Groundhog Day
Webquest
Answer the following questions:
1. What does a groundhog look like? Use descriptive words to describe
its
features.
http://www.hoghaven.com/see.html
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/spring1998/critters/everywhere/ghog98nathistory.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/rodent/Groundhogprintout.shtml
2. What do groundhogs like to eat?
http://srd.alberta.ca/fishwildlife/wildlifeinalberta/watchablewildlife/rabbitslargerodents/woodchuck.aspx
3. How are groundhogs called in Canada?.
4. Identify what creatures are enemies of groundhogs.
http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=109
5. Describe what a groundhog's burrow looks like.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/images/graphics/s/BURROW.jpg
6. What happens during hibernation?
http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=109
7. When is Groundhog's Day and what happens on that day?
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7134/Shadow/ghdfacts.htm
8. If a groundhog sees his shadow on Groundhog's Day, what is that
supposed to mean?
http://www.groundhog.org/about/history.php
And now take a quiz to check what
you
know........
Learn from those sites:
Enchanted
Learning - Groundhog/Woodchuck
Alberta
Watchable Wildlife -
Woodchuck
Groundhog 101
Groundhogs at HogHaven Dunkirk Dave - Groundhog
Family Album
http://wilstar.net/holidays/grndhog.htm
http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm
Groundhog.org
- Groundhog Day
History - European Roots
Dunkirk Dave - Groundhog
Haven
The
Adventures of
Punxsutawney Phil, Wiarton Willie, and Pothole Pete
Pages of links
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/happy_groundhog.htm
http://www.groundhogsday.com/groundhogcentral.php
(with a map and the names of all the groundhogs who offer previsions...)
http://www.2learn.ca/mapset/enjoy/groundhog/groundhog.asp
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/fetes02.php
