Spark your thinking!
1. Set up your Science Mini Spark recording page: #36: All about Pandas
2. Read this fact page about about pandas. Create a challenging 5 question mini quiz with using information from the fact page. Make an answer key as well.
3. Watch this video about the pandas diet. Choose 2 questions to answer on your recording page. For each question include two sentences.
How do pandas adapt physically to their bamboo diet?
Explain why panda cubs are born so small compared to their mothers.
What role does a panda’s diet play in its fur color?
Discuss the historical range of giant pandas and how it has changed.
4. Bamboo is a type of grass. It can grow as tall as a tree and can look more like forest than grassland. Read more about bamboo at Britacanna Kids. Look for these three words while you are reading: culms, rhizome, and scaffolding. Write the meaning of these three words on your recording page.
5. Read this article to find out the types of pandas that are there and why are pandas endangered. From the point of view of a panda, explain the different types of pandas and why pandas are endangered. Use information from the article. Please write 3+ sentences.
6. Share your Science Mini Spark Mini Spark recording page with your teacher or EY Coordinator.