Design

These two can’t go home. Their habitat was destroyed. They may spend the rest of their lives in the enclosure you design.

1. Visit http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/learning/facts/design to learn more about the design process. If you need to find out more about the pygmy hippopotamus, try these two web sites:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsianElephants/factpygmyhippo.cfm
http://www.zoolex.org/zoolexcgi/view.py?id=428

2. Sketch out your design.

3. Add labels to show how each feature suits the hippo’s adaptations.


Design

These two can’t go home. Their habitat was destroyed. They may spend the rest of their lives in the enclosure you design.

1. Visit http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/learning/facts/design to learn more about the design process. If you need to find out more about the pygmy hippopotamus, try these two web sites:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsianElephants/factpygmyhippo.cfm

http://www.zoolex.org/zoolexcgi/view.py?id=428

2. Sketch out your design.

3. Add labels to show how each feature suits the hippo’s adaptations.

Imagine if there was a new type of animal living in your house!

The animal lives down the plughole of your bath.

· What would the animal look like?

· What would it eat?

· How would it find its way around in the dark?

Draw your animal and label answer the questions above. Don’t forget to give your animal a name.