Diorama

Brett had an assignment to choose an animal from a list of about fifty and then create a diorama of the animal's habitat that included the animal's predator and prey.

He chose the Komodo dragon. Needless to say, this isn't an animal we're intimately familiar with, so we took Brett to the zoo to see the one there and also did some research in books from the library.

We bought a box at UPS and I used some scrapbook paper I had for the background. The most expensive item in the diorama was the dragon. It cost $10.50 at the zoo!

I think it turned out pretty well considering we'd never done this before.

Brett painting the wild boar,
which is the Komodo's prey



The diorama with the wild dog,
the Komodo's predator



Brett painting "blood" on the
wild boar



The Komodo feasting on the wild boar
while the wild dog looks on



Brett and his finished diorama.




Brett's score sheet for the diorama.