The Switch
Zoo app (the new, larger version of Switch Zoo Deluxe) has advanced features that are useful in the
classroom, including:
Students can save their animal creations,
along with a title and story, under their own names in "My Switcheroos." They can return to the animal later and continue working
on the story. Your students can use the Switch Zoo app to create
a class menagerie!
Click
here to see a full-size picture of My Switch Zoo
Bigger, more detailed images of 142 species:
All of the animal images and animations are nearly 50% larger than
the online zoo! Your students can see all the details of soft
fur, shiny fish scales and colorful bird feathers that are just
too small to see in Switch Zoo Online. Click here to see a full-size
picture
The Switch
Zoo app provides an off-line source of information
for reports and stories. Students can read an in-depth Animal
Profile for each animal they select. Facts include scientific name,
life span, habitat, diet, predators, and facts about the animal's
perceptions, behavior and other characteristics. Or students can
choose Fast Facts mode to read short facts about all of the animals
in the current combination simultaneously.
Click
here to see a full-size picture of an Animal Profile
Switch Zoo
Print leaves out the fence, and features a big picture of
the animal along with the students' title and story. Or, instead
of a story, they can print the zoo's facts about their combination
animal.
Visit the Switch Zoo App Features page for more information and full-size pictures. Visit our Lesson Plans page for free science, language arts, art and interdisciplinary Switch Zoo plans.