Friday, September 3, 2010
You have homework!
Our class explored the http://www.zooborns.com/ website this morning. The website has resources to learn about animal babies born in zoos around the world. Your homework is to take a minute and view the website with your child. Choose an animal, click on it, and see what you find. Post your comments, thoughts and learning on our blog! We will share comments and information on Tuesday. Have fun!
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Our class learned about a baby cougar. The cougar was an orphan found in Oregon. It is now being raised at a zoo.
ReplyDeleteTori picked the extremely rare N. African Cheetah Cubs. 5 Cheetah cubs were born in the UK a month ago and there are only 250 left in the wild. they are very cute
ReplyDeleteAnna and her Grandma Patrice. Prairie Dogs
ReplyDeletePrairie dogs live in the ground. There are lots of prairie dogs in South Dakota. Prairie dogs eat plants and seeds.
Great job, Tori and Anna! Wow! You did your homework right away. I hope you enjoyed this project!
ReplyDeleteLandon and I learned about baby jaguars! We learned that when a jaguar is darker in color (black), rather than spotted like most jaguars, they are termed melanistic.
ReplyDeleteAlexi and I had fun looking at all the different animals, the Aye-Aye's were funny to look at!
ReplyDeleteAlexi chose to talk about the Fishing Cat. Besides the Tigers and the Jaguars, these are the only breed of cats that like to get wet. Their name says it all, they love to fish! The female cat is from Cambodia and the male cat is from Thailand. The video of them catching fish was fun to watch!
I'm learning so many interesting things from all of you. Thank you, parents, for working with your children on this project. I hope it was interesting and fun!
ReplyDeleteJohn and I learned that Lily the Lion is an extremely rare Barbary Lion. Her species went extinct in the wild in 1922. Lily just had two cubs. One boy and one girl.
ReplyDeleteChloe and I were surprised to find that a flamingo baby was white not pink like its mother.
ReplyDeleteElse and I learned about the baby dolphins. The dolphins we learned about were born at zoo's or aquariums. The average birth weight was 30 pounds. We found it very intersting that the baby dolpin could swim by there mother right after birth.
ReplyDeleteWow, 3rd graders, you and your parents have been working hard tonight! I was excited to check the blog and see 3 more students have added to our blog. Good job!
ReplyDeleteSarah Jo and I looked at seahorses. You can see them at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Max and I went there a long, long time ago.
ReplyDeleteWe watched the lions Family Outing at the Bronx Zoo. Wayne like the male lion because he was roaring. He also like the colored spots on the cubs. Wayne has seen lions at the St Louis and Omaha zoo.
ReplyDeleteWe are a little late, but Jesse and I looked at the Komodo dragons. The mother dragon laid 23 eggs in January. The first one hatched Aug 8th (Jesse's birthday) and 21 more hatched by Aug 19th. This was the first time that the LA Zoo was successful at breeding Komodo dragons.
ReplyDeleteTommy and I learned about the Wolverine, we then checked out some oother Wolverine videos on youtube!
ReplyDeletefrogs and toads
ReplyDeleteone specises was smaller than a paperclip!! They are just starting to get them to have baby ones and are doubling the numbers!! they are cool. Lucas