Exploring a Little Further

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Mark Twain

Read book: Who Was Mark Twain

Scrapbook: Follow the timeline, pictures, and facts on the following link:
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/scrapbook/

Read: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/projects/price/frog.htm

Creative Historical Interview Essay: (IEW)

1. Think about possible topics:
what did Mark Twain do?
what was happening in History during his life?
what might he have cared greatly about?

2. Out of these questions-pick 3 topics that you think would be good
a. who, what, why, when, how
b. consider what Mark Twain thought about his banned book: Huck Finn, or what he thought about the civil war, slavery, life on a riverboat.....

3. Outline

4. Write a five paragraph essay
a. background info (birthdate/other miscellaneous info not chosen as main points) goes in intro
b. Most significant topic noted in the conclusion

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Land Animals, Zoology 3, Lesson 1

Careers with animals: all about horse careers http://animalscience.unl.edu/horse/careers.htm, all about becoming a veterinarian

http://www.healthypet.com/PetCare/PetCareArticle.aspx?art_key=2239f7d8-d875-4dcd-aa3d-817e1290b04f, Sara answers questions about her job being a zoo keeper http://webpages.charter.net/sbratcher/faq.htm,

I have included a fun video about a guy who gets to experience the life of a zookeeper for a day...enjoy!!!

Vocabulary Words We Encountered: Ungulates- animals with hooves, Habituation- getting animals used to people, Zoonotic diseases- illnesses transmitted between animals and people

One person that worked on habituation was Jane Goodall. Here is a photo of her working with a chimpanzee. She lived among the chimps and they became very used to her presence. She was then able to observe them for many years in their natural habitat and even develop a friendship with them.