So Youre a Zoo Designer!

You have just been hired to design the animal exhibits for the new _______ zoo! Your job is to select an animal that lives on the continent of __________and draw a blueprint of what the enclosure would look like to show the zoo owners. Below

are the requirements the zoo owners have given you:

The enclosure needs to be scaled for each animals needs (you cant put an elephant in a monkey sized enclosure)

You must have the enclosure marked with area and perimeter There needs to be at least two features like a pool, moat, trees, grassy field etc. These features need to have area and perimeter marked on them as well A sidewalk around your enclosure marked with area and perimeter At least 2 of the below additions:

A rock native to the ______continent Other animals (like multiple birds, or different types of fish) Plants native to animals home Items for the animals to play with A place for the animals to sleep

The blueprint should also be colorful

Once you have created your blueprint the zoo owners have asked you to design a card describing each animals home. The card should read:

What type of animal and its traditional habitat, home, and diet The scientific name of the animal Dimensions of the enclosure The features you have added and why A picture of the animal

I can gatheraccurate

information onthe tipic

I can take notesand put them inmy own words

I can use myschema to ad tomy information

I can take mynotes and

summarize myinformation

I cancommunicatemy learning to

others

I can use aformula to findthe area of a

rectangle

I can use aformula to findthe periemeterof a rectangle

I can solve rateproblems

I can measure tothe nearestcentimeter

I can write aparagraph with atopic sentence,

supportingdetails, and a

conclusion

I can use textfeatures to

support my mainidea

I can locate avariety ofsources

I can read andunderstand

information onmy topic

I can take notesin my own words

I can summarizethe information

I can share myinformation

through wiritngor speaking

Student Names

Reading Math Writing

Integrates and communicates information from two sources on thesame topic

Solves problems involving measurement and conversionof measurement

Writes informative/explanatory paragraphs

including a topic and detailsInvestigates to conduct short research projects