Introduction
WELCOME: Save our animals Project
GRADE LEVEL: 2nd of Primary
CURRICULUM: Natural Science
KEY WORDS: endangered species, habitat, population stimate, save the specie, species survival.
AUTHOR: Carrillo Hernández, Estefanía
Your class has been chosen by a confederation of wildlife organizations to help in an NGO SAVE THE ANIMALS campaign promoting greater awareness about the growing threat to endangered species, the environment, and to human beings around the world.
Task
The task is to create a colorful, interesting, and informative poster that could be placed in parks, schools, and communities to draw attention to environmental issues and your animal’s threat of extinction.
Process
1. First of all, the class need to be divide en groups of 3. Then, you must fill the gaps of the link attached as “ENDANGERED ANIMALS PROFILE”. In that document you need to decide the information you team will be required to find about the animal you choose.
How to make a cooperative group:
As a team, you will need to decide which members are going to work on which aspects of the project. It is recommended that all members participate in the general reading and animal selection process. Then one of us should handle one of the following tasks: (a) research and animal profile, (b) advertising approach, or (c) poster creation. Since all the areas are dependent on the other, it is important that team members work well together in exchanging ideas and developing the most informative and effective posters and animal profiles.
Consider the best way to do the Publicity of your poster:
To do the Poster, it´s important to think some aspects related to publicity, like t what will be the most interesting, persuasive, enlightening, and effective way to reveal your endangered animal to the public. Besides you may want your posters and profiles to include eye-opening statistics and other related scientific data or decide to simply appeal to your audience’s emotions by presenting some sad or affecting aspects about your special animal.
2. Research this website for this project:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory?direction=desc&sort=ext…
This resource will provide you with a broader and more detailed look at endangered species problem in general. Read this to become better informed about the causes and consider ideas on how to best tell the story of your animal in your posters and profiles.
Come up with a list of 3 or 4 mammals you would like to help. Your teacher will help you choose one mammal for your poster and profile. This website should be your primary source of information for your profiles, posters, and presentations.
3. To create the poster, wou will need paper, pencils, markers, tape, and other related materials. The posters must present the following information:
- Both common and scientific names of animal
- Brief description of its habitat
- Description of the main reason why the animal is endangered
- Drawing or pictures of the animal
Depending on team preferences, you may use in your poster: printout copies of downloaded photos from the internet, a draw of the specie based on the photos, or both photos and draws.
4. To complete the project, your team will present it´s poster before the class, using its animal’s Endangered Species Profile as a basis for its presentation. Be prepared to answer questions about your selected animal.
Evaluation
EVALUATION
In the area of Teamwork (30%):
- Effort
- Cooperation
- Preparation
In the area of Poster Development (30%):
- Design
- Message and Clarity
- General Audience Impact
In the area of Dangered Species Profile and Presentation (40%):
- Quality of Research
- Quality of Ideas and Solutions to Save the Specie
- Questions and Answers
- Focus and Ability to Complete the Project
Conclusion
All this job has been created with the target that you are going to research, learn and deepen on the topic of endangered species and use it to help a specific animal that is currently in real danger and it will likely be forever lost to the world.