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Suggested Ac+vity: Design and Build a Giant Panda Enclosure That Features an Indoor and Outdoor Space. Aims To design and build an outdoor and indoor giant panda enclosure that has all the features needed to provide a s5mula5ng, yet comfortable, environment for pandas in cap5vity. To use problem solving strategies to design and build various features. To find and use a selec5on of natural and manmade materials suitable for the design task. To es5mate and measure enclosure areas to ensure design elements and features will fit. To adapt and improve designs following verbal or wri=en feedback from teachers and peers. In this lesson, pupils will read Lesson S5mulus – Housing Giant Pandas. They will find out about the giant panda enclosures at Edinburgh Zoo and the features they have that make them suitable environments for giant pandas in cap5vity. Pupils could also watch the Edinburgh Zoo Panda Cam www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/pandacam.html to see Tian Tian in her enclosure. Following this, pupils should work in pairs or groups to discuss and record their ini5al design ideas and think about suitable natural and manmade materials that they could use in their design. They need to think about what size their enclosures will be and ensure that features such as ponds, climbing frames and hammocks will fit. During the building of the enclosure, pupils should be able to evaluate, adapt and improve their design following verbal and wri=en feedback from teachers and peers. On comple5on of the design task, pupils will be able to explain the features they have included in their models and say why these are necessary for a giant panda outdoor enclosure. First Level: CraG and Design Contexts for Developing Technological Skills During prac5cal ac5vi5es and design challenges, I can es5mate and measure using appropriate instruments and units. TCH 113a Through discovery and imagina5on, I can develop and use problemsolving strategies to construct models. TCH 114a Having evaluated my work, I can adapt and improve, where appropriate, through trial and error or by using feedback. TCH 114b An Introduc5on to the China/UK Giant Panda Project Planning For Pandas: Housing Giant Pandas 1

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Suggested  Ac+vity:  Design  and  Build  a  Giant  Panda  Enclosure  That  Features  an  Indoor  and  Outdoor  Space.   Aims •  To  design  and  build  an  outdoor  and  indoor  giant  panda  enclosure  that  has  all  the  features  needed  to  

provide  a  s5mula5ng,  yet  comfortable,  environment  for  pandas  in  cap5vity.  •  To  use  problem  solving  strategies  to  design  and  build  various  features.  •  To  find  and  use  a  selec5on  of  natural    and  manmade  materials  suitable  for  the  design  task.  •  To  es5mate  and  measure  enclosure  areas  to  ensure  design  elements  and  features  will  fit.  •  To  adapt  and  improve  designs  following  verbal  or  wri=en  feedback  from  teachers  and  peers.    In  this  lesson,  pupils  will  read  Lesson  S5mulus  –  Housing  Giant  Pandas.  They  will  find  out  about  the  giant  panda  enclosures  at  Edinburgh  Zoo  and  the  features  they  have  that  make  them  suitable  environments  for  giant  pandas  in  cap5vity.  Pupils  could  also  watch  the                  Edinburgh  Zoo  Panda  Cam  www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/pandacam.html  to  see  Tian  Tian  in  her  enclosure.    Following  this,  pupils  should  work  in  pairs  or  groups  to  discuss  and  record  their  ini5al  design  ideas  and  think  about  suitable  natural  and  manmade  materials  that  they  could  use  in  their  design.  They  need  to  think  about  what  size  their  enclosures  will  be  and  ensure  that  features  such  as  ponds,  climbing  frames  and  hammocks  will  fit.      During  the  building  of  the  enclosure,  pupils  should  be  able  to  evaluate,  adapt  and  improve  their  design  following  verbal  and  wri=en  feedback  from  teachers  and  peers.    On  comple5on  of  the  design  task,  pupils  will  be  able  to  explain  the  features  they  have  included  in  their  models  and  say  why  these  are  necessary  for  a  giant  panda  outdoor  enclosure.      

First  Level:  CraG  and  Design  Contexts  for  Developing  Technological  Skills During   prac5cal   ac5vi5es   and  design   challenges,   I   can   es5mate   and  measure   using   appropriate  instruments  and  units.  TCH  1-­‐13a   Through  discovery  and  imagina5on,  I  can  develop  and  use  problem-­‐solving  strategies  to  construct  models.  TCH  1-­‐14a   Having  evaluated  my  work,  I  can  adapt  and  improve,  where  appropriate,  through  trial  and  error  or  by  using  feedback.  TCH  1-­‐14b  

An  Introduc5on  to  the    China/UK  Giant  Panda  Project  

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Background  Notes  for  Teachers   Natural  and  Cap+ve  Environments  for  Giant  Pandas Giant  pandas  naturally   live   in   the  mountainous  areas  of   central  China   surrounded  by  cool,  wet,  dense  bamboo   forests.  They  are  solitary  creatures  and   live  alone   for  most  of   the  year,  only  coming   together  during  breeding  season.      Pandas  like  to  spend  5me  in  dens,  and  will  o_en  give  birth  to  their  cubs  in  a  den  made  from  a  hollowed  out  tree,  pile  of  rocks  or  a  cave.  Like  most  bears,  pandas  love  to  climb  and  start  climbing  when  they  are  around  6  months  old.  They  are  also  great  swimmers  and  love  the  water.  They  spend  around  16  hours  a  day  feeding,  but  they  do  occasionally  like  to  play  –  when  they  are  not  sleeping!    Female  pandas  ovulate  once  a  year  and  can  conceive  for  only  2  or  3  days  around  the  5me  of  ovula5on.  In  the  wild,  female  pandas  will  urinate  in  streams  and  rivers  to  send  chemical  messages  to  male  pandas  to  indicate  she  is  ready  to  conceive.      For  pandas  in  cap5vity,  it  is  important  that  they  spend  their  5me  in  an  environment  that  closely  mimics  that  of  their  natural  habitat.  At  Edinburgh  Zoo  the  giant  panda  enclosure  has  been  primarily  designed  to  do  just  that.  Each  design  feature  of  the  enclosure  has  a  purpose,  from  giving  the  pandas  shelter  from  the  elements  to  providing  structures  for  climbing  and  scratching,  everything  has  been  designed  and  installed  for  a  specific  reason.      Use  the  informa5on  from  the  ‘Giant  Panda  Outdoor  Enclosure’  and  ‘Giant  Panda  Indoor  Enclosure’  PDFs  to  find  out  more  about  these  features.  Some,  or  all,  of  them  can  be  used  in  pupils’  designs.    

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