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necessary to take additional time developing this conceptual understanding before movingon to the next activities.Introduction to Final Project and Field TripObjectives Teachers verbally introduce the purpose and scope of this unit of study to the students. Students begin to understand that they will be conducting classroom activities and taking a fieldtrip to Denver Zoo in order to create a final project related to the study topic.NOTE: More in‐depth details of the classroom activities, preparations for the field trip and the finalproject will be addressed in their own sections. These explanations are meant to mentally preparestudents for deeper investigations later on.Materials and ResourcesNoneActivities1. Introduce Final Project (Approximate time: 7 minutes)o Explain that students will be studying how the management of healthy body systems ofanimals can be compared and contrasted to managing healthy systems of humans. Explainthey will be conducting a series of activities and explorations that will help them develop afinal project.o Explain that part of the exploration will be to take a field trip to Denver Zoo. On the fieldtrip, the students will be scientists, observing animals in Toyota Elephant Passage andkeeping track of ways that the animals’ body systems stay healthy. During the trip, they willchoose one animal from Toyota Elephant Passage and one type of zoo employee to featurein their final project, a Healthy Human, Healthy Animal book.o Explain that in the days following their field trip, they will complete their final projects backat school:• Healthy Human, Healthy Animal (illustrated book or digital creation): Based ontheir observations in Toyota Elephant Passage as well as their research about howhumans and animals maintain healthy body systems, students will create books ordigital creations comparing human and animal body systems and how to keep themhealthy. Books will be written from the point of view of a real or imagined zooemployee and will highlight a selected animal from Toyota Elephant Passage. Thehuman character will narrate how they take care of their own body systems andhow animals, with the help of zoo staff, take care of their body systems. Explain thatafter they complete their projects, they will be presenting them and reading thestories to their class, other classes, younger/older “buddies” and/or their familiesand friends. You may choose to have students write, draw and collage to create theirHealthy Human, Healthy Animal illustrated books. You may choose to have the students develop their projects as a digitalstory in the form of a digital book, presentation or video.2. Introduce the Field Trip Experience (Approximate time: 5 minutes)o Inform students that they will be visiting Denver Zoo in the near future. The trip willinclude a visit to the Toyota Elephant Passage exhibit, where they will have the9