Panda Curriculum Guides for Grades K-4
Activity Overview and Objectives
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Activity 1
Exploring
Animal Diets and Sizes
Using measurement and books, students will gain a better
understanding of animal size, diversity, and diet through
the fun study of wildlife.
Activity 2
Panda-centered
Animal Collage
Students will explore animal diversity by cutting and pasting
animal pictures and crowning off their work with a giant panda
picture.
Activity 3
Giant
Panda Diorama
Students will learn about the giant panda and its habitat
by creating a diorama of this animal in its temperate forest
home.
Activity 4
Giant
Panda Pretend
Students will play the part of giant pandas in the wild, gaining
an understanding of how dwindling habitat can limit giant
panda activity.
Activity 5
Panda
Class Story
Through an ongoing string of quickly created sentences, your
students will create an original story based on a giant panda.
Activity 6
Giant
Panda Scavenger Hunt
By collecting various objects relating in one way or another
to giant pandas, students can pretend that they are biologists
learning more about these animals and various things associated
with them.
Activity 7
Giant
Panda Poster or Mural
Working in pairs or as a class, students will research, draw,
and paint a poster or mural highlighting the plight of the
giant panda, with strong emphasis on the importance of its
forest habitat. This activity will increase their awareness
of environmental issues while they work on a fun, creative
project.
Activity 8
Giant
Panda Vital Statistics
Before visiting the Zoo's pandas, students will gain a better
appreciation of panda size and diet by seeing numbers "come
to life."
Activity 9
Animals:
Where in the World?
Each assigned a plastic toy animal, students will research
their animal's diet, range, and status, then place the animal
on a large floor map, identifying the continent where it lives.
Activity 10
The
Bear Facts
By coloring and assembling an illustrated map, students will
become familiar with the world's eight bear species and the
continents where they live.
Activity 11
Giant
Panda Picture and Story
After returning from a Zoo visit, students will draw a picture
of one or two of the Zoo's pandas at a favorite part of the
exhibit. Students will follow up the picture with a story,
either written or oral.
Activity 12
Giant
Panda Song
Through song, students will create lyrics relating to giant
pandas and zoos.
