The ZOO

Vocabulary - Famous zoos - Signs - Maps - Facts -
Listening - Conversation questions -
Interactive exercises - Exercises to print - Webquests -
Stories - Cartoons - Games to print - Songs

(Updated on 16/05/2011)

Vocabulary :

• Interactive picture dictionary - Zoo
  "Move your mouse around the screen to learn new vocabulary. Click on "test" when you are ready to check your knowledge." (Parapal Online)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Artistic alphabet (with animals) - (bemboszoo.com)
  
  
  
  
• ZOO Vocabulary List (the-zoo.com)

• Our trip to the zoo - utilisation du preterit (strategictransitions.com)
  
  
  
  
  
• Smithsonian National Zoological Park - un plan (nationalzoo.si.edu)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Famous zoos :

• London Zoo - with videos (travelboomerstyle.services.officelive.com)
  "The London Zoo is a Great Trip for Bird Lovers."

  

• Sriracha Tiger Zoo (Thailand)
  "The zoo consists of more than 200 Bengal tigers and 100,000 crocodiles.
  In addition to various kinds of animals, it also provides many activities for tourists to enjoy.
  Visitors can experience natural touch and enjoy the company of tamed animals closely."
  (tigerzoo.com)

  - UPDATED

• The Web's Best Zoo Sites (Education World) :
  The San Diego Zoo - ZooWeb - The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium - Smithsonian National Zoological Park - Brookfield Zoo...
  

Maps :

Perth Zoo - Western Australia - a video - UPDATED	Old MacDonald's Farm (in Essex) - with an interactive map (omdfarm.co.uk)	Zoo map - Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, Kansas (rollinghillswildlife.com)
Singapore Zoo (3.bp.blogspot.com) Lien modifié	Knoxville Zoo (mappery.com) Lien modifié	Philadelphia Zoo (philadelphiazoo.org)
Melbourne Zoo (alta.asn.au)	Central Park Zoo (centralpark2000.com)	London Zoo (digitalhome.plus.com)

Signs :

- UPDATED

Facts :

• Ukrainian Living with Lions - PHOTOS
  "Zoo owner and artist Aleksandr Pylyshenko looks out from between bars of a cage, next to female African lion Katya, at a private zoo situated
  in his yard in the city of Vasilyevka, southeastern Ukraine August 3, 2011.  Pylyshenko decided to spend five weeks in a cage with a pair of African lions, Katya and Samson, to get money for improving the lions' living conditions, according to local media. He is broadcasting it on internet to attract the public's attention to plight of wild animals in private Ukrainian zoos, which do not get enough fundings."
  (ibtimes.com)
  MORE information HERE.
  (rt.com)

• 20 Cutest ZooBorns On Earth (oddee.com)

  

• Animals on the Underground Map
  "is a collection of over 20 animal characters made using only lines, stations and interchange symbols on the London Underground map, created by illustrator Paul Middlewick in 1988. In 2003, the concept was used in a poster campaign by advertising agency McCann-Erickson to promote the London Zoo." (neatorama.com)
  Come and meet the animals! (animalsontheunderground.com)

  

Listening :

• At the zoo - What animal is this?
  - Also good for spelling
  Lien direct
  (download-esl.com)

  

Conversation questions :

• WILD ANIMALS IN ZOOS / DEBATE :

  • Knut: A polar bear story
    "The death of Knut, the world's most famous polar bear (in Berlin Zoo), has reopened the debate on the ethical minefield of man's relationship
    with wild animals. So should polar bears be kept in zoos, asks Tom de Castella."
    (BBC)

  

   

   

• What are zoos for?
  "A zoo in Germany has refused to help two polar bear cubs who were rejected by their mother and are now believed to have been eaten by her. So if zoos won't help to save the lives of animals, what are they for?"
  (BBC)

• Should we ban the keeping of animals in zoos? (idebate.org)
  Pros and Cons

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• A visit to the zoo : "Watch the slideshow and play the game."
  Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)

  

• Illustrated vocabulary : Zoo (users.skynet.be)
  
  
  
  
• Interactive picture dictionary - Zoo
  "Move your mouse around the screen to learn new vocabulary. Click on "test" when you are ready to check your knowledge." (Parapal Online)
  
  
  
  
  

INTERACTIVE games :

• Zoo Puzzle - (British Council)
  
  
  
  
  

Exercises TO PRINT :

• Zoo animals gallery - with worksheets (easy) - (learningpage.com)
  
  
• Japanese Zoos in Trouble (text with symbols) - (symbolworld)
  Ne donner que les symboles et faire retrouver les phrases.

Webquests :

• HYDE PARK and THE LONDON ZOO - a webquest created by Sylvie Teillot (Ac Grenoble)
  + LONDON WEBQUESTS - CORRECTIONS
  
  

Stories :

• The twins week - an animated story (British Council)
  "Kim and Ken are twins - they are brother and sister, and they were born on the same day! Their father is a zookeeper and they all live at the zoo.
  Kim and Ken spend a lot of time with the animals - they do something different everyday!
  What animals can you see at a zoo? Write a list! Listen to the story and see which animals are in the story."
  + an activity
  
  

• Kate at the Zoo - a Flash story - utilisation de 'would', 'could', 'might' (primaryresources.co.uk)
  
  

Cartoons :

Zoo keeper (cartoonstock.com)

In the zoo (millan.net)

Sleeping habits (cartoonstock.com)

Games TO PRINT :

• Zoo Word Search (abcteach.com)

• Word Search Puzzle: Zoo Animals (free-online-word-search-puzzles.com)

• Zoo Animals - Word Search (puzzles.ca)

• A Trip to the Zoo - crosswords (puzzlemesilly.com)

• Zoo animals - crosswords (thepotters.com)
  
  

Songs :

• At the Zoo - sung by Simon and Garfunkel (YouTube) - UPDATED
  - the LYRICS (stlyrics.com)
  "The monkeys stand for honesty,
  Giraffes are insincere,
  And the elephants are kindly but
  They're dumb.
  Orangutans are skeptical
  Of changes in their cages,
  And the zookeeper is very fond of rum."

  

• Going To The Zoo - a song (YouTube)
  - the LYRICS (mydfz.com)
  "See the elephant with the long trunk swingin',
  Great big ears and long trunk swingin',
  Snuffin' up peanuts with the long trunk swingin';
  We can stay all day."