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Unit 4: Just Curious
Scruffy: A Wolf Finds His Place in the Pack
by Jim Brandenburg

Internet Connection Activity
Animal Camouflage    Cross Curricular
Seeing through Camouflage
Connect to this link:
http://www0.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/leopards/seeing.html


  1. Click Play Seeing through Camouflage(nonShockwave version).

  2. Follow the onscreen directions.

  3. Keep trying until you get them all!

Exploring Hide & Seek
Connect to this link:
http://www.muohio.edu/dragonfly/hide/index.HTMLX


  1. Click Laws of Camouflage. Read "Law of Proximity."

  2. Click Hide & Seek Sea and try to find the conger eel.

  3. Click on the conger eel when you have found it.

  4. Click the Back arrow to return and find other hidden animals.


Internet Connection Activity
Wolves and Dogs    Find Out More
Wild Wolves
Connect to this link:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wolves/


  1. Click The Wolf-Dog Connection and take the quiz.

  2. Click the other answer if your answer is not correct and back to questions for more.

  3. What new facts did you learn?

Gray Wolf
Connect to this link:
http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/grayWolf.html


  1. Read about the gray wolf.

  2. Click the play button under "What do wolves sound like?"

  3. Click Henry H. Houston Wolf Study and read what students have written about wolves.


Internet Connection Activity
Nature Photography    Leveled Books
Captions for Wildlife Photography
Connect to this link:
http://www.gssm.k12.sc.us/Biology/Dr.%20Bill's%20Photos/


  1. Click on the Reptile Gallery link. Then click on the Other Reptiles link. Click on the link for Florida Softshell.

  2. Look at the photograph, and make a list of things the Softshell might be doing. Choose one of the items on your list, and use it to write a caption for this photograph.

  3. Return to the Wildlife Home by using the back button. Click on the Amphibian hypertext link. Choose two amphibian photos to look at by clicking on the small photograph. For each photo, brainstorm a list of possible actions the animal might be taking. Name the action and, using this, write a caption for both animal photos.

Elephants of Botswana
Connect to this link:
http://www.africaguide.com/wildlife.htm


  1. Scroll down to the three pictures of the Elephants of Botswana. Click on each photo to enlarge it.

  2. Using a piece of paper or your computer, write a short article for your local newspaper about your experiences on an African Safari, and seeing this herd of elephants in Botswana.