Transcript Mrs. Babcock`s Zoo

Mrs. Babcock’s Virtual Zoo
2013-2014 Keyboarding Class
Alligator
• Alligators live in southeastern
United States’ water and
lowlands.
• Alligators eat fish, turtles,
birds, and small mammals.
• Alligators weigh up to 550
pounds. They are up to 12 feet
or 3.7 meters long. They have
dry brownish greenish skin.
• An alligator mother may help
her young reach the water by
carrying them in her mouth.
Jonah B.
Alligator
• Alligators live in water,
lowlands, and in the Southeast
of the United States.
• Alligators eat fish, turtles, birds
and small mammals.
• Alligators can weigh up to 550
pounds. Its skin is armored
skin.
• An alligator’s mother may help
her young reach the water by
carrying them in her mouth.
Logan S.
Anaconda
• Anacondas live in
South America still
fresh water.
• They eat deer and
amphibians.
• They look like a
snake.
• Like other snakes,
anacondas swallow
their prey whole.
Caden L.
Ankylosaurus
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Ankylosaurus lived in North
America.
• Ankylosurus did not eat meat
but it ate leaves.
• It had bony parts on its
back so meat eating
dinosaurs wouldn’t eat him.
• When he appeared was 68
million years ago and when
he died was 65 million
years ago.
Ryan
Badger
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Badgers live in North
America.
The badger eats birds,
insects and small
mammals.
The badger has black,
white and gray fur.
Badgers are incredible
diggers. They have
been known to dig
through asphalt or even
concrete.
Lillian L.
Butterfly
• Butterflies live in North
America, Europe, California,
grassland, and forest.
• Butterflies eat flowers’ nectar.
• Butterflies have 2 wings that
are about two inches long, and
its color is white, orange, and
black
• Butterflies taste bad to birds.
Yarely M.
Cat
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Cats live around the world.
Cats eat packaged cat foods made
with meat.
A cat weighs 6 to 15 pounds. Cats
grow to 16 to 20 inches and have fur.
Cats use their sensitive whiskers to
help them sense their surroundings in
the dark. They also help the cat decide
if it will fit into a tight space.
MacKenzie D.
Cheetah
• Cheetahs live in the
grasslands south of the
Sahara.
• Cheetahs eat antelope,
gazelles, impalas, puku, hares
and other small mammals.
• Cheetahs look tannish white
with black spots and black
lines from its eyes to its mouth.
• The cheetah is the fastest
animal in the world!
Gavin S.
Cow
• Cows live on farms and around
the world.
• They eat hay, grass, and corn.
• Cows have black and white fur.
• Cows produce milk.
Wallace E.
Deer
• Deer live in grassland
and forests.
• Deer eat grasses,
flowers and nuts.
• Deer weigh 65 to 310
pounds. Males have
antlers, females don’t.
• They can have 1 to 2
babies.
• People hunt them for
food.
Makayla A.
Dolphin
• Dolphins live in cold
oceans.
• Dolphins eat fish and
squid.
• Dolphins look like grey
sharks.
• Dolphins often do cool
tricks.
HOLLY B.
Dolphin
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Dolphins live in
colder oceans.
Dolphins eat squid.
Dolphins look like
grey sharks and
have fins.
They do tricks.
Jeffrey G .
Dolphin
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Dolphins live in oceans
around the world.
Dolphins eat fish and squid.
They weigh up to 600
pounds and they are up to 4
to 13 feet long.
Dolphins work together to
catch their prey.
Sam N.
Eagle
• Eagles live in North
America.
• Eagles eat fish and birds.
• The eagle has a white
head. Eagles are 2 to 4
feet. Eagles have a
yellow beak.
• Eagles live up to 20 to 30
years.
• Eagles’ predators are
people.
Eli B.
Hyena
• Hyenas live in Africa south of
the Sahara, in grasslands,
forests, deserts and
mountains.
• Hyenas eat zebras, eggs,
wildebeests and animal
remains.
• Hyenas weigh 99 to176
pounds [45 to 80 kilograms]
and are 4 feet [1.2 meters]
long, including the tail.
• Hyenas have such powerful
jaws that they can crack apart
and eat large bones!
Marisa P.
Jack Rabbit
• Jack Rabbits live in North
America and parts of Central
and South America.
• Jack Rabbits eat clover, grass
and twigs.
• Jack Rabbits weigh 1 to 4
pounds and are 15 to 19
inches long.
• Jack Rabbits can be hard to
catch. They can leap about 15
feet (4.5 meters), and their
zigzagging hops make them
hard to follow.
Maya K.
Kittens
• Cats live all around the
world.
• Cats eat packaged cat
food and mice.
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They have whiskers,
fur, and can be brown,
black, white or gray.
Ashley S.
Lion
• Lions live In Africa,
south of the Sahara.
• Lions eat deer,
antelopes, zebras and
other hoofed animals.
• Its weight is 250 to 400
pounds.
• When not in use each
claw on a lion
withdraws into a sheath
in the paw. That helps
the claws to stay sharp.
Jakobi K.
Piranha
• Piranhas live in small lakes
and rivers.
• They eat other water animals.
• They are 6 to 8 pounds and
they are 6 to 12 inches long.
• They lay eggs.
Hunter H.
Starfish
• Starfish live in oceans and
coastal areas.
• Starfish eat crabs, mussels
and clams.
• Starfish look like a star and
they feel like sand paper.
• A interesting fact about the
starfish is starfish have five
arms and if a hunting animal
grabs an arm it can break off,
but later the arm grows back.
McKenna H.
Starfish
• Starfish live in the Atlantic and
Arctic oceans and coastal
areas.
• Starfish eat crabs, mussels
and clams.
• A starfish looks like a star in
the sky. A starfish has 5
tentacles.
• Starfish have five arms. If a
hunting animal grabs an arm it
can break off allowing the
starfish to escape; later the
arm grows back.
Sophia S.
Wolf
• Wolves live in North Asia and
North America.
• The wolf eats caribou, deer,
elk and moose.
• The wolf weighs up to 75 to
120 pounds. The wolf is
about 2 1/2 feet.
• The wolf has excellent senses
of vision, smell and hearing.
A wolf can see and smell a
deer more than 1 mile or
1.6 kilometers away.
Livvie S.
• The students chose their own animals and wrote
down notes about them from World Book Online,
Kids’ Edition.
• They typed their information into PowerPoint
slides and chose a background color.
• They added a picture from Microsoft Clip Art, or
used Google to find a picture on the Internet.
• Finally, they did a spell check and a reading
check with Ms. Ewing, and she added their slide
to the class’s virtual zoo.