Guess My Animal

Students will:

• Be able to conduct research.
• Be able to create and deliver a SlideShow Presentation.

Vocabulary Words:

1. Habitat: Habitat is the environment in which an animal lives.

2. Appearance: Appearance is how something looks.

3. Unique: Unique is how something is different from everything else.

To prepare for this lesson:

• Make yourself familiar with the San Diego Zoo website so you can guide students where to find necessary information.

• For example, when researching an animal, students can click on some of the facts cards like the food card, which will flip over and list examples of specific foods the animal eats.

• This project will take several class periods to complete.

• You will want to make student copies of the Animal Research Worksheet. 

Note: As an extension and connection to Digital Citizenship, students could be required to cite their sources at the end of the slide show.

See the Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4student website in the Teacher Resources. 

Directions for this activity:

1. Introduce students to the San Diego Zoo website.

2. Have students browse through the animals. Students should select one animal to research.

3. Have students complete Animal Research Worksheet using https://sdzwildlifeexplorers.org/.

4. Guide students on how to set up individual slide show Presentations.

   • Here is a student example.

5.  As students present their classmates should guess their animal based on clues.

Different options for assessing the students:

• Observations
• Check for understanding

• Create a checklist/rubric on Google Sheets for what you want the presentation to include. Check off necessary elements as students present to the class.