Thursday, January 2, 2014
Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Objective: Students will identify the validity of a website and species by exploring websites and search engines.
Activities and procedure:
1) Go http://www.zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
2) Answer the following questions by exploring http://www.zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ and kid friendly search engines such as:
http://www.kidrex.org
http://www.kidzsearch.com
http://www.gogooligans.com
1) What make excellent doorknob hangers?
2) What are tree octopuses favorite Halloween treat?
3) What is the tree octopus called in Dutch?
4) Using a search engine, tell whether or not the tree octopus is real?
Is this animal actually endangered?
If not real, where did the idea originate?
