Social Studies Unit Middle School | Zoo Enclosures | PBL

Are you interested in helping your Middle School Students understand the impact of zoos? This social studies project based learning unit is perfect for teaching students research skills and having them provide active solutions. ow suitable for use in PDF and with Google Slides.

** ZOO ENCLOSURES**

Students will work to research how we can create better zoo enclosures to protect animal welfare. Through action research they will come up with possible solutions and create a model to help provide suitable enclosures for future zoo exhibits.



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Each resource includes;

• A student cover sheet outlining the task required.
• Learning intentions.
• Note taking sheets covering each of the action research questions.
• Planning sheets
• Note taking pages
• Now includes a marking rubric *

Ways you may use this resource:

• Whole class assignment in social studies
• An ELA assignment
• End of unit assessment
• Homework set task
• Extension work or fast finishers

This resource has been designed to link with middle years civics and citizenship. It can also tie in with action research projects for IB schools.

Students can work independently/ in pairs or groups to complete the tasks over 8-10 lessons.

They use their research based learning skills to research current concerns impacting on society today. They then use this information to come up with a plan to present a way to help solve the issue in a way that can bring the communities together.

This information is then presented in the form of a PowerPoint Presentation or another negotiated format.

Total pages:13

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