Day One Activities for 5/2/07
Alright, today’s assignment is going to be a mixture of researching information for understanding the book better as well as, introduce you to possible research topics for a future paper. You have a series of worksheets that have headers that coincide with the headers on this webpage so you know in which section you must look up your answers. The links that are listed will provide you with the answers for your worksheets and you cannot look anywhere else! Have fun researching and finding the right answers!
Burrowing Owls and Alligators
Questions 1-5
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/burrowingowl.html
Questions 6-8
http://www.floridaconservation.org/viewing/species/burrowingowl.html
Questions 9-13
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/kids/symbol.cfm?page=1&id=3
Questions 14-16
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/animals/alligator.html
Endangered Species Research
This website is a great resource that lists all of the endangered animals around the world.
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html
This website is from a museum and if you look towards the left, you can navigate to various screens that focus on very unique endangered animals.
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/
This website focuses on how kids can help the endangered animals.
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/kids/kids_help.html
This website “spotlights” different types of animals.
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/media/spotlight.html
