Toronto Zoo

Let's go to Toronto zoo today!

Toronto's enormous zoo, with its collection of several thousand animals, is next to the Red River some 40 kilometers away from the city centre. One of the most famous attractions is the panda exhibition, which opened in 2013.

The zoo is divided in different sections, each representing a major region of Earth. The North American section is unique with the grizzly bear space, vast bison park, and impressive polarium. Some other important places to be visited are the African Savanna and Great Barrier Reef.

At the end of the session, you will have:

visited Toronto Zoo.
known the difference in pronunciation between /a:/ - /Λ/
drawn the route of different landmarks at the Toronto google map.

leander.canaris . *Toronto Zoo-grizzly bear* (CC BY)

Visit its official website and take a look at all the information it contains. After that, answer the following questions:

How large is the zoo? Do you know what an acre is ? (Visit Facts & Figures section)
If your whole class went to the zoo in summer, how much would you have to pay? And in winter? (Visit Tickets section)
If you wanted to become a zookeeper, what would you have to study at college? (Visit Jobs and Careers section)

Answer these questions in your learning diary. The title of the post has to be: "Let's go to Toronto zoo today".

After the visit, continue with your posts on Twitter (#taskadvice and #EDIAtoronto). Do you think that this zoo is an interesting place to be visited? Would you recommend it to your friends and relatives? Send a tweet with the Project hashtag with the area you have liked the most from the zoo website. The 'Rubric to assess a Tweet' can help you do a good job in this social network.

Remember that Toronto Zoo must be part of the route at your Google Sites map.

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Phonetics is really important in English in order to correctly pronounce words. In this project, we are going to take a look at how to pronounce correctly the following phonemes: /a:/ - /Λ/

/a:/or /Λ/.

Click on the following link to practise the difference between these two sounds: minimal pair.

These phonemes are part of the phonetic chart that is used to describe the sounds of many languages. They have been established by the International Phonetic Association (IPA). For more information about the IPA and their work visit: IPA's official web page.

Apart from this, you can record yourselves practising these words in English. You have to pronounce them correctly, record a podcast with them and share it in your blog.

In order to do this exercise as adequately as possible, you can also take a look to the 'Rubric to assess a podcast'.

Your Challenge: Toronto at the Google Site

Challenge Step 3: Organizing the Toronto entry at your Google Site

At this step, you have to start organizing all the information you have gathered in order to add an entry at the site that we had previously opened.

Each group ( 2 / 3 people) has to organize the information you have searched about Toronto at your Google Site. Creativity in the distribution of the contents is very important.

At this step, you have to include the following information at your Google Sites: the map of the city from Google maps with the route of the ten steps we have in our tour of the city.

You have extra information on how to do this route visiting the How to..? section at the didactic guidelines page.

Learning diary

Learning Diary. Step 3: Posting the result of your research in your blog

It's time to continue with your Learning Diary. Remember it helps you reflect on what you are learning and most important: what the best way for learning is. In this step, you have to post the links and other resources that you have found in your research, at your "Learning Diary" and answer the questions that you have below.

Remember to share through Twitter the link of your learning diary using the hashtag: #taskadvice and #EDIAtoronto. The 'Rubric to assess a Tweet' can help you do a good job in this social network.

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