The view at the zoo: A VideoGraphic scavenger hunt as the basis for an interdisciplinary field trip!

Using creative journaling students will plan out what concepts they will record during their scavenger hunt and edit their video accordingly. Zoo/Classroom assignment data-collection sheet. Students record their concepts and corresponding photograph numbers to use for reference when constructing their final video.



PICTURE NUMBER
CONCEPT TOPIC (BE SPECIFIC) PICTURE DESCRIPTION

1 SCIENCE (5 concepts)
2 Language Arts (5 Concepts)
3 Math (5 concepts)
4 Social Studies (5 concepts)
5 Electives (2 concepts)


Here is a list of the concepts from the core areas:
Math
• Measurement
• Two-dimensional geometric shapes
• Three-dimensional geometric shapes
• Fraction or percentage
• Evidence of showing a ratio
Science
• Adaptation for protection
• Adaptation for obtaining food
• Habitat and biome—take a picture of an animal and
explain its habitat and name the biome where it lives
• Food chain—take a picture of an animal and then
design a food chain around it
• Take a picture or pictures to explain how the zoo classifies
its animals


Language arts
• Greek or Latin roots
• Write a simile, metaphor, and hyperbole about your
picture
• Nonfiction text
• Problem-solution text feature
• Cause-effect text feature
Social studies
• Take a picture of the zoo entrance. Give the zoo’s
relative location.
• Take a picture of an animal that lives in a country we
have studied. Name the country and continent.
• Take a picture of a “region” that is part of a zoo exhibit.
• Name the region and describe it as a “place.”
• Rivers were key in developing civilizations. Take a picture
of an animal that lives in a river or along its banks.
• Music is part of culture. Take a picture of an instrument from a specific culture

In the classroom: The recorded video presentation will be edited and organized by the student groups Using their data sheets for reference, the student
groups design a narrated video that includes
each unit/ video clip and a caption that explains how
the video illustrates a specific concept.