Valerie
Moring helps a student read a clue for the Mystery Big Animal.
Just how
big is a big animal? Big!
The participants in "The Big" Saturday Safari about the giants from
a variety of animal species (even humans). From the blue whale and
the elephant to the capybara (the largest rodent) and the komodo
dragon, these kindergarten and first grade students discovered that
being a big animal had both its advantages and disadvantages.
After
each activity, such as measuring and running the length of a blue
whale, learning how a whale shark using its baleen, walking like
a giraffe and making origami whales, the class received clues about
the days Mystery Big Animal. (Clue #4 What animal has eyes the size
of basketballs?) After much suspense and much guessing as to its
identity, the class finally met the mystery animal, the giant squid.
How big is an elephant
compared to a whale shark?
