I have a love for animals and a topic I cover in Biology is Endangered Species and Extinction. Students learn about what causes plants and animals to become endangered and extinct as well as become familiar with different types of plants and animals that are on an endangered species list and how they are protected. This is a topic that I would really like to emphasis more and doing a project on endangered species would do just that. I have put together a sample of a Google Map that has different locations of selected zoos, nature centers, sanctuaries, and conservation centers across Michigan. Each point has a website attached to it that students can connect to and review each location. For their project students can either use the map I created, or they can create their own, to gather information about the different types of endangered species that are housed at each location. There are many different approaches to a project like this on what type of information could be gathered. An example of such a project: each student could be assigned to a specific location and be responsible in telling about the location, list the species that are found there, and also give information on how these animals are protected. We could extend the project with each student choosing a couple species to do an extended report on.
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