Introduction
Dive into the wild and wacky world of 'Hoot' by Carl Hiaasen. Imagine a small Florida town where mysteries lurk behind every palm tree. Meet Roy, the new kid in town, who teams up with some oddball friends to save a family of adorable burrowing owls from bulldozers. It's a race against time to save these animals. Join the adventure and discover the power of friendship, courage, and standing up for what's right and asking yourself how far would you go to saving wildlife?
Your Quest:
Is to identify other ways to go about helping wildlife and keeping habits safe and saving endangered species. In different situations what would you do?
Task
First Task:
Have you noticed that there are more and more stories/ videos from YouTube or TikTok of people seeing wildlife going into towns and people's backyards? Why do you think this is more of a common occurrence? Is this something we should prevent and stop? What cause and effect this?
Give a 3-sentence response to the task above.
Second Task:
1. What are burrowing Owls?
2. What other species are endangered that are in Florida?
Process
Use the websites below to help you come up with a response to the task. Only use the websites given in this assignment.
- https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Habitat-Loss
- https://www.nwf.org/en/Our-Work/Wildlife-Conservation
- https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/techecklist.htm#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20best%20known%20of%20these%20are,West%20Indian%20Manatee%2C%20Wood%20Stork%2C%20and%20Snail%20Kite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzD-ENMf4yM (burrowing owls)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEb0lJk1NFs (More facts)
Evaluation
|
Task |
Very Good |
Good |
Needs More Work |
Points |
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First Task |
Thorough answer. At least 3 sentences, and easy to follow along. Answers all parts of the question. |
Answered parts of the questions, could have given more evidence from websites. |
Didn’t answer all parts of the questions. Didn’t give enough evidence from websites. |
50 pts |
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Second Task |
Answered questions using the links provided. |
Didn’t answer questions fully. |
Didn’t use the websites and didn’t answer the question. |
25 pts each |
Conclusion
After this lesson and after reading the book hopefully you learned the importance of standing up for wildlife and learned something new!