Zoo Web QuestAndrea Guelfi7th Grade

Question

Students will pick jobs available at the Brookfield Zoo and will work together to pitch a new exhibit to the Board of Directors at the Brookfield Zoo.

The Brookfield Zoo Board of Directors is looking to add a new exhibit to the zoo. Your group should pick an animal that you think would be a good addition to the zoo. What animal should you pick? What are the costs? What does this animal need in order to live in a zoo? What are the health risks? Your group will find out all these answers and more to prepare you for your presentation to the Board of Directors at The Brookfield Zoo.

Task

By the end of this Web Quest you will:

Understand the different jobs at a zoo

Pick an animal to research

Each job has their own information to research

Type up a notes page with all your research and all the websites you may

use

Put all the research together into a presentation

Present for the Board of Directors at the Brookfield Zoo

Roles

Animal Curator

Responsible for finding an animal, researching the animal, and designing the exhibit.

Registrar

Responsible for finding how much it will cost to transport the animal, take care of the animal and make the exhibit.

Veterinarian Zoo Keeper

Responsible for the health care and collection of health records for the animals

Responsible for the daily care of the animals. Such as feedings, cleaning, and researching the animals to better take care of them.

Animal Curator

The official job of an animal curator is to research animals and their habitats. They

are the people who find animals around the world and bring them into their zoos.

It is your job to research an animal and learn everything you can about what how

that species lives in captivity, what their habitats look like, and how you can

recreate that habitat in your exhibit. You should work with your zoo keeper to

research the animal of your choice.

Use this link to help you better understand your job- Animal Curator

Registrar

The official job of the registrar is to cost out how much it take to transport the

animal to the zoo, build the new exhibit, feed the animal, and any take care of the

animal. Once your group has decided on an animal you will to research how much

it will take to transport that animal safely to the zoo, how much it will cost to feed

the animal annually, and how much it will cost to provide all the healthcare that

the animal needs for at least one year. You can work with your veterinarian to

learn about the basic health care needs for the animal or any medication the

animal may need.

Use this link to help you better understand your job- Registrar

Veterinarian

The official job of a veterinarian is to examine animals, treat animals, and keep

health records on each animal in the zoo. They are the first people to see the

animals when they come into the zoo because they check for any illnesses,

injuries, and check the overall health of the animal. Once your group picks an

animal you will do your research on all the health needs for the animal. Learn

about the basic health issues this animal usually has, any special medications

they animal may need and how others of your animals are doing in captivity.

Use this link to help you better understand your job- Veterinarian

Zoo Keeper

The official job of a zoo keeper is to look after all the animals in the zoo. They are

the ones who take care of the animals, feed the animals, and clean the exhibits for

the animals. Most importantly they know everything about their animals. They

know where the animal sleeps, what they eat, what like to do for fun in the wild.

So once your group has picked your animal you will research everything about

that animal because you will the one who comes into direct contact with the

animal majority of the time.

Use this link to help you better understand your job- Zoo Keeper

Description

0 Points 1 Point 2 Points

Group Participation

Being in a group means working together and sharing all the information you gather with your group mates.

Group members don’t work together and does not share information with each other

Group works somewhat well together but does more individual work

Group works well together throughout whole project and shares information with each other

Individual Research Notes

Has at least a page and a half of notes related to the animal in the perspective of their job.

No notes Has less than a page of notes, not typed, few citations

Has a page and a half of notes, typed, with citation

PowerPoint Powerpoint is neat and shows that each group member contributed to it.

Powerpoint has many spelling errors, not neat or organized, distracting transitions

Powerpoint is somewhat neat and organized, few spelling errors, transitions are somewhat approperiate

Powerpoint is neat and organized, has no spelling errors, transitions are approperiate

Presentation Group takes turns presenting their slides and speaking to the board of directors (classmates)

One person does all the talking while the other members stay silent

Two members of the group do all the talking while the other two stay silent

All members of the group speak and present their sildes.

Resources

Picture slide 2-http://mold-a-rama.com/web_images/brookfield_zoo_logo.jpg

Slide 4 Roles - Short decriptions- http://nationalzoo.si.edu/education/wildlifecareers/zoojobs.cfm

Slide 5

Animal Curator-http://www.uri.edu/roadmap/departments/avs/careers/animalCurator/index.htm

Slide 6 Registrar- https://www.aazk.org/job_postings/zoo-registrar/

Slide 7

Veterinarian- https://www.aazk.org/job_postings/zoo-registrar/

Slide 8 Zoo keeper- https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/

zookeeper.aspx