Animal Research

Students, I just want you to know how proud I am of all of you! Your research skills are very impressive and I especially liked how well all of you worked today in the library. I hope the books and magazines were useful in your research. Remember, you are to choose two animals and describe their physical characteristics and they're behavioural characteristics. You can either draw a picture of your animals or you can find a picture in a magazine or online. You must write at least 5 sentences about each animal to go along with the picture. I will give you more time in class this week to work on your projects but I really hope you will try to do more research on your own at home. Kids Planet lets you find out more about animals in any part of the world.

This project will help develop your investigation skills as well as to help you understand that animals have distinct characteristics.

I was just reading about the Atlantic puffin online and I thought I would share with you some of my findings! Atlantic puffins are birds that live at sea most of their lives. They fly through the air like most birds, but they also "fly" through the water, using their wings as paddles. As they swim, they use their webbed feet to steer, much as a boat uses a rudder. Isn't that fascinating! Why not check out more animals and cool facts about them in the National Geographic Kids page. 

I look forward to learning about all of your animals!

Ms. Fletcher