ENDANGERED SPECIES - Animal Facts for Four Corners Game
Make one enlarged copy of this sheet (A3 paper) and cut up the information into individual facts. Hand out an animal name to each group and place the respective boxes into four corners of the classroom.
| PENGUIN | GRIZZLY BEAR | GREEN SEA TURTLE |
| 1. Body Colour: black and white | 1. Body Colour/Size: chocolate-brown fur, very big | 1. Body Colour/Size: Dark green and brown, never stops growing (always gets bigger and bigger) |
| 2. Home: The Antarctic | 2. Home: North America | 2. Home: Live in the warm oceans around the world. |
| 3. Food: Small fish, e.g. squid | 3. Food: Berries, honey, plants, fish and small animals | 3. Food: Plants and sometimes small fish |
| 4.
Interesting Facts: *They cannot fly. |
4.
Interesting Facts: *They sleep for 7 months in the winter. |
4.
Interesting Facts: *Some turtles live for over 100 years. |
| 5.
Why is it endangered? *Oil from ships kill penguins. *Penguins can’t find food when fishing boats catch too many fish. |
5.
Why is it endangered? *It is difficult for bears to find homes because the forests and fields where they live are changing into towns and cities. |
5.
Why is it endangered? *90% of green sea turtles eggs are eaten by their enemies (eg. fish, dogs, seabirds). *Turtles die from eating garbage in the sea. |
| PANDA | PEREGRINE FALCON | AFRICAN ELEPHANT |
| 1. Body Colour/Size: black and white, very big | 1. Body Colour/Size: Dark grey back, white and brown front, small head | 1. Body Colour/Size: Grey body, big head with two very big ears |
| 2. Home: Bamboo forests in the south of China | 2. Home: North America and South America | 2. Home: South of the Sahara desert in Africa |
| 3. Food: Bamboo | 3. Food: Small birds and animals | 3. Food: Leaves, grass and a lot of water |
| 4.
Interesting Facts: *Pandas can eat for 14 hours in a day. |
4.
Interesting Facts: *The peregrine falcon can fly up to 200 miles an hour. |
4.
Interesting Facts: *The elephant’s trunk (nose) is used for eating, breathing, drinking, smelling and fighting. |
| 5.
Why is it endangered? *In China, many bamboo forests have been cut down, so pandas don’t have a place to live. *Many people kill pandas and sell their body parts for a lot of money. |
5.
Why is it endangered? *Many people like to hunt peregrine falcons as a hobby. *Peregrine falcons eat other animals that sometimes have bad chemicals in their bodies. |
5.
Why is it endangered? *People kill elephants and sell their ivory tusks (big white horns) for money. *The area where they live is becoming smaller and smaller. |