Module 11 The world around us

1 Which of these animals do you think you would find in the zoo?

lion cat snake crocodile

dog turtle giraffe mouse
dolphin chimpanzee donkey snail

2 You are going to look at a webpage about London Zoo and decide what animals you would
like to see. To see the page, type in: http://www.zsl.org/london-zoo. To find information about
animals in the zoo, click on Meet the animals in the second line at the top of the page. When
the page appears you will be able to see the different types of animals in the table below.

3 Look at the information about the different types of animals. Decide on one animal of each
type that you would be interested in seeing. Complete the table below with information about
these animals.

Type of animal: MAMMALS BIRDS INVERTEBRATES REPTILES,

AMPHIBIANS AND
FISH

Name of animal:

Animal facts:

Where they live:

Habitat:

What they eat:

4 Now tell your partner about the animals you would like to see and explain why you would like
to see them.

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TEACHERS NOTES:

Module 11 The world around us

Aim: For students to use the Internet to do research about animals in London Zoo. This
worksheet leads on from the topic of the module, which has focussed on the animal world.

Time: 45 minutes

Materials: Photocopies of the worksheet for each student.

1. Students decide which of the animals they would normally find in a zoo.

2. Tell students that they are going to look at a website about London Zoo. Check that students
have opened the main page correctly and that they have opened the Meet the animals
section.

3. Students look at the different types of animals and choose one of each type (mammals, birds
etc.) they would be interested in seeing. Students complete the table with the information
about the animals they have chosen. In the section Animal facts, tell students to find one
piece of interesting information about each animal.

4. Students tell their partners about the animals they are interested in seeing and explain why
they would like to see these animals.

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