t is as tall as 23 Empire State Buildings stacked atop one another. A teacher might introduce math by asking students to compare the mountain’s height to another contemporary building, in this case the world’s tallest Burj Khalifa, which soars to an incredible 2,723 feet in the city of Dubai. It only takes about 11 Burj Khalifa’s to total Mount Everest! You can determine measurements about animals in your area and compare them to common items that students see every day. It’s one way to make math immediate.
A Step Beyond
While I was visiting the exhibit, one of the two female leopards, Chocolate, sat down on a nearby rock and stared pointedly at the crowd of human spectators. Ask your students to choose one animal at the zoo you are visiting, and write a few-paragraph (or few-word for younger students) essay from the animal’s point of view. What are the animals thinking? Are they annoyed? Delighted? Bored?