Project Based Learning: Who Can Live in the Zoo | PBL | Zoo | Plans | Rubric

Let your students dive into the fascinating world of zoo animals. This project-based learning unit contains everything you need to help your students to learn about animals that live in the zoo as well as what kind of environment they come from.

This project based learning unit can be a two part project. One focuses on what animals can live in the zoo. In order to answer the question, the students need to know the type of environment animals come from. In this case, the animals were chosen by the students – one from each of the animal families: mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and amphibians.

This PBL was “piloted” on a pre-school and kindergarten class and we were amazed at their dedication to the project! Animals are a great theme to work with because they are a high interest topic for the majority of students and there is age level appropriate research material for pre-k and kindergarten students to work with. The second part focuses on the type of conditions found in a zoo. Are they ideal for all animals? Included in the product are also a free fact booklet – on Mammals, and instructions on how to create your own Chatterpix, Voki, Q-R codes, and Thinglink digital projects. Find out what the children came up with!

Updated: Included a How to Draw Animals Resource!

How to Draw Animals - A Directed Drawing Activity

Standards
CCSSCCRA.L.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
CCSSSL.K.6
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
CCSSSL.K.3
Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
CCSSSL.K.2
Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
CCSSW.K.7
Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).
CCSSK.CC.C.7
Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
CCSSK.CC.C.6
Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.
CCSSK.CC.B.5
Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.
CCSSK.CC.B.4c
Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions about PBL’s.

They are so much fun for this age group!

This products works well with the following:

Beezy Rotation Timer 12 Minutes

Fact Booklet - Tiger

Fact Booklet - Giraffe

Fact Booklet - Lion

Fact Booklet - Elephant

Fact Booklet - Monkey

Fact Booklet - Zebra

For other Project Based Learning Products - click on the links below:

Project Based Learning Winter Animals

Project Based Learning Native Americans

PBL: Star Wars, A Modern Day Fairy Tale

Project Based Learning - Digging Up Dinosaurs

Enjoy!

TheBeezyTeacher