SLJ- Week 1 Day 3 Awesome Animals- Activity 1&2&3

Activity 1: Fantastic Beasts [4 points]

In New Zealand, we have many unusual animals. One of the most unusual is the kiwi bird - a bird that does not have wings and can not fly. Pretty strange, eh?! J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, has recently written a new book about strange or unusual animals called ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.’

For this activity, please watch this cool book trailer. Year 7 and Year 8 students in South Auckland, New Zealand helped to make it. Once you have watched the video, use your imagination and create your very own beast. What does your beast look, smell, feel, and sound like?

On your blog, post a description of your beast. Use interesting adjectives (describing words) to tell us about your beast.

You know the Shreck in the movie, my beast smells like Shreck but his skin is PINK. He has a squeaky voice and he sounds like a mouse. He is as fast as Flash but he is as fat as Snorlax the pokemon. He is a very crazy beast but also sensitive. Whenever someone makes fun of him he will cry and cry for a LONG time and he will stop crying if someone gives him apple juice, he really likes apple juice. 

Activity 2: The Secretive Skink [4 points]

We have a number of small lizards (geckos and skinks) living in New Zealand. One of the least common is the Chevron Skink. According to the Department of Conservation, Chevron Skinks live mostly on two islands - Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island. These islands are ‘animal reserves.’ Very few people, other than staff working for the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), are allowed to live there. The DOC staff are called ‘Rangers.’ Their job is to protect the wildlife (animals and plants) living on the island.

Would you like to be a DOC ranger and live with the animals on Great Barrier Island?

On your blog list three pros (good things) and three cons (bad things) about working as a DOC ranger. At the bottom of your post, tell us whether you would like to be a DOC Ranger or not.

3 Good Things About Working As A DOC Ranger

1. You could see other different animals.
2. Learn about them (What they like to eat and dislikes, there habitats)
3. Help the animals.

3 Bad Things About Working As A DOC Ranger\

1. If your scared or hate animals, A DOC Ranger won't be the right job for you.
2. SOME (Not ALL, SOME) animals can hurt you (If you don't want to get hurt)
3. It can be hard (If you don't want to do a lot of things)

I want to be a DOC ranger because, I could help other animals but I have a fear of animals and insects. That's why I want to get rid of my fear of animals and insects.

Activity 3: The WWF: World Wildlife Fund [10 points]

In 1961, a number of people came together to start an organisation called the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The main goal of this organisation was/is to protect life on earth. Hundreds of WWF staff work in countries all over the world trying to protect our planet and the animals who live here. To learn more about their amazing work, click on one of the two video links below.

Clip #1: Freshwater Seals

Clip #2: Tigers

Once you have watched the video, go to your blog and, using full sentences, tell us:
1) The name of the animal the WWF is working to save.
2) What the WWF is doing to help the animal.

3) What, if any, success they have had protecting the animal.

1&2
Clip 1- The WWF staff workers are building snowbanks for the freshwater seals. The seals give birth in a lair and it digs into a snowbank. If there aren't any snowbanks, the newborn seals are born in open ice and they won't have any protection against predators, cold and disturbance of humans. Half of the newborn seals could die. They are also making along term plan which it also includes taking action to the climate change.

Clip 2- I don't really understand this but I think the WFF team are protecting the tigers in parts of the world such as in Russia, Bhutan, London, Pavel, Singye and Ollie. They are trying to look for them and research about them.

3.  
1st Clip- They succeeded on making snowbanks for the newborn seals and protecting them from any disturbance and predators.
2nd Clip- They succeeded on protecting the tigers from different parts of the world.