We Work by Projects Workshop

To get the maximum benefit from the We Work by Projects Workshop at the Zoo, we recommend that you do some work at school on the following aspects before taking the workshop, both by talking about experiences and in other areas (plastic, body expression, oral and written expression, maths, etc.).

To understand the students’ interests and increase motivation about the animals:

• Decide which animal or animals you want to work with.
• Draw the selected animal and find out what students want to know about it.
• Collect books, stories, songs, photos, cards, worksheets or other materials about the animals that the children can obtain.

To observe animals:

• Have the students look at animals in the wild, whether they are sparrows, pigeons or swallows in the schoolyard or others seen on outings to the forest or countryside.

As specific objectives:

• Recognise the noticeable aspects about the animals: differences in size and shape of the animal selected compared to other animals.
• Identification of the animal’s different body parts and their functions.
• Understanding of the idea of wild animal.