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Suggested Ac+vity: Design and Build a Giant Panda Enclosure That Features an Indoor and Outdoor Space. Aims • To design and build an outdoor and indoor giant panda enclosure that has all the features needed to
provide a s5mula5ng, yet comfortable, environment for pandas in cap5vity. • To use problem solving strategies to design and build various features. • To find and use a selec5on of natural and manmade materials suitable for the design task. • To es5mate and measure enclosure areas to ensure design elements and features will fit. • To adapt and improve designs following verbal or wri=en feedback from teachers and peers. In this lesson, pupils will read Lesson S5mulus – Housing Giant Pandas. They will find out about the giant panda enclosures at Edinburgh Zoo and the features they have that make them suitable environments for giant pandas in cap5vity. Pupils could also watch the Edinburgh Zoo Panda Cam www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/pandacam.html to see Tian Tian in her enclosure. Following this, pupils should work in pairs or groups to discuss and record their ini5al design ideas and think about suitable natural and manmade materials that they could use in their design. They need to think about what size their enclosures will be and ensure that features such as ponds, climbing frames and hammocks will fit. During the building of the enclosure, pupils should be able to evaluate, adapt and improve their design following verbal and wri=en feedback from teachers and peers. On comple5on of the design task, pupils will be able to explain the features they have included in their models and say why these are necessary for a giant panda outdoor enclosure.
First Level: CraG and Design Contexts for Developing Technological Skills During prac5cal ac5vi5es and design challenges, I can es5mate and measure using appropriate instruments and units. TCH 1-‐13a Through discovery and imagina5on, I can develop and use problem-‐solving strategies to construct models. TCH 1-‐14a Having evaluated my work, I can adapt and improve, where appropriate, through trial and error or by using feedback. TCH 1-‐14b
An Introduc5on to the China/UK Giant Panda Project
Planning For Pandas: Housing Giant Pandas 1
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1. Ston
e caves for sh
elter
and privacy.
2. Po
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dips on ho
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3. Trees for clim
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exercise.
4. Ro
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woo
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5. Low trees a
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rubs
for shade
and
cover.
6. Tree hou
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clim
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privacy and exercise.
7. Re
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An Introd
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China/UK Giant P
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Housing Giant P
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Gian
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Indo
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1. Straw filled basket fo
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eping, ea5
ng and
relaxing.
2. Fresh water trou
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3. Ra
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4. Sturdy ham
mock for
relaxing and
playing.
5. Area fo
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6. Easy to
clean,
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ring.
7. Wipe clean walls.
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China/UK Giant P
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Plan
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Giant Panda Enclosure Architects Drawings
An Introduc5on to the China/UK Giant Panda Project
Planning For Pandas: Housing Giant Pandas 1
Background Notes for Teachers Natural and Cap+ve Environments for Giant Pandas Giant pandas naturally live in the mountainous areas of central China surrounded by cool, wet, dense bamboo forests. They are solitary creatures and live alone for most of the year, only coming together during breeding season. Pandas like to spend 5me in dens, and will o_en give birth to their cubs in a den made from a hollowed out tree, pile of rocks or a cave. Like most bears, pandas love to climb and start climbing when they are around 6 months old. They are also great swimmers and love the water. They spend around 16 hours a day feeding, but they do occasionally like to play – when they are not sleeping! Female pandas ovulate once a year and can conceive for only 2 or 3 days around the 5me of ovula5on. In the wild, female pandas will urinate in streams and rivers to send chemical messages to male pandas to indicate she is ready to conceive. For pandas in cap5vity, it is important that they spend their 5me in an environment that closely mimics that of their natural habitat. At Edinburgh Zoo the giant panda enclosure has been primarily designed to do just that. Each design feature of the enclosure has a purpose, from giving the pandas shelter from the elements to providing structures for climbing and scratching, everything has been designed and installed for a specific reason. Use the informa5on from the ‘Giant Panda Outdoor Enclosure’ and ‘Giant Panda Indoor Enclosure’ PDFs to find out more about these features. Some, or all, of them can be used in pupils’ designs.
An Introduc5on to the China/UK Giant Panda Project
Planning For Pandas: Housing Giant Pandas 1
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