Click on the links to get information about your project.
Find animal books in the nonfiction section of the library. Try these Dewey Decimal numbers:
594 Creatures of the sea
595 Insects and spiders
597 Fish, Frogs, Reptiles, Snakes
598 Birds
599 Mammals of the Land and Ocean, Whales
636 Pets
Search World Book Encyclopedia for information about your animal.
Visit the National Geographic website to get great information about a variety of animals.
Standards for the 21st Century Learner:
1.1.4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.
1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.
1.1.8 Demonstrate mastery of technology tools for accessing information and pursuing inquiry.
2.1.2 Organize knowledge so that it is useful.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.7
Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.B
Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.9
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.