This is a very long blog post as I am summarizing an entire project in one post. Its worth the read as it was such an interesting study. As I mentioned in my first post about our Dog Project, it was odd that we took on a project so close to the end of the year. Our culminating event actually occurred on our very last day of school. This project took on a life of its own...guest dogs came out of the woodwork, field trips and professional visitors just clicked and the enthusiasm of the children was high, so we went with it.
In my last post on this topic, I described the impetus for the project and our first guests. Learning about the guide dog puppies gave us a bit of a direction for our study as the topic of dogs is so vast. We focused a great deal on working dogs and the variety of different jobs that dogs can have. We did also learn about various breeds and the features of each breed by "interviewing" our visitors. By the end of the study we were able to get answers to most of our initial questions...and the many, many new questions that arise when learning.
Here is a brief synopsis of how the rest of the project unfolded...