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Create a Mini Zoo

Group animals by habitat, design enclosures and write keeper talks for visitors.

Your mission

Design a small zoo where every animal has exactly what it needs.

Learning goals

  • • Sort animals by habitat and diet
  • • Design a space for a living thing
  • • Speak clearly to an audience

You'll need

  • • Toy animals or drawings
  • • Boxes
  • • Paper and colours

Optional: Camera or tablet for photos of your work

Project stages

0/4 tasks

Discover

~20 min

Find out what you already know and gather ideas before you start building.

  • Animal sort

    Group your animals by where they live.

    ~20 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your discover work and explain why you chose it.

Plan

~20 min

Turn your ideas into a plan you can actually follow.

  • Zoo map

    Draw a map showing where each habitat will go.

    ~20 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your plan work and explain why you chose it.

Create

~50 min

Make the main part of your project.

  • Build the habitats

    Make each enclosure with food, water and shelter.

    ~50 min · Parent guidance: Stay nearby for set-up, then let your learner lead.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your create work and explain why you chose it.

Present

~15 min

Share your work with your family or group.

  • Keeper talk

    Give a short keeper talk about your favourite animal.

    ~15 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your present work and explain why you chose it.

Australian Curriculum links

Science · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply Science skills while planning, making and presenting "Create a Mini Zoo".

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English · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply English skills while planning, making and presenting "Create a Mini Zoo".

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The Arts · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply The Arts skills while planning, making and presenting "Create a Mini Zoo".

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Curriculum links are editorial suggestions only. Tivoraly is not endorsed by or affiliated with ACARA.

Reflection

  • • What part of this project are you most proud of?
  • • What was tricky, and how did you work it out?
  • • What would you change if you did it again?
  • • What is one new thing you can now explain to someone else?

Completion checklist

  • ☐ All stages marked complete
  • ☐ Final product finished
  • ☐ Evidence uploaded (photo, writing, audio or video)
  • ☐ Reflection questions answered
  • ☐ Presented to family or group
  • ☐ Parent review complete