Endangered Species Project
5th Soc:
Take a look at the following sites for lists of endangered species:
https://worldwildlife.org/species/directory?direction=desc&sort=extinction_status
http://www.earthsendangered.com/list.asp
Make sure that whatever species you want to research and present allows you to include the reasons why they are endangered and what you recommend to solve this problem.
You are going to list one of the major issues and develop a
list of actions people could take to reduce or reverse the problem.
You can present this any way you would like as long as you
capture at least eight of the responses to the questions below, communicate the issue and the action steps.
1.
What are the most important things you can
summarize about your endangered species?
2.
Where does your animal live? (Name the country
and continent)
3.
What are the major sources of food for the
animal?
4.
In what habitat or biomes does the animal live
in?
5.
What is the life span of the animal?
6.
What is the most serious threat to this animal’s
existence?
7.
If this animal were to be extinct tomorrow
hypothesize the effect on the ecosystem in which the animal lives.
8.
Are there any adaptations this animal possesses
that might enable it to survive better? What are they?
9.
Are they any organisms that depend on your
animal for their existence?
10.
What actions could people take to reduce or
reverse the problem? (This includes a
proposal for how you recommend fixing the problem).
11.
What is the most interesting thing you didn’t
already know that you learned about your animal?
12.
What else did you discover that you would like
to share?
This project doesn't have a due date but it will likely be towards the end of next week.
