p><p>How are they similar? How are they different?</p><p>Activity Eight</p><p>Go to: http://www.leopoldwildlifeshelter.org</p><p>Find out what Helen and David do at the wildlife shelter.</p><p>Read the stories and poems</p><p>Activity Nine</p><p>Five ideas to spark interest</p><p> Start an Animal Appreciation Club.</p><p> Organize an event in your local community </p><p> Plan a volunteers day. Invite local volunteers to speak to your class </p><p> 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.</p><p> 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</p>