biol+2+zoo+excursion+task

A copy of the information sheet is below. By Friday morning your groups and exhibit need to be placed in the table below. You have to be quite specific with the type of animal you are choosing to do in some cases. Make sure you visit the Melbourne Zoo link below.


 * **Group members** || **Type of exhibit** ||
 * Adam, Joshi and Jonny || Meerkats ||

Your visit to the Melbourne zoo will be centred on observing a variety of animals and discussing some of the adaptations they possess that enables them to survive in their environment. In particular, adaptations (structural, physiological and behavioural) associated with thermoregulation and water balance will be considered. Rather than listening to the teacher all day (which I know you are just hanging out for), each group (3 students, one with 2) will need to choose an exhibit and explain to the rest of the class some of the adaptations associated with your chosen animal. This also means you will need to prepare a two page sheet containing some introductory information about your animal, questions that need to be answered, as well as another activity that will require students to apply their understanding (eg a puzzle, an application question, reorganising of information activity). Your worksheet along with the presentation (10min max) will be assessed according to the criteria below. Your two page sheet needs to be emailed to the teacher by Friday 22nd August (Sunday morning at the very latest). All the worksheets will be compiled into to a single handout for you to fill in on the day of the excursion. Use the Melbourne Zoo website as a starting point to choose an animal and find out relevant information. http://www.zoo.org.au/Melbourne/About/Our_Animals You should then research your animal as much as possible so that your session will be interesting, relevant and worthwhile for the rest of the class. Criteria (Low, Medium, High)
 * || ** L ** || ** M ** || ** H ** ||
 * ** Presentation ** ||    ||   ||   ||
 * Accurate content ||  q   ||  q  ||  q  ||
 * Interesting ||  q   ||  q  ||  q  ||
 * All involved ||  q   ||  q  ||  q  ||
 * ** Worksheet questions ** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Introduction useful ||  q   ||  q  ||  q  ||
 * Relevant and varied ||  q   ||  q  ||  q  ||
 * ** Activity ** ||    ||   ||   ||
 * Level of understanding ||  q   ||  q  ||  q  ||