Additional+Journies

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Sometimes portal travel can be so exciting you wish to repeat the experience! Here are some optional extra challenges if you become addicted to travelling through portals. These are mainly writing tasks that draw on your experiences and knowledge gained through completing this webQuest.



Why do some cultures (e.g. Aboriginal) not have zoos? **
 * What are the historical origins of zoos?
 * Which cultures/societies have zoos?

In your groups make up a quiz about Melbourne zoo. You may use the quia quiz package of you wish. It must have 20 questions and the information must be found on the Melbourne Zoos website.
 * A Zoo Quiz **


 * Hitch-hikers through portals **
 * Imagine that while you through the portal you met a child from that country and they came back through the portal to Australia. What animals would they be interested in?
 * Why?
 * What would strike them as different when they look around Australia?


 * What would happen if an animal escaped through a portal and came into Australia? **
 * Is it Ok to bring any animal into Australia?
 * What are the quarantine restrictions regarding bringing animals into Australia?
 * What does quarantine mean and why do animals have to be quarantined?

**Travelling though portals.**  Back to: Home
 * What would it be like to travel through a portal to another time or place?
 * What would you sense while travelling through the portal?
 * What would it feel like, what would you see?
 * Where would you go if you had the choice?
 * Write a short story on your exploration of a portal - your explortal.