Animals in WinterWebquest

Designed for students in

3rd Grade

By Mandy Bishop

Let’s Begin!We live in Northern New York

which gets very cold in the winter!

What do you do to prepare for the cold winter? Do you:

• Wear warm clothes?

• Heat your house?

• Eat warm foods?

• Use blankets?

• What do animals do to prepare for the winter?

What We’ll LearnDuring the winter, animals do one of

three things to prepare themselves:

• Hibernate• Migrate• Adapt

After we study Animals in Winter we will:

• define Hibernation, Migration, and Adaptation

• make a chart about Animals in Winter

• write an Animals in Winter fact piece

Let’s Get to Work!Northern New York has many animals.

They all have to prepare for winter.  In this Webquest we:

• Gather information about              -Hibernation              -Migration              -Adaptation

• Make a chart of what certain animals do in the winter

• Write a "fact-finder" writing piece about Animals in Winter

• Share our fact-finder writing pieces

with other students

Let’s Explore Hibernation, Migration, and Adaptation!

Throughout the next fourfour slides you will learn A LOT of information about Hibernation, Migration,

and Adaptation.

PRINT the following worksheet and TAKE NOTES on the information that is given to you! *This will help you with your fact-finder writing piece!

W O R K S H E E T

Let’s Explore Hibernation!

Look at the following website to gather information about

Hibernation.

http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/winter/win2.html

Let’s Explore Migration!

Look at the following website to gather information about

Migration.http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/WAKI-ViewArticle.aspx?pin=wak-302005%20&article_id=75&chapter_id=1&chapter_title=Animals&article_title=All_About_Animal_Migration

Don’t forget to take notes!

Let’s Explore Adaptation!

Look at the following website to gather information about

Adaptation.http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750

Read A Little More…

Please read the following document about different animals in winter. ***Take notes

as they will help you with your writing piece!

READ ME……READ ME

Let’s Share

You are now ready to begin you Animals in Winter writing piece. Use your notes from the websites and readings to

help you along! Use the following link to get the directions:

ANIMALS IN WINTER WRITING PIECE DIRECTIONS

Remember:Remember:• Your writing pieces will be displayed in the hallway for everyone to

read!• As a class we will share each other's charts on Animals in Winter to

compare Hibernation, Migration, and Adaptation. • You are being graded on a rubric. To see the rubric, click HERE

Let’s Check

Let’s find out what you have learned! Please print

out and take the test that is linked below!

TAKE THE TEST

Hand the test in to Mrs. Bishop when you are

finished!

Let’s Have Some Fun!

Here are links to animal sounds that you may listen to when your

writing piece and test are both completed.

Teacher Notes

THIS PAGE IS FOR TEACHERS ONLY! Students who get “caught” viewing this page will get an automatic “0” on their

assignments!

• Link for Animals in Winter Test Answers• Link for Animals in Winter Writing Piece Rubric