Life Cycles - Oregon Zoo
Eco Explorer Series - 3Life CyclesThird GradeField Trip Activity GuideField Trip Activity Guide 2017/18P a g e 1
Eco Explorer Series - 3NOTES FOR CHAPERONESWelcome to the Oregon Zoo! Thank you for helping to make this field trip a success.As a chaperone, please remember the following: Keep our animals safe. Remind students not to bang on the glass, yell at the animals, or throwthings into the exhibit. Keep the group together. Your entire group should always be together – regardless of age andindependence. Encourage curiosity and exploration. Help students learn and explore by asking questions thatkeep them involved; responding positively to their answers and ideas; and encouraging them tolearn by observing. Keep students focused. Make sure students are participating in activities, and gently redirectthem if they are having trouble focusing. Respect the zoo grounds. Make sure students don’t litter, write on walls, climb on exhibits or doanything else that may damage property. Respect other visitors. Remind students that they will be sharing the zoo with many otherpeople. Please take turns watching the animals, keep voices low and walk rather than run.First AidFirst Aid stations are located in the AfriCafe, the reception office at the zoo entrance, and theAdministration building by the Education Center. Contact any uniformed employee for assistance.Lost StudentsIn the event that students are separated from your group, please notify a uniformed zoo employee orone wearing a nametag. Children should be instructed to do this as well. Please have a completeclothing and appearance description of the lost child(ren). Lost children will be taken to the zoo’s mainoffice at the front of the zoo. Inquire there for lost and found items as well.Recycling StationsThe zoo is strongly committed to sustainable living. On-grounds recycling stations are available foraluminum cans, juice bottles, glass containers, and other items. You can help the zoo save wildlifehabitat by recycling these items whenever possible.Gift ShopStudents must be accompanied in the gift shop. Students without chaperones will be asked to leave.Field Trip Activity Guide 2017/18P a g e 2
Eco Explorer Series - 3STUDENTS IN MY GROUP1.5.2.6.3.7.4.8.We will meet for LUNCH at:We will meet to get on the BUS at:am/pmam/pmat:at:Use this map with thenumbered clues on thenext page to complete theactivity.Field Trip Activity Guide 2017/18P a g e 3
Eco Explorer Series - 3Learning TargetsAs a result of this field trip, I will be able to: Identify the four stages of all life cycles as birth, growth, reproduction, and death. Describe why understanding an animal’s life cycle is crucial to protecting it. Name one action you and your families can take to help protect animals throughouttheir life cycles.ActivityUse the map and the clues below to explore the life cycles of some amazing animals as you walk throughthe zoo. Use the clues below to find an animal that matches the life cycle described.Animal 1I am an insect that lives in burrows and under rocks in the Sonorandesert. I hatch from an egg and look like a smaller version of myparents when I hatch. Unlike many arthropods (animals with a hardexoskeleton), my mother will care for me when I am young. I can liveto be five years old. I am a .Animal 2I am a reptile that lives in the African rain forest. I began my life in aleathery egg buried in a mound of rotting plants. The heat from therotting plants helps to keep the eggs warm for the 95 days it will takefor them to hatch. I look like a smaller version of my parents when Ihatch. Neither of my parents will help raise me. I can live 50 years ormore. I am a .Animal 3I am an amphibian that also lives in the African rain forest. I am oneof up to 3,000 eggs laid by my mom in shallow water. I don’t lookanything like my parents when I enter the world. I spend mychildhood in water and breathe using gills. Neither of my parentshelps raise me. I will undergo metamorphosis as I transition fromchildhood to adulthood. As an adult I will have legs and can live onland. As an adult, when it gets too hot I can cover myself in mucusand hide underground. I am a .Field Trip Activity Guide 2017/18P a g e 4
Eco Explorer Series - 3Animal 4I am a small rodent that lives in an underground burrow in the Africansavanna. I am one of up to 30 born live to the queen of the colony. I looklike a smaller version of my mom. During childhood I will be cared for bya non-working member of my colony. I will only have babies if I becomequeen one day. I can live to be 15 to 20 years of age. I am a.Animal 5I live in the jungles of Asia. I am born live, and look just like a tinyversion of my parents. By tiny, I mean about 200 pounds!I stay close to my mom when I’m little, but everyone in my herd helpstake care of me. I usually live for 46-56 years.I am an .Animal 6I am a bird that lives along the west coasts of Peru and Chile on the PacificOcean. I am one of two eggs laid in a burrow dug in the soft ground, which ismade up of guano (poop!). I hatch after about six weeks of incubation and amcovered in fluffy down feathers. I will have the same shape as my parentswhen I’m born, and they’ll take care of me in the nest until my outer layer ofwaterproof feathers has grown in. I can live 15 to 20 years.I am a .Animal 7I am a fish that lives in the Pacific Northwest. I am one of many eggs mymom lays in a nest (redd) on the bottom of a gravelly stream. I look like asmaller version of my parents when I hatch. Neither of my parents helpsraise me. I spend the first year of my life in fresh water before migratingout to the sea. I will return to my home stream when I am ready to laymy own eggs. I can live 3 to 8 years. I am a.Animal 8I am a bird that also lives in the Pacific Northwest. I am one of twoeggs laid by my mom in a nest on top of a tall tree. I will look like asmaller fluffier version of my parents when I hatch from my egg.Both of my parents will help care for me until I fledge from the nest.I can live to be 20 years of age. I am a.Field Trip Activity Guide 2017/18P a g e 5
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their life cycles. Activity Use the map and the clues below to explore the life cycles of some amazing animals as you walk through the zoo. Use the clues below to find an animal that matches the life cycle described. Animal 1 I am an insect that lives in burrows and under rocks in the Sonoran desert.
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