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Research cost of travelling to the zoo if no portal available Maths Maths Describe h ow to get to your animal’s enclosure from the entrance to the zoo Maths h Research the cost of entry into the zoo for that country. What is the currency? What would this be in Australian dollars? What is the average wage for your country? How does the cost of entry compared with the average wage differ between the two countries? (Hint: Google “Australia average wage”) **Your first task** Chose an animal from a selection offered and at the zoo find out it’s predominant country of origin.

This is the country that you will travel to through your portal. Research the animal and present your findings on an A2 sized poster. Your poster must include: country of origin, habitat, diet, interesting facts….. Humanities (add proforma to wquipment page)

**Portal** > In your groups of four take a photograph of yourselves and cut and paste this into a photograph from your country. Print this out and mount it on a shet of paper. On the left write similarities and on the left differences between that country and Australia. Venn diagram. Humanities > **Additional missions** > An additional chllenge should you wish to accept it…Answer the question: Why do some cultures (eg Aboriginal) not have zoos? Humanities > Diorama/3d model Arts > Global awareness material Write a news report for the news channel on TV. “Portals discovered in Melbourne Zoo”. The new report must be videoed for presentation at the Conference (No. 19) Literacy Write a newspaper article around the photo taken in Number 4. “Mysterious visitor to Zoo” (Articles will be displayed at the conference) Literacy Conference at the end. As a way of presenting their reports the students could attend a ‘conference’ presenting and listening to their work. There could be media ‘awards’ at lunch for the news items. Presentation of zoo diorama - delegation of task animal, environment read through links on webquests on LMS portal signs for zoo photos of us travelling though portal games? picture from journey proforma sheets starter activities for 1. animals Ali 2. culture Rich Ali maths Rich dioramas
 * **Culture**
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 * Prepare a report on the culture of your country Humanities
 * **pop, traditional, sport, cuisine** Research the cuisine of your country and find some snack foods that you can make to share (lunch at the conference?) Humanities
 * biggest exports economic activities
 * biggest exports economic activities
 *  Imagine that while you are in the other zoo you met a child from that country and they came back through the portal to Australia. What animals would they be interested in? Why? Humanities
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the Unit prepare a powerpoint about your research to the class (see number 19).
 * In the animals native
 * country ie where the animal livs in the wild, how so they interact with people - are there any problems?
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 * 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. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: red;">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How do you think the animals travel from their country of origin to the zoo? What are the quarantine restrictions? What does quarantine mean and why do animals have to be quarantined. Write the journey from the animals point of view.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Science: Glitterbug experiment showing spread of disease from person to person.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Invite the local community members from those countries to speak to the children. Humanities
 * Return through the Portal**
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 * To do**

Giraffe - africa Elephant - thailand Giant tortoise - madagascar
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Sun bear - asia where? snake / frog? other [|www.zoos-worldwide.de]

Rather than read a whole book, we could read a chapter of a novel each day to expose them to a wider range of literature…I was thinking about time/space travel and came up with the following: Harry Potter and the floo powder (First used in book #3?) Ali Edwin and the wardrobe in ‘The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’ Ali Journey to the centre of the earth (a cave) Rich Alice and the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland Rich Gulliver in Gulliver’s Travels (a whirlpool) Mary Poppins and the chalk pictures others? Learning Outcomes
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