1. ELA
1.1. Communicating
1.1.1. retelling information to teacher and then to the audience (I.3.2)
1.1.2. Asking questions
1.2. Presentation
1.2.1. present habitats to audience (C.1.3)
1.3. Writing
1.3.1. write facts gathered from research (W.2.1)
1.4. Reading
1.4.1. read books about different types of animals (K.L.2A.1) (K.L.2A.5) (K.L.2A.6)
1.5. Research
1.5.1. take notes on videos and books (I.3.2)
1.5.2. compare/contrast animals (RI.5.1)
1.5.3. discuss the difference between animals in the zoo and in the wild
2. Technology
2.1. Virtual Zoo Tours
2.2. Videos of animals in the wild
3. Community
3.1. bringing in an expert
4. Science
4.1. Exploring
4.1.1. Go on a nature walk (K.L.2A.1)
4.2. Observations
4.2.1. take notes during nature walk and during video tours (K.L.2A.1)
4.3. Hands on
4.3.1. bringing in animals for the students to touch
4.3.2. making their habitats (K.L.2A.6)
4.4. engineering
4.4.1. building their habitats (K.L.2A.5)
5. Math
5.1. Measurement
5.1.1. drawing blueprints to scale (K.MDA.1)
5.2. Graphing
5.2.1. graphing whole class favorite animals (K.MDA.4)
5.3. Counting
5.3.1. counting blocks on blueprint to see how big a space is (K.NS.5)
5.4. Models
5.4.1. constructing their habitat after drawing blueprints
5.5. Sorting
5.5.1. sort through the different animals and match which ones go together in the same habitat (K.MDA.3)