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Watch the animals being fed at the Zoo: http://www.actwild.org.au/zoofeeds/

**__ ZOO REPORT WRITING __** This is what I plan to do...   I was surprised that....    My proudest moment was....  I already knew...  My question is...    First I need to...    I think we should...    I plan to...    I’m not sure about...    I think we’re learning about this because...    I have learnt...   The most important thing I have learnt is...    Now I plan to...  This is how I plan to use my new knowledge/skills...  I can now...    I now know...    I will always remember...    I still wonder...    I will evaluate my...    I feel...    This is important to me because...    I was surprised that...    I am most proud of...    I wish I had...    I need to improve...    The best part of this is...    I would have liked to...    I got a lot better at...    Next time I will...
 * Write a report about our Zoo visit. **
 * Use the following rubric to establish quality work standards. **
 * ** Standards ** || ** 1 beginning** || ** 2 developing** || ** 3 consolidating** || ** 4 established** ||
 * **Content/information is accurate, interesting and creative.**
 * Each activity is described clearly and with good detail.** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **Presentation is organised in a clear way and not just a collection of sentences.**
 * Structure is well developed with a clear beginning, middle, ending.** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **Writing demonstrates appropriate grammar, punctuation, spelling and paragraphing.** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **The 10 sentence starters are used creatively and accurately in the report. The sentence starters explain how I feel about the issues we discussed.** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** Use at least 10 of the following sentence starters in your report to focus on what you learnt and experienced. Don’t forget to continue your statement with a justification as to why. **
 * For example: **
 * My proudest moment ** was when a beautiful blue butterfly came and landed on my HEAD because they are so delicate!!! ** I already know ** that tortoises can grow up to 100 YEARS!!!!!!! ** I was surprised that ** palm oil grows on palm oil trees and they need to destroy the orangutan’s habitat to grow the palm oil trees.
 * Highlight the key words in colour so they are easy to see. **


 * There is no personal diary due on Monday but this zoo report must be completed by Wed **



this is a report that has been put together from statements written by all the students in 2009

Zoo report

Dear Mrs Charuckyj On Friday we went to the zoo and I’m going to tell you all about it….

We first had to walk to Moreland station. //T//hen went in the train. Our stop was at R oyal P ark Z oo. We had to walk across the road then enter. W hen we were in the zoo we had to put our lunch down under one of those shelters then continue on. I plan to have a great time because it’s the zoo and it’s supposed to be fun.

I was surprised that they (out) had a snow tiger in a place like that. I think they should have put some more protection for the people who come to see the tiger. I am wondering about the palm oil and the orangutans .I t’s unfair what they are doing. T hey should search for a different oil. This is important to me because I don’t want (them) orangutans to die, because I think of humans being extinct. After we saw the lions and hyenas, the place smelt like scat, the lion looked lazy, the hyenas always have a smile on their(e ) faces. It kind of freaks me out. This is how I’m going to find out information, I’m going to write the animal ’ s names down on the map and read the description on the plaques. Next we went to the reptiles. They looked all slimy and gross; I think one of the snakes wanted to eat me. I now know that the South African turtle is endangered because of drought. After we left the reptile enclosure we went around to go and eat our play lunch. As we went around we saw the giant tortoises but I thought they were statues until one of them moved.

After play we went to through the real life jungle. I now plan to learn new things because after I learnt a lot about endangered animals I thought maybe I should study it. I feel happy so far everything has been going perfect. After we went past the jungle we saw the elephants .T hey are huge and for some reason I like seeing them. I am most proud of me making it out of the butterfly enclosure alive because it was so hot. Then the bit I was waiting for - the orangutan enclosure. T hey looked so cute and they were really flexible. I would have liked it if they didn’t keep hiding. Later we had to go back and go with the woman who was going to tell us about palm oil and gorillas. I think we are learning about this because gorillas and orangutans need us. You never know .M aybe if she didn’t tell us we wouldn’t tell our family and stop generations from using palm oil. Myquestion is why can’t they make one whole place for gorillas and orangutans that people can’t go to ? We went behind to the restricted area and saw a gorilla eating. The woman told us about the amount of phones being made by coltan and that the gorillas are left with nothing so they die. After that we went to this place ( with a roof)where she gave us some stuff like butter or Tim tams .M ost of them had vegetable oil in it but it really is palm oil to trick people so they can make money. We w ent back to the orangutan enclosure again and saw the orangutans. One of them didn’t like us so he or she got up and slept somewhere else. I think I need to improve on listening because I’m always doing something else while the teacher is talking.

Later we went back to have lunch. I went to the canteen and bought some food. After lunch we saw the polar bears and the wombats .T hey looked so cute and a little hairy. After that we saw the emus and the kangaroos, the kangaroos kept running away. We also saw the birds .T hey were all nocturnal so they didn’t move.

I n the end we left. We went back into the train and stopped at Moreland station. To my surprise I saw Edward, my friend from 2008. I was happy to see him that end just my day ? W e went back to school and went home thinking about the zoo in a different way.

The End By Aydin Deran The program is called Act Wild and features images, videos, fun facts, a Zoo keeper blog, student forum and an events calendar to enable you to get grubby by joining local conservation events. ||  ||   || Our amazing wildlife need our help now more than ever.
 * BELOW is a project the zoo is running to enable you to help wildlife.

August 16, 2-3pm **Orang-utans** September 13, 2-3pm **Frogs** October 18, 2-3pm **Gorillas** November 22, 2-3pm **Zebras** ||
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 * Your actions can help save wildlife!**

Many students and teachers want to do something real to help wildlife but are unsure where to start. By visitingwww.actwild.org.au you can learn more about some of our iconic animals such as gorillas, tigers, orang-utans, platypus, and frogs and the simple actions we can all do to directly benefit these species in the wild. Act Wild features images, videos, fun facts, a Zoo keeper blog, student forum and an events calendar to enable you to get grubby by joining local conservation events. Students can join in our monthly web conferences with zoo experts and have lot's of opportunities to get creative through video mash-ups and other challenging projects. iPhone & iPod touch users will soon be able to download our free Act Wild App which features shopping tips, videos, fun facts, blog feeds, and the ability to take and upload photos and ask questions of our zoo keepers. All content can be used or mashed up for educational purposes under a Creative Commons license and all key functionality is accessible through website or on mobile devices. This project has been funded by the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) as part of the FUSE (Find, Use, Share Education) digital content initiatives. || http://www.actwild.org.au/ This is the home page of the "actwild' site. This site will help you learn more about endangered species.
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This report was written by students following our visit to the zoo in 2009. **__ The Grade 5/6 Excursion to the Royal Melbourne Zoo __** OnFriday August 14th, the grade 5/6s went to the Royal Melbourne Zoo. We got there by train. When we arrived we put our bags in the seating bay and set off. I took my camera with me. The zoo was first built in 1927. I was so excited. We went to the zoo to learn about endangered animals. Daniella

I saw lots of different kinds of animals like tigers, bears, lions, elephants, zebras, birds, baboons, kangaroos, red tree panda, giraffes and so on. Nofa

We continued walking and saw a few more animals but my favorite place was the reptile home. I wish I was able to stay there for most of the day but we had to keep moving. There was something funny though because we saw a turtle with a massive lizard lying on top of it. There were a few crocodiles but they were mostly small and hiding under the water so we didn’t get a good look, which was a pity since I love reptiles. We didn’t see my animal I’m doing for my endangered animal project but I didn’t expect it because they live in Mexico. It is a lizard which breeds by itself. Ellias

After we saw the Australian animals, we went in the bird aviary. The first thing I saw was a female or male cassowary and I could not believe that I saw a cassowary up close. The bird aviary looked like a tropical rainforest. Saleh

I will always remember when I kneeled down to the window for the meercats enclosure and I put my hand against the glass window and the baby meercat put it’s hand against it where my hand was (So Cute!!). Eilish

When we went into the butterfly cage, it was like global warming was coming, but it wasn’t. It was boiling and if butterflies don’t live in hot weather they will die. No butterflies landed on me but some of the people were holding them or stepping on them with out looking, so it was bad. Jamal

I will always remember the butterfly house because it is so hot and no one could breathe in there. Malak

I now know that half of the world’s frogs will be extinct and I will always remember this. I was surprised that there is an animal called a duck bill platypus and that was the best part of the zoo. I didn’t know what a platypus was. I read that it is the only mammal in the world that lays eggs and it can swim very fast. Rasikh

I also remember finding out about tigers. The Sumatran tiger, which is critically endangered, is very aggressive. People think it should be killed because it killed two people. They don’t realize that they were intruding in its habitat and that it was probably starving from the deforestation, which led to less prey. Once again, humans have caused the problem. Uni On the other side there was the tree kangaroo and red panda. The red panda was sitting in a tree and there were two red pandas. The tree kangaroo were sitting on their houses’ roof. They were looking at us. Rico There was a zoo school, which we went to and learnt at. I learnt about palm oil and why it is bad. Tharaa

I have learnt that Orangutans are 94% like the humans in everyway possible. I already know about the palm oil problem. The problem is that the rainforests are getting cut down to plant more palm oil trees for more profit. But everyone knows, that palm oil is bad so the owners call it vegetable oil so people still buy it. So the government is making laws to make people write the right name of their product on the packaging. They have made this program called “don’t palm us off” to help protect the orangutans. They say “don’t palm us off” because there is a problem with the palm oil. We should not buy food with palm oil in it. Ertem

My question is why can’t they make one whole place for gorillas and orangutans that people can’t go to?We went behind to the restricted area and saw a gorilla eating. The zoo teacher told us about the amount of phones being made by mining for the mineral coltan and that the gorillas are left with nothing to eat and nowhere to live, so they die. We will be collecting mobile phones to recycle at our school. Next we went to the reptiles. They looked all slimy and gross; I think one of the snakes wanted to eat me. I now know that the South African turtle is endangered because of drought. Adin

The best part of this is that I got to see and learn about animals and endangered animals. Krystal

Because of this excursion to the zoo I got a lot better at understanding and caring about animals. Kevin