Petting Zoo

You can plan the web-quest within a day. Just make sure you have a plan on what you would like t make a web-quest of and start from there. 

Standards

Student Performance Expectations (PEs) may be taught in any sequence or grouping within a grade level.
2. An asterisk (*) indicates an engineering connection to a practice, core idea, or crosscutting concept.
3. The Clarification Statements are examples and additional guidance for the instructor. AR indicates Arkansasspecific Clarification Statements.
4. The Assessment Boundaries delineate content that may be taught but not assessed in large-scale assessments.
AR indicates Arkansas-specific Assessment Boundaries.
5. The examples given (e.g.,) are suggestions for the instructor.
6. Throughout this document, connections are provided to the nature of science as defined by A Framework for K-12
Science Education (NRC 2012).
7. Throughout this document, connections are provided to Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science as
defined by A Framework for K-12 Science Education (NRC 2012).
8. Each set of PEs lists connections to other disciplinary core ideas (DCIs) within the Arkansas K-12 Science
Standards and to the Arkansas Mathematics Standards and the Arkansas English Language Arts Standards.

URL:http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/Learning_Services/Curriculum%20Support/Standards%20and%20Courses/Sciences/revised_K-4_Science_Standards_Topic_Arrangement.pdf

Credits

Twito, Tina. “The Petting Zoo.” Ladybug, vol. 16, no. 8, Apr. 2006, p. 19. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=prh&AN=20580372&site=ehost-live.

“Petting Zoo.” Sesame Street, Apr. 2011, p. 14. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=prh&AN=60144409&site=ehost-live.

Other

The trip should be appropriate for all children in the class. If children have not had any exposure to farm animals, the trip would provide a great chances to learn about farm animals.  Effective teachers will use recommended best practices to introduce the field trip.