Extinct or Endangered Animal Project
Extinct or Endangered Animal Project ❖Option 1: A five paragraph essay with a cover page ❖Option 2: A poster display (at least size 12 X 18) ❖Option 3: A PowerPoint presentation (minimum of 9 slides total) *** BE CAREFUL ABOUT PLAGIARISM! IT IS ILLEGAL TO COPY/PASTE SOMEONE ELSE’S WORDS AND PRETEND YOU WROTE THEM!!! ALWAYS WRITE YOUR PROJECTS IN YOUR OWN WORDS UNLESS USING QUOTES OR STATING SPECIFICALLY WHERE IT CAME FROM! *** Information that must be included for ALL projects: ❑ A title for your project (goes on the cover page if you choose essay) ❑ The scientific name (genus and species) and common name of your animal (goes on the cover page if you choose essay) ❑ Pictures of your animal (goes on the cover page if you choose essay) ❑ Information about what it looked like (the size, color, fur, feathers, etc.) ❑ Invertebrate or Vertebrate characteristics of your species (Refer to Ch. 14 for ideas on what to research) ❑ What Era and Period your species was from (including today if applicable) ❑ Where the species could be physically found on the planet ❑ The type of environment that your species lives in (arctic, rainforest, ocean, jungle, etc.) ❑ How is your animal ADAPTED to live where it did? (Ex: blend in with the snow, have sharp claws for hunting, etc.) ❑ The food your animal ate or does eat ❑ Whether your animal gets eaten by another animal of some kind ❑ Names and pictures of ancestor animals that your animal evolved from ❑ Names and pictures of animals alive today that are related to your animal ❑ What caused the animal to become extinct or endangered o IF EXTINCT: How could our world be different if the species was still around? o If ENDANGERED: How could we save it? How many are left? ❑ Why did you pick this animal? Include any other interesting facts you would like to share that don’t fit into the categories above. ❑ “Works Cited” meaning the websites and/or books that your information came from o Must have at least three sources of information These are just some examples, there are MANY more. You do NOT have to choose one from the list, you may pick any endangered or extinct species. Aders’ Duiker African Elephant African Wild Dog (North) American Lion Anoa Asiatic Lion Auk Aye Aye Baiji Bald Eagle Bengal Tiger Black Footed Ferret Blue Poison Frog Bonobo Bornean Orangutan Brown Spider Monkey Capromeryx Cheetah Chimpanzee Coelacanth Diana Monkey Diademed Sifaka Dire Wolf Dodo bird Dugong Eastern Red Colobus Elegant Frog Fennec Fox Fossa Fruit Bat Giant Armadillo Giant Anteater Giant Hispaniolan galliwasp Giant Moa Giant Otter Giant Panda Great Green Macaw Golden Bellied Capuchin Monkey Golden Lion Tamarin Golden Mantella Golden Poison Frog Grizzly Bear Haast’s Eagle Harpy Eagle Hirola Honshu Wolf Huia Hyacinth Macaw Iberian Lynx Imperial Parrot Indian Elephant Indian Rhinoceros Indian Wild Dog Island Fox Jaguar Japanese River Otter Javanese Langur Javanese Rhinoceros Kakapo Komodo Dragon Leopard Leatherhead Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Mahogany Glider Malayan/Sunda Pangolin Maned Sloth Mediterranean Monk Seal Mexican axolotl Mountain Gorilla Mountain Tapir Ocelot Orinoco Crocodile Panama Golden Frog Passenger Pigeon Philippine Eagle Piping Plover Plesiosaurus Proboscis Monkey Pronghorn Antelope Pygmy Hippo Pygmy Rabbit Pygmy Sloth Quagga Rancho Grande Harlequin Frog Rabbit Bandicoot Red Panda Red Rail Russian Sturgeon Saola Sea Otter Sei Whale Sinosauropteryx Sivatherium Slow Loris Smilodon Snow Leopard Spotted Handfish Stegosauras Stegoceras Sumatran Orangutan Sumatran Tiger Takahe Tasmanian Tiger Vaquita Whale Shark Woolly Rhinoceros Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle Yellow Crested Cockatoo
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