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
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
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.
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
Newly purchased and borrowed books from the public library will be on reserve for your use.

Online Resources:
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.
 
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
Britannica Encyclopedia

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.
NoodleBib
Muphy's Law: If you wait to the last minute to do the project, everything will go wrong!!