Either
Do one clause from each section.

Or
All the clauses from one section.

Pets

**Make a poster or leaflet about your favourite pet animal showing:
– what it eats
– where it comes from
– what kind of exercise it needs
– how it likes to play.

**Find out about working animals like guide dogs or horses. Explain how they are trained and why they are useful.

**Choose an animal charity and find out about its work. Help support its work, for example join one of its sponsored events.

**Draw a picture or write a poem or story about a pet. Show what makes it special and individual.

Endangered animals

**Make a poster or leaflet about an endangered animal. Include details about:
– where it lives
– what it eats
– why it is endangered.

**Choose a charity or organisation that helps protect endangered animals. Help support its work, for example join one of its sponsored events.

**Find out about some animals that are already extinct. Explain why this has happened, and what can be done so it doesn’t happen in the future.

**Make up a quiz, game or activity about endangered animals for your Six.

Zoos, animal sanctuaries and wildlife reserves

**Visit your nearest zoo, animal sanctuary or wildlife reserve. Find out about some of the animals that live there, including at least one you hadn’t heard of before. Make a scrapbook about your visit.

**Look at the different colours and patterns of animals. Explain why animals need camouflage. Use some of the patterns you see in a piece of art, for example a face mask.

**Describe how life is different for animals that live in the wild to those that live in captivity.

**Find out how some zoos’ conservation work helps to protect endangered animals. Get details of the adoption schemes that are run by some zoos and sanctuaries.

Animal care

**Know why humans are a threat to animals, and what can be done about it. Make a poster or leaflet showing how Brownies can help.

**Imitate five animals for the rest of your Six to guess.

**Know where your local vet’s surgery is and when it is open. Explain:
– why your pet might need to visit the vet
– what you would do if you found a sick or stray animal.

**Make a book about animals for a young child. Choose at least five animals and say where they live, what they eat and what their babies are called.

Need some help?
BBC Science & Nature: Animals
CBBC Wild
Animal Planet Discovery
Animals on National Geographic