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What's the Meaning?
What's the Meaning?
endangered
extinct
species
habitat
protected
What do these words mean?
Visit Word Central, an online dictionary, to note and jot down the definitions in your zoologist notebook in the orange section.
How-to Hint
How-to Hint
Click on Word Central by Merriam-Webster and type each word in the search box.
Let's go
Let's go
on a field trip!
on a field trip!
Look!
Look!
Take a virtual field trip by webcam to the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Take a virtual field trip by webcam to the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Check out these animals!
Check out these animals!
Did you know that we have in our community a museum about life science? It is called the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History They have many exhibits, including one about the relationship between the natural environment and people.
Click on the picture of Herky in front of the sloth to read more about the exhibit we will visit.
After the field trip you will jot down in the orange section of your notebook interesting things you saw, read, and learned at the museum about endangered animals. Then you will share them with your classmates to compare ideas.
Did you have a great time on our field trips? In the next stage, you will watch some fantastic videos and read some interesting articles from many different sources about endangered animals. Ready, set, explore!
For Teachers...
For Teachers...
The second phase of the inquiry guide is Immerse. It is here "...the inquiry community build background knowledge together through an immersion experience." (Kuhlthau et al, 2012, p. 61). In this instance, students will take two field trips: one virtually to the Smithsonian Zoo; one to the Natural History Museum located on the campus of the University of Iowa.
After the field trip, students will reflect in their journals about concepts and ideas that sparked curiosity in them, made them question, or caught their attention. The next day, students will share first in small groups then in large groups their thoughts.
Reference
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Kuhlthau, C. C., Maniotes, L. K., & Caspari, A. K. (2012). Guided inquiry design: a framework for inquiry in your school. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.
Merriam-Webster's Word Central. (n.d.). Retrieved April 25, 2020, from http://wordcentral.com/
[Photograph of Herky and giant sloth]. (2020). Retrieved from https://www.traveliowa.com/destination/university-of-iowa-museum-of-natural-history/7203/
Webcams. (2020, April 7). Retrieved April 25, 2020, from https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams
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