Zoo Project Creating

Drawing Your Zoo Blueprint 1. Use your Zoo Planning Sheet as a guide.

2. Remember that the Square Metres Required is a minimum, and your area may be larger.

3. Be sure to leave space for paths. They should be 30 metres or 3 squares wide.

Bonus Areas

Area ()

Bathroom

800

4. You must also choose at least 2 bonus non-animal areas to your zoo. Your visitors would appreciate a bathroom! 

Splash Fountain

500

Concert Hall

2500

Concession Stand

1000

Gift Shop

1000

Playground

1000

Zoo Equipment Room

500

5. Give each exhibit a name like “Playful Penguins” or “Wild and Crazy Gorillas”.

6. Label each area and exhibit or use a key.

Why do we call them blueprints?

Blueprints traditionally show a white image on blue paper. This is because of how those documents were made. The blueprinting process was developed in the mid-1800s, when scientists discovered that ammonium iron citrate and potassium ferrocyanide created a photosensitive solution that could be used for reproducing documents.

Nowadays, blueprints often aren’t blue at all! https://youtu.be/11eKSlkT2qg

Drawing Your Zoo Blueprint Options for drawing the blueprint: 1. If you have squared paper at home, you can use this (it should be A4 size).

2. If you do not have squared paper at home, you can print the next slide.

3. If you don’t have a printer, but you’re good with computers, try and design it on the computer using the grid on the next slide as a base.

Your Blueprint Needs a Title!

Now that you have designed the world’s greatest zoo, you are almost ready to open the doors to visitors. But first, you need a name for your zoo.

Be creative! Maybe your zoo has a theme?

Here are some ideas.

Record the Area and Perimeter Use the table on the next slide to record the perimeter and area of each exhibit.

Also include your extras like bathrooms, playground etc.

For tutorials on Area and Perimeter, check out the Khan Academy videos: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-foundations/hs-geo-area/v/perimeter-and-area-basics

Exhibit

Area

Perimeter