3-2-1 Nonfiction!

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This is your reading log response project this week.  You may complete it any time before next Monday.

Step 1:  Go to http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature.

Step 2:  Click on an animal you find interesting.  Do not choose an animal that one of your classmates already chose.  Read about your animal.

Step 3:  Tell us the name of your animal.  Cut and paste the website address so that we can quickly go to your animal's page.

Step 4:  Tell us three things you learned about your animal.

Step 5:  Ask two questions about your animal that someone could answer by clicking on your link.

Step 6:  Answer one of your classmates' questions.

32 thoughts on “3-2-1 Nonfiction!”

  1. I chose the SLOTH.
    http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Sloths

    Three Facts I Learned:
    1. Sloths sleep up to 20 hours every day!
    2. There are two-toed and three-toed sloths.
    3. Sloths can turn their heads almost all the way around because they have extra bones in their necks!

    Two Questions For You:
    1. Where do sloths live?
    2. What do sloths eat?

    One Answer to Your Questions:
    1. I will have to wait until someone else asks a question!

  2. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/anaconda/

    I chose the Anaconda.

    Three facts I learned:
    1. Anacondas can grow up to be up to 550 pounds.
    2. Anacondas are in the constrictor family.
    3. The anaconda is an aquatic snake. It lives in swamps, marshes, and slow moving rivers.

    Two questions for you:
    1. About how many children would it take to weigh as much as anaconda?
    2. How do constrictors kill their prey?

    One answer to your questions:
    Sloths live in tropical forests of Central and South America.

  3. I found a cool video of a yellow spotted salamander check it out by typing yellow spotted salamander in the search bar. The salamander’s leg gets bitten by a turtle and his/her leg grows back in like 5 seconds!

  4. I CHOOSE THE GRAY WOLF.
    http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/graywolf/

    tHESE ARE THE TREE FACTS I LEARNED
    1. YOUNG GRAY WOLF ALWAYSSTICK WITH THIER PARENTS TILL THEY ARE DTWO OR THREE YEARS OLD.

    2. THE GRAY WOLFS ARE THE LARGEST IN THE DOG FAMILY.

    3. A WOLF PRANCES AND BOWS ITS HEAD DOWN WHEN IT WANTS TO PLAY.

    TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU

    1. WHAT DOES A GRAY WOLF’S HOWL DO?

    2. WHAT AGE DOES A GRAY WOLF USALY LIVE UP TO?

    ON ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION:

    1. THE ANSWER TO MISS WILLIAM’S QUESTION #2 IS TROPICAL RAINFOREST!

  9. I chose the Tazmanian Devil.

    http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/tasmanian-devil/

    My three facts are:
    1. Tazmanian Devils live in Tazmania.
    2. Tazmanian Devils are the largest carnivore marsupial in the world.
    3. Tazmanian Devils are distant cousins from Kangaroos.

    Questions:

    1. What is a Tazmanian Devils favorite food?
    2.Is there a cancer on Tazmanian Devils?

    The answer to Ben’s question is:It would take about 11 children.

  11. I chose the Bull Shark.

    http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/bull-shark/

    My three facts are:
    1.Bull Sharks are known by severally names like Van Rooyens,Zambezi,Ganges,and Nicaragua.
    2.In the United States there are 16 shark attacks each year.
    3.A Bull Shark generally lives to be about 16 years old.

    Questions:
    1.What does a Bull Shark eat.
    2.Wich 3 sharks are most likely to attack humans.

    The answer to Jessica’s 2nd question is:A Gray Wolf usually lives for 6 to 8 years.

  16. My 2nd animal is the scorpions.
    http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/scorpions/

    Three facts about my animal:
    1. Scorpions used to live in water hundreds of millions of years ago!
    2. Scorpions have been around since before the age of the dinosaurs!
    3. Scorpions are now half the size of their ancient ancestors!

    Two questions for you:
    1. Where do scorpions live?
    2. About how long are the longest scorpions?

    1 answer to one of your questions:
    Devon, wolverines live in boreal forests, taiga, and tundra in the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and North America.

  17. My 3rd animal is the duck- billed platypus! http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/platypus/

    Three interesting facts:
    1. The first biologist to study them thought someone was playing joke on them since they are so strange looking!
    2. Male platypus’s have venom!
    3. They weigh about 3 pounds.

    Two questions for you:
    Where do they live?
    Where is their venom located?

    One answer to your question:
    Jennifer C, the answer to your question is bald eagles have been the national symbol of the United States since 1782.

  19. I chose the Brown Bear
    http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/brown-bear/
    I learned
    1. They are also called grizzly bears.
    2. A female brown bear’s milk is rich in fat and calories.
    3. Cubs live with their mothers for the frist three years.
    Two questions for you to answer
    1. Where do brown bears live?
    2. Who preys on baby cubs?
    Answer one classmate’s question
    The answer to Fiona’s first question – they generally stay under water for 30 seconds or less

  20. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/river-otter/
    I chose river otter
    1. A river Otter’s tail is about 1/3 of the animal’s total length.
    2. A river Otter can be underwater for 4 minutes.
    3. A river Otter can slide on their bellies as long as 20 feet.
    Questions
    1. What does the river Otter mainly eat?
    2. When do female Otters give birth?
    The answer to Darren’s second questions is : Wolves, mountain lions and other male bears prey on baby bear cubs.

  24. Ben’s question. Where do scorpions live?
    Answer. Deserts, British Columia, Brazilian Forest, North Carolina and the Himalayas.

  27. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/coyote/
    Coyotes
    Three Facts I Learned
    1. Coyotes once only lived in prairies, but today they live almost anywhere in North America.
    2. Coyotes can easily change their behavior to survive in a new place by eating almost anything from lizards, insects or garbage.
    3. Coyotes communicate with 11 different sounds, body language and scent.

    Two Questions For You to answer:

    1. Who are the coyotes predators?
    2. How do coyotes feed their pups?

  28. The answer to Darren’s Question

    Brown bears live in northern North America, Europe, and Asia, in isolated areas that are undeveloped by humans.

  29. chipanzee !a chipanzee lives in Africa1. 2.after yong chipanzeeswill spend the next seven too ten days at their mothers side.3.a wild chipanzee lives up too 50 years . 4.a chipanzee weighs 121 pounds.5.no other anamal uses objects as tools . what dose achimpanzee eat.

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