Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Are Zoos Good or Bad?

At the end of our animal inquiry, we got into a discussion about zoos.
We know Jane Goodall from our fall research, and responded to this question in our morning message:

Most predicted that Jane Goodall would like zoos because people love to learn about wild animals. Those that thought she wouldn't like zoos thought Jane wouldn't like to see animals in cages.

Then we watched a few videos.  One listed the pros and cons of zoos, one tried to convince us that zoos are bad, and another tried to convince us that zoos are good.
  

We found our ideas changing with each video we saw!  Some agreed that zoos were helpful, some thought animals were better off in their own habitats, and some had a mixture of opinions.  We got together with partners and discussed our feelings and opinions.



Next we shared our ideas with the group, and finally we took some private time and wrote about our opinions about zoos.



Last, we watched part of this video to see what Jane Goodall really thinks about zoos.

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