Virtual Field Trips and Teacher Workshops

1. Visit the San Diego Zoo webcam
2. Choose an animal to explore. View the webcam/video for that animal. (Note that for some animals live webcams are available for others recorded videos are provided. For live webcams, be prepared to choose an alternate webcam/video if no animals appear within a reasonable length of time or if the Webcam is unavailable for some reason.)
3. Explain what you see on the webcam or video.
   1. What is the animal doing?
   2. What do you notice about the animal's habitat?
   3. How does the animal move?
   4. How does the animal interact with others?
   5. What else do you think the animal does in this habitat?
4. Select a second animal. View the webcam/video for that animal and make observations about 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, and 3e (above) focusing on how the second animal is similar or different from the first animal you observed.

Imagine that you just completed a virtual class field-trip (or you could in the future). You are now ready to complete the Expedition Assignment. Feel free to look at San Diego Zoo educator resource site to help you complete the assignment.

Participate in a teacher workshop from the San Francisco Exploratorium. There are four parts to this workshop:

1. Collaborative Learning with Earth and Moon
2. Facilitation with Colored Shadows
3. Scientific Inquiry with Mirrors
4. Community Construction with Pinholes

The videos are a little under an hour long, in total. If you want to know more about any of the science activities used in the workshops, click the science snack link under the "Dig into the Science" link within the workshop description. This will appear once you select on of the four videos to view.

After you have completed the videos, you are ready to answer the Expedition Assignment.