Journal Webquest

World of animals Webquest

Exploration Answer the following questions:

My favorite animal is ___________________________________________

This is my favorite animal because ____________________________

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Find a picture of your favorite animal online. Copy and paste it here.

Name your resources! I got this picture from www.____________________________

1.What is your favorite animal in the whole world?

2.Why?

Paste picture here!


Part 1: Habitats Complete the chart with the information from the video. Draw the animal when necessary.

Habitat Animal

Mar

shes

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Jungl

e

Gorilla

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Den

Lion

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Did you know…? A HABITAT is is a special place where a plant or animal lives. Just like you have a home or place to live, so do animals and plants.


Habitat Animal

Fore

st

Elephant

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Monkey

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Gra

ssla

nds

Giraffe

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Part 2: Comparing Length and Weight Fill in the blanks with the correct information. Length 1. A blue whale is longer than a humpback whale.

2. A blue whale is ________________ than a rocket. 3. A blue whale is the same length as a ________________. 4. A blue whale is the same length as _____ great white sharks. 5. 3 ________________ are the same length as a blue whale.

Weight 1. A blue whale is heavier than

a ________________. 2. 83 ________________

weigh the same as a blue

whale. 3. A blue whale weighs the

same as _____ airplanes. 4. A school bus is ________________ than a blue whale.

The blue whale is the ___________ animal on earth!


Part 3: Comparing two

animals 1. Choose two animals and complete the chart. On “Physical Appearance”, draw the animal. Animal 1:

Animal 2:

Physical Appearance:

Scientific Name:

Habitat: Food: Weight: Length: 2. Write three sentences comparing the two animals that you chose (use the information from the chart). Use some of the following: “heavier”, “lighter”, “weighs the same as”, “longer”, “shorter”, “is the same length as”. 1. _________________________________________________

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_________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________

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Did you know…? SCIENTIFIC NAMES are special names that scientists give to animals and plants. Each name is unique and is written in Latin.


Part 4: Writing

1. Write a short paragraph describing an animal you know about. Use the example from the website as a model. __________________________________________________________

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2. Draw and color it.


Vocabulary Use this space to write the new vocabulary you learned during this Webquest. Add at least 5 words to the list.

1. Marshes: an area of soft, wet land that has many grasses and other plants.

2. Den: the home of some kind of animals, usually in the form of a space near a large rock.

3. Forest: a large area covered with trees. 4. Jungle: an area with lots of trees and plants, usually in a

tropical climate. 5. Grassland: a large open area of country covered with

grass. 6. Space shuttle (Rocket): a vehicle used to travel to the

moon and other planets. 7. ___________________________________________

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Finished!

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