Day 3 Awesome Animals

DAY 3: Awesome Animals

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.
Mythilion
Means 2 words, Mythic and Lion. He has a really long golden and mythical hair. He has the strength of a Dung beetle. He has the most horrific roar that nearly cracks the earth. He has the sharpest plus dirtiest from all the fearful wars he has been into. Mythilion has the sharpest and brightest teeth I have ever seen.

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.
I would be a ranger.
Reason number 1: I would be a ranger if I had no other jobs I dreamed to have. I would have that job because I like learning new things and if they evolve into new things, like what happens if they didn't look the same when they were first discovered. I think that their skin is light green with blue sideways eyes and are 5 times it's size.
Dangerous reason number 1: It will be a dangerous journey there. Because there might be some intruders stealing their research equipment.

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.

ANSWERS 1!
Question: The name of the animal the WWF is working to save. 
Answer 1: The World Wildlife Fund is working to save the Saimaa ringed seals which is fresh water seals from the cold and so their pups won't die from humans, predators, and the cold. If the Saimaa ringed seals are not going to build a snow bank for their pups, half of them will die.
Question 2: What the WWF is doing to help the animal.
Answer 2: The World Wildlife Fund is working to build more snow banks for seals so they can make more pups and stay safe from humans, predators and the cold.
Question 3: What, if any, success they have had protecting the animal.
Answer 3:  The World Wildlife Fund is a bit struggling on a long term plan and if the pups grow even more, then they need more action and people to help with making the snow banks.

ANSWERS 2! 
Question 1: The name of the animal the WWF is working to save:
Answer 1: The WWF is working to save the tigers from hunters out in the wild for their meat to eat and skin for warmth.
Question 2: What the WWF is doing to help the animal.
Answer 2: They are in different countries protecting tigers out in the wild from predators or hunters to kill them until extinct.
Question 3: What, if any, success they have had protecting the animal.
Answer 3: The WWF is having great progress, but sometimes a bit too late until the hunters kill the tigers but WWF is having more progress more than the hunters out in the wild.