Oregon Spotted Frog What’s the Problem?

Introduction to the Problem While you read the letter from Woodland Park Zoo please pay special attention to the following: What is the problem? How do you know this is a problem? Who is responsible for solving this problem? What is your job? You are about to recieve some important information... Today we are going to start an exciting learning adventure that will help us understand amphibians, like frogs and salamanders, and the habitats they live in. This adventure will take us to Woodland Park Zoo and allow us to talk with community leaders about what we find. We will start off with reading a letter that the zoo wrote specially to ask for your help. While reading, pay special attention to the questions asked on this slide.

Meet the Problem Letter Woodland Park Zoo Specialists Introduction to the Problem:

What do you already know? What do you know about this issue? Species: Location: Problem: Our role: Knowledge you already had: Now that you have read the letter, let’s make a list of what we know and what we need to know or find out. Starting with what we know, can anyone help me fill in these first four questions? Now that we have identified some of the basic elements of the problem, let’s make a list of other information we gained through the letter or knew prior to watching the video.

What do you need to learn in order to solve this problem? What do you Need to Know? What do you need to learn in order to solve this problem? 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Now that we have made a list of things that we know about this issue, let’s make a list of things that we still need to find out.

While watching the video pay attention to the following: Meet the Problem Video While watching the video pay attention to the following: What is the problem? What evidence do you have? Why should you care? What is your job? Great work! We have begun the process of identifying what we know and need to know. Woodland Park Zoo has also prepared a video for us. While we watch this video we need to pay special attention to the following (see slide).

What do you know now? What do you know? Do you need to expand on any of these topics? Species: Location: Problem: Our role: What further information did you gain? Now that we have gained more insight on the problem we have been asked to solve, let’s revisit our Knows and Need to Knows. Have we gained any further insight into the first four questions? If so, fill them in now. What other information did you gain while watching the video?

What further information do you need to solve this problem? What do you Need to Know? What further information do you need to solve this problem? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Let’s review the things we still need to learn about. Have we answered any of our previous Need to Knows? Can we add any new things we should learn about?

View Video This is your chance to re-watch the video to gain information you may have missed the first time. (Insert link to video here) During this lesson you have been presented with a lot of information. Do you want to watch the video one more time to make sure you did not miss anything?

Discussion After reading through the letter and reviewing the video you have compiled a great list of things you already know and things you need to research. Your teacher will now guide you through the next steps of solving this problem. We look forward to meeting you when you visit Woodland Park Zoo! That concludes your research for the day. You will now create your “problem statement” and plan out your methods for gathering the information you need. After that, you will present to your peers what you have found thus far. You will also create questions to ask the zoo when you visit. The staff at the zoo is very knowledgeable and are a great resource for you during your research. Thank you for helping Woodland Park Zoo solve this tough problem!

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