2. A Trip to the Circus By: Jessica Dauw ED 205

3. Things at the Circus Acrobats Animals Clowns Ringmaster Food Circus Tent Music

4. Acrobats (1 of 2)

5. Acrobats (2 of 2) Often, acrobats do a lot of amazing but dangerous tricks! Click the link below to watch a video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x dGsiuK-uGc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x dGsiuK-uGc

6. Animals (1 of 2) At the circus, there are many different kinds of animals!

7. Animals (2 of 2) Animals at the circus learn how to do lots of tricks of their own! Click on the link below to see! (No animals were hurt doing this!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u P-FJdWl_GI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u P-FJdWl_GI

8. Clowns (1 of 2) There are many different kinds of clowns at the circus! There are happy, sad, and mischievous ones!

9. Clowns (2 of 2) Here is a video of a group of clowns juggling! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x 79ZLNyaDUE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x 79ZLNyaDUE

10. Ringmaster The ringmaster is the leader of the circus. His job is to make sure everyone is doing their job!

11. Food There is lots of food at the circus! You can choose from many different things to eat!

12. Circus Tent The circus tent is important because it keeps everything dry! It also provides shade when you are watching the circus!

13. Music (1 of 2) At the circus, people usually play music to help keep you excited about what’s going on! Sometimes they play happy music, other times they play scary music when one of the performers is about to do something exciting!

14. Music (2 of 2) Click on the sounds to here different kinds of circus music!

15. When is the circus? Depending on where you live, the circus comes during many times of the year.

16. How many different circuses are there? There are many different circuses that travel to different towns. Some of the most famous are: Ringling Brothers Circus Barnum and Bailey’s Circus Big Apple Circus Shrine Circus Bindlestiff Family Circus

17. Quiz Name three kinds of animals at the circus. Name two types of food you can get at the circus. Name one famous circus that travels around the country!

18. Quiz Answers Lions, tigers, bears, elephants, monkeys (if you named three of these, you got the right answer!) Popcorn, cotton candy, ice cream, snowcones Barnum and Bailey, Shrine, or Ringling!

19. How many did you get right?

20. Conclusion Well, we have learned a lot about the circus! We have learned about acrobats, animals, music, and all sorts of other things! Does anyone have any questions about the circus?

21. The END!