A View of the Zoo - A Photographic Scavenger Hunt

Objective: Students will collect photographic evidence of standards and concepts learned throughout the year and design a power point to represent those concepts.

Students will present their photographic evidence to their classmates.

Standards/concept guide

Science 1. Adaptation of animals for obtaining food
2. Adaptation for predation or protection
3. Choose an animal and design a food web around it
4. Take a picture to explain how the zoo classifies its animals
5. Take a picture of an animal and describe its habitat and biome where it lives

Math 1. Evidence of proportion or ratio
2. 2 dimensional geometric structure
3. 3 dimensional geometric structure
4. Evidence of measurement
5. Evidence of fractions or percentages

Social studies 1. Take a picture of the zoo entrance and give its' relative location
2. Music plays a very important part in culture find evidence of music
3. Take a picture of a "region" that is part of a zoo exhibit name it and describe it as a
"place" (5 themes of geography)
4. Take a picture of an animal and name the continent and country of origin.
5. RIvers were key in developing civilizations. FInd an animal that uses the river as its
habitat

Language 1. Evidence of Greek or Latin roots
2. Take a picture and write a simile, metaphor and hyperbole about it
3. Evidence of non-fiction text
4. Evidence of problem and solution text structures
5. Evidence of cause and effect text structures

Electives 1. Show evidence of a concept learned in an elective class. This could be P.E.,
Consumer family studies, art, music, computer tech or industrial tech

Students must work collaboratively in their group to make decisions about what photos to take. Keep a data sheet with the type of picture and the reason they chose this as evidence.

After returning to school, design and construct a power point to illustrate your evidence for the standards and concepts. Prepare a presentation using the standards for language arts and public speaking as your guide for the presentation.

This lesson plan can be modified for all grades levels by changing the photo requirements.