Endangered Species

Introduction

In the current Chilean education, one of the most common problems in the english classes is that students cannot communicate properly in english.

Having given the facts, have you ever seen on the news that there are animals who are about to disappear? Let's give the example of a “vaquita marina” or the orangutan, dolphin, among others. Therefore, would not you like to discover how many of them are trying to survive nowadays? and what is more, to give some solutions and to finally have a say on the matter?

Well, with this quest that you are going to do, it is likely that you will be able to acquire the knowledge to comprehend the current issue.

Task

You will have learned about the current condition of certain endangered species. Furthermore, you will learn about the percentages provided by statistics on the disappearance of these animals. Finally, you will learn what is really on stake when talking and researching about endangered animals.

The gathered information has to be presented in a powerpoint presentation, which must include a cover, an introduction about the topic, images, videos, real data research and a final conclusion about what the whole group think about these animals, among others.

Process

1. In groups of three, look for three endangered animals and create a powerpoint presentation. What you have to search specifically is basic information (scientific name, characteristics, habitat and location), cause(s) of endangerment, statisitcs of current state of the specie and finally name and describe any organization, which is helping to end this problem.2. There are some links with some species and its characteristics, such as:

http://news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species

http ://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/6927330/Top-10-most-endangered-species-in-the-world.html

Other websites will give you amazing images, which you can collect for your power point presentation:

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species

http://www.animalplanet.com/wild-animals/endangered-species/

3. The presentation needs to have a cover page, an introduction, development and a conclusion, which in this case is compulsory, as long as images of the species chosen.

4. Each group will have no more than 10 minutes to present the presentation with its respective information, along with some videos (optional).

5. The conclusion has to be delivered as a separate document by one member of the group, with all the questions answered (compulsory).

Evaluation

This rubric will be used to evaluate your speaking performance, PowerPoint Presentation and your conclusions of the webquest.

Category	4	3	2	1
Fluency of ideas	Students are able to give a clear ideas, with no mistakes to consider	Students are able to develop ideas with few fluency mistakes	Students have difficulties when developing ideas with more than 3 mistakes of fluency	Students cannot develop ideas with ease, because more than 4 mistakes, which hinder the fluency
Content	Students present basic information, cause of endangerment, statistics and types of organizations	Students present basic information, cause of endangerment and statistics	Students present basic information and causes of endangerment	Students only present basic information
Reflective thinking	Students are able to give supporting details and examples on their reflection	Students are able to give give supporting details, but without examples	Students are able to give their opinions with disorganized ideas	Students are not able to give their opinions
Visual presentation	Students include all the required information. No grammar and spelling mistakes.	Students include almost all the required information. Occasional grammar and spelling mistakes.	Students include most of the information required. Several grammar and spelling mistakes.	Students include part of the required information. A majority of grammar and spelling mistakes.

Conclusion

Part 1

This is for you to think deeply about the situation you had to search for

a)Why did you choose those species and not others?b)What did you learn about endangered species (1 characteristic per group)c)What solution would you suggest for society?

Part 2

Now, this second part is for you to think about the group work.

a)What did you like the most and the least when working in group?b)Do you think you would have been able to do the whole presentation alone? (three different answers)