Welcome to your exciting journey

through all seven of our worlds

continents! These include North
America, South America, Africa, Europe,
Australia, Asia, and Antarctica. Each
continent has their own unique animals
that have very distinct features. It is
important to know about their eating
habits, size, etc. to understand why they
live in the climate that they do. It is also
important to understand why some are
extremely important to the environment.
Throughout your journey through the
seven continents, you will be studying
and looking up information about certain
animals that will finally lead you to your
surprise field trip at the very end! Do you
think you can figure out where the
surprise field trip will be during your
journey through the continents?

Task
0 Each morning you will research a
different animal from a particular
continent.

0 Please follow the worksheet to stay on
task and answer questions about each
animal.

0 You will learn about different animals
around the world!

0 After you will use Microsoft to make a
brochure about what you learned.
Process
1. First, please read the directions on
the worksheet.
2. Once you have read them you will
click on the links provided to find
the information you are seeking.
3. Each day you will learn about a
animal from a different continent
4. Please follow the directions given
to find out where they are from,
what they like to eat, etc.
5. After you have completed that day.
You will stop until the next day.
6. Friday we will review what we
learned and announce our
SURPRISE field trip!!
7. At the end of the field trip you will
make a brochure to show the class
what your favorite animal is and
what you learned


MONDAY
North America


Explore the website
Watch the video and learn about
the Grizzly Bear
0 Answer questions on
Worksheet

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/brown-bear/
South America


Explore the website
Go through the slides and learn
about the Anaconda
0 Answer questions on
Worksheet


http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creature feature/anaconda/
TUESDAY
Antarctica
1. Go to the website
2. Click on "about polar
bears" at the top. then
click on "facts and
information" on the left
side.
3. Browse through the tops
"where do polar bears
live"
4. Look at "characteristics
5. Look at "habitats and
behavior".

0 Answer questions on
Worksheet


http://www.polarbearsinternational.org
Europe
1. Go to the website
2. Scroll down and
read the "habitat"
section
3. Read
"characteristics"
section
4. Finally, read the
"diet" section.

0 Answer questions
on Worksheet
http://www.cosmosmith.com/european_gray_wolves.asp
Wednesday
Australia
Ay Mate! You've landed in Australia, a
place with endless opportunities. Today
you will be introduced to one of
Australia's finest, the Koala Bear. With
the link provided below you are to find
facts about the Koala Bear
0 what they eat
0 their average life-span
0 how big they grow

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/koala.html
Asia
As you journey through
Asia, you may cross
paths with an animal
not so cuddly. With the
link provided, you may
explore all the details of
the Bengal Tiger.
Find out what their:
0 diets consist of
0 what type of an
animal it is
0 it's life span
0 Answer questions on
Worksheet

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mamm
als/bengal-tiger
HINT: Watching the video provided by the
link will help further expand your
knowledge of the Bengal Tiger.
Thursday
Africa


Look under each heading
about the Cheetah.
Explore the website
0 Answer questions on
Worksheet


http://www.outtoafrica.nl/animals/engcheetah.html
Africa cont
Look under each heading
about the Lion.
Explore the website
0 Answer questions on
Worksheet

http://www.outtoafrica.nl/animals/englion.html
Evaluation
Beginning
1
Developing
2
Accomplished
3
Exemplary
4
Score
Worksheet
Completion


Worksheet was not
turned in.
Worksheet turned in,
student failed to
complete entirely.
Worksheet completed,
student displayed
general understanding of
content.
Worksheet completed,
student exhibited
complete
understanding of tasks
given.
Overall
behavior on
student field
trip
Student misbehaved, did
not listen to any
instructions given.
Student failed to follow
all instructions given.
The student remained
uninterested throughout
most of field trip.
Student was appropriate,
used manners. Listened
to all instructions given
by teachers or
chaperones.
Student acted
appropriately on field
trip. Used manners, the
student was attentive.
Displayed much
interest.
Choosing an
animal,
gathering
information on
animal.
Student failed to choose
an animal and gather any
information.
Student identified animal
of choice, did not gather
information based on
animal.
Student chose animal but
did not successfully
gather information. Some
information did not
pertain to chosen animal.
Student chose animal,
displayed accurate
knowledge of chosen
animals background.
Brochure Brochure incomplete,
student showed lack of
understanding of
content.
Completed brochure,
student did not follow
instructions precisely.
Completed brochure,
information unorganized
but displayed
understanding.
Completed brocuhure,
Gathered and organized
important information
on animal. Displayed
understanding of
content learned.
Additional
Notes:
Conclusion
0 CONGRATULATIONS!! As you have probably figured out while
going through your journey of the seven different continents, we
will be taking a field trip to the zoo as a class! After learning
about the animals chosen for each continent, it will now be easier
for you to understand and know about each animal when we visit
the zoo. Although you only learned about one animal per
continent, there are still thousands more out there that are even
more interesting to learn about. There are even different kinds of
species found almost everyday!
0 At the zoo, you are to choose your favorite animal and find more
information on that specific animal. Your final product will
consist of a brochure about the new information you have gained
on your favorite animal and about your trip to the zoo which
should include pictures as well.

Works Cited
National Geographic Society. (n.d.). Brown Bear Facts and Pictures National Geographic Kids.
Retrieved on March 9
th
, 2014, from http://kids.natio nalgeographic.com/kids/animals/cr e
aturefeature/brown-bear/

National Geographic Society (n.d.). Anaconda Facts and PicturesNational Geographic Kids.
Retrieved on March 9
th
, 2014 from http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creat
ure feature/anaconda/

Paul Janssen (n.d.). Cheetah Facts. Retrieved on March 11
th
, 2014, from http://www.outtoafrica.nl
/animals/engcheetah.html

Paul Janssen (n.d.). Lion Facts. Retrieved on March 11
th
, 2014, from http://www.outtoafrica.nl/a n
imals/englion.html

National Geographic Society (n.d). Bengal Tiger, Bengal Tiger Pictures, Bengal Tiger Facts
National Geographic. Retrieved on March 11
th
, 2014, from http://animals.nationalgeogra
phic.com/ animals/mammals/bengal-tiger

Defenders of Wildlife (n.d.). Koala Kids Planet Defenders of Wildlife. Retrieved on March 11
th
,
2014, from http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/koala.html

Cosmosmith (n.d.). Wolves of the World- European Gray Wolves- Canis lupus lupus. Retrieved on
March 11, 2014,from http://www.cosmosmith.com/european_gray_wolves.asp