Inquiry+Learning

=**Alive to Survive** =

During this inquiry we will be looking at African Wildlife, their habitat and how they survive.
Gather

//What do we already know? //

 //Our questions // What do wild animals need to survive? Where do they live? What do wild animals eat? What is a habitat? How do they die? What do wild animals do? What do the different wild animals eat? Why are some wild animals dangerous? Are there more African wild animals that we don't know of?
 * 1) We know that the wild animals live in Africa.
 * 2) They need water and food to survive.
 * 3) Some wild animals we can think of are:
 * lions[[image:http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/rap_sheet/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/african-lion-closeup.jpg width="231" height="160" align="right" caption="Lion"]]
 * cheetahs
 * leopards[[image:http://naturescrusaders.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/running-cheetah.jpg width="217" height="148" align="right" caption="Cheatah"]]
 * zebras[[image:http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/zebra-camo.jpg width="240" height="166" align="right" caption="zebras"]]
 * hippos
 * elephants
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">giraffes[[image:http://www.giraffes.org/giraffe-12.jpg width="169" height="209" align="right" caption="Giraffes"]]
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">buffalo
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">hyenas
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">rhinos

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 * Some YouTube clips to help us find out more about African wildlife. **

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">We have found out that these animals live in the African Savannah. Some eat meat and some eat only grasses and plants. We have learnt that animals that eat meat are called carnivores and animals which eat grasses and plants are called herbivores. Some carnivores are: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Some herbivores are:
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">lions
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">cheetahs
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">leopards
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">hyenas
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">wild dogs
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">elephants
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">gazelle and impala
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">giraffes
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">zebras
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">hippos
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">buffalo
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">wildebeest

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> We have learnt where the African Savannah is.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 210%;">We made a wild life poster! media type="custom" key="5956371"