CYBERBEE – ZOO Treks
A really fascinating article in Multimedia & Internet @ Schools, Volume 12, number 3, is Zoo Treks, an article which has Zoos around America that are online. The benefit of having this is that it supplies great activities for teachers for their students to participate in.
It mentions all of the sites which can be easily located. I had a go at some of them, and found them interesting and informative. It is a great resource for teachers to have on hand, as is I were a teacher, these websites and activities would be used as work for children who finished fatser then the class.
Some of these websites allows you to take a virtual tour of the zoos. It teaches you about each zoo, and about the animals. It also includes vidieos of baby animals being born.
The websites are colourful and attractive, especially good for children, as it’s not only enjoyabel but educational.
The article also states which zoos have Zoo Cams. Another great feature, it allows you to view through your computer, speicfic animals in some of the zoos. I think this is important and great for those students who have never been to a zoo before, and may find it hard for any reason to get to one.
I found this article really interesting and very beneficial for all teachers to be aware of.
