| Endangered
Animals |
NAME:
Shirley Whittemore SCHOOL: North Ridgeville High
School WORKSHOP LOCATION: LEECA TITLE OF COMPANION
CONTENT FINDER: Endangered Animals GRADE LEVEL: Tenth &
Eleventh Grade CURRICULUM/ SUBJECT AREA: Science b Biology
& Environmental Studies SPECIFIC TOPIC: Endangered
Animals
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CONTENT
INFORMTION: Students in biology and environmental studies
classes are required to research and create a brochure on a
specific endangered animal. Students will also do an
informative speech or power point presentation on the
endangered animal. Dewey Decimal: 574, 591, 333 for books
on endangered animals. |
ENDANGERED
ANIMALS Student Page
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| GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS: Select an endangered animal from the general
list of endangered animals b no duplication. Create a
brochure on your endangered animal choice and either give an
informative speech or a power point presentation on that
animal. |
CONTENT
CATALOGIES: Print Resources: Select one of the printed
resources and find information on your endangered animal
choice. Donbt forget to include citation for a bibliography
page.
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The
Grolier Student Encyclopedia of Endangered Species --
574.529 GRO Vanishing Wildlife: Endangered Species of
the World -- 591.529 KIN Endangered Animals -- 333.954
GRO
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Newly
purchased and borrowed books from the public library will be
on reserve for your use.
Online Resources:
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| Enter
byour endangered animalb in the bsearch boxb. Print out
the first page of one of the articles and write a brief
summary of the article. Select EBSCO Animals or Gale Resource
Center if you canbt find an article in the EBSCO School
database. |
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| Select
two of the following online resources, find information on
your endangered animal choice and take notes (may cut &
paste) for your brochure. Donbt forget you will also be doing
an informative speech or power point presentation and will
need to have citations for a bibliography page. |
Animal
Info
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Britannica
Encyclopedia
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| EBSCO |
| Sirs
Discoverer |
| EBSCO
Animals |
| Gale
Resource Center -- Bronze |
| U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Services |
| EE-Link:
Endangered Species |
| Kids
Planet |
| The
IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals |
| EndangeredSpecie.com |
| WWF:
Endangered Species |
Bibliography
tools: you may use NoodleBib for your bibliography
page.
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NoodleBib
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| Muphy's
Law: If you wait to the last minute to do the project,
everything will go
wrong!! |