Endangered Species

 

Introduction | Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion

Introduction:
You are a scientist given the task of caring for our world.  One of the major issues facing the planet are disappearing animals.  Your mission is to scout out one of the animals about to disappear using the technology of the Internet to aid in your quest. Your mission is to learn more about one animal that is facing extinction and tell others about it by posting to a Web page dedicated to endangered species.

 

Task:
 The objectives of your mission are:

1. to identify an animal that is an endangered species that you and your group mates have never heard of before
2. to research the animal to identify basic information about the animal and its habitat
3. to identify the dangers the animal is facing and possible solutions to help your animal
4. to organize and arrange all the information collected and place in a web page so that others can learn about your endangered animal.

 

Process:

Explore the Internet to discover an endangered species that you haven’t learned about before.

Using various web sites, discover information about your endangered species.

Take notes on all information about your endangered species including habitat, lifestyle, characteristics, and why it is threatened.

Place all of this information into an html file.

 

Resources:

• To post your report on their webpage, guidelines to follow are located at SchoolWorld Internet Education Project
• Information about endangered species using Bagheera’s Lair.  You can find many endangered species on this site.
• Endangeredspecie.com containing information on lots of issues around endangered species.

• American Museum of Natural History Endangered Expedition also has information about some endangered species.
• Endangered Animals of the World web page has detailed lists of endangered species as well as a short description on them.  This page is also attached to a rain forest web ring that might have further information on other pages.
• There are many web pages about endangered animals as well as related links at 4endangered.com
• Deanne’s web page that has a list of endangered species.  Useful to get a name you haven’t heard of before so you can start searching.
• Endangered Species Zoo has a few endangered animals

 

Evaluation:

In order to determine the success of your mission it is important to understand exactly what you are expected to do

 

 

Conclusion:

You have now become an expert in your endangered species.  You have also taken your knowledge and made it available to others.  Congratulations on helping our world become a better place.