Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 3

DAY 3: Awesome Animals

Activity 1: Fantastic Beasts [4 points]

In New Zealand we have many unusual animals. One of the most unusual is the kiwi bird - a bird that does not have wings and can not fly. Pretty strange, eh?! J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, has recently written a new book about strange or unusual animals called ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.’

For this activity, please watch this cool book trailer. Year 7 and Year 8 students in South Auckland, New Zealand helped to make it. Once you have watched the video, use your imagination and create your very own beast. What does your beast look, smell, feel, and sound like?

On your blog, post a description of your beast. Use interesting adjectives (describing words) to tell us about your

This is my beast and his name is Brooke. He was in a group called Easters crew but he decided to leave because he wanted to fight for what's right. Now he made his own crew called the brotherhood. He is now planning to team up with the police and take Eastern down.

Check out The Easters Crews Leader by clicking here

Activity 2: The Secretive Skink [4 points]

We have a number of small lizards (geckos and skinks) living in New Zealand. One of the least common is the Chevron Skink. According to the Department of Conservation, Chevron Skinks live mostly on two islands - Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island. These islands are ‘animal reserves.’ Very few people, other than staff working for the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), are allowed to live there. The DOC staff are called ‘Rangers.’ Their job is to protect the wildlife (animals and plants) living on the island.

Would you like to be a DOC ranger and live with the animals on Great Barrier Island?

On your blog list three pros (good things) and three cons (bad things) about working as a DOC ranger. At the bottom of your post, tell us whether you would like to be a DOC Ranger or not.

(Pros)

1. Learn about different animals
2. Playing with cute animals
3. Watching animals grow up

(Cons)
1. Some of the animals can bite you
2. Some animals run around a lot which can make your job a bit harder
3. DOC rangers have to go through lots of different dirty obstacles and that could be dangerous.

I Would rather be a DOC ranger because I take the opportunity to travel around the world.

Activity 3: The WWF: World Wildlife Fund [10 points]

In 1961, a number of people came together to start an organisation called the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The main goal of this organisation was/is to protect life on earth. Hundreds of WWF staff work in countries all over the world trying to protect our planet and the animals who live here. To learn more about their amazing work, click on one of the two video links below.

Clip #1: Freshwater Seals

Clip #2: Tigers

Once you have watched the video, go to your blog and, using full sentences, tell us:
1) The name of the animal the WWF is working to save.

Freshwater Seals and Tigers
2) What the WWF is doing to help the animal.

They are building snow banks to protect endangered Freshwater Seals and They exercise and run as fast as they can to catch and save tigers and put them in safe environments

3) What, if any, success they have had protecting the animal.

They have protected lots of animals such as Tigers, Gray whales, Saigas and much more.