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Animal Characteristics

1st Grade Unit 14

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Student Journal for Virtual Zoo Trip

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Let’s go on a field trip!

This way to the

Next Stop:

Fort Worth, TX

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Name: Lion

Where it Lives:

Africa- grassland

What it Eats:

  • antelopes
  • zebras
  • mice
  • birds

Characteristics:

  • live in groups of 15 or more called prides.
  • male's loud roar, can be heard five miles away.
  • spends 16-20 hours of the day sleeping or resting.

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Name: Giant Panda

Where it Lives:

bamboo forest in China

What it Eats:

  • bamboo shoots and leaves
  • fish
  • small animals

Characteristics:

  • good climbers
  • good swimmers
  • Broad, flat teeth

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Name: Asian Elephants

Where it Lives:

tropical forests and grasslands of Southeast Asia

What it Eats:

  • roots
  • grasses
  • fruit

Characteristics:

  • Uses its trunk to eat and get water to put on body.
  • Flaps ears to cool and fan body when hot.

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Coral Reef Fish Cam

3 camara views

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Penguin Web Cam

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Did you enjoy the field trip?

This way home!

Next Stop:

School