There are two ways we can collect information for our wildlife project. Library and online research and a tip to a wildlife park. First, let’s talk about researching in the library and online. One big advantage is that it is cheap and convenient. We can get lots of facts, photos, and articles about different animals, and we can work at our own time. However, there are advantages. Online information can sometimes be incorrect, and we only get second-hand information. We cannot see really animals behaving in really life. Next, a trip to a wildlife park. The main advantage is that we can observe, live animals directly we can. Watch their behavior and take our own photos, which makes our project more interesting. But this option has downside, it will cost money for transport and enter tickets. Also, we need to spend time traveling and we may not get much written factual information as we would from books for websites. Personally, we would prefer to go on the trip to the real life park. Although research online in a library gives us good facts, seeing animals in real life will make
Band 6+: A school project. You and your classmates are working on a school project about wildlife. You are considering the following ways of collecting information for the project: research in the library and online, and a trip to a wildlife park. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each option. Say which option you would prefer, and why.
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There are two ways we can collect information for our wildlife project: library and online research, and a trip to a wildlife park. First, let's talk about researching in the library and online. One big advantage is that it is cheap and convenient. We can get lots of facts, photos, and articles about different animals, and we can work at our own time. However, there are disadvantages. Online information can sometimes be incorrect, and we only get second-hand information. We cannot see real animals behaving in real life. Next, a trip to a wildlife park. The main advantage is that we can observe live animals directly. We can watch their behavior and take our own photos, which makes our project more interesting. But this option has a downside: it will cost money for transport and entrance tickets. Also, we need to spend time traveling, and we may not get as much written factual information as we would from books or websites. Personally, I would prefer to go on the trip to the wildlife park. Although research online and in a library gives us good facts, seeing animals in real life will make
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