WAMS Media Center Research

Grade 7 Science – Endangered Species Research

 

Assignment and Objectives

 

You will research one of the identified endangered species and create a website on your animal. You will use print and online resources to gather the required information.

 

Selected Databases/E-Books

InfoTrac-Gale Virtual Reference Library(E-books)

Marshall Cavendish

EBSCOhost

Facts on File-Science Online

WORLD BOOK Online

Web Links

All Animals

All About Wildlife: http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/endangered-species/endangered-species-population-numbers/3596

(contains Quantitative data on MANY endangered animals)

Earth’s Endangered:www.earthsendangered.com

 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife:http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/pub/listedAnimals.jsp

 

National Geographic:http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/?source=NavAniHome

 

University of Michigan – Animal Diversity Project:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

Encyclopedia of Life: http://www.eol.org/

Woodland Zoo: http://www.zoo.org/home

American Museum of Natural History: http://www.amnh.org/

 

National Wildlife Federation:http://www.nwf.org/en/Wildlife.aspx

 

Defenders of Wildlife Organization:

Environmental Defense Fund:

http://www.edf.org/home.cfm

 

World Wildlife Fund: (requests donations – don’t click on those links)

http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/index.html

 

African Wildlife Foundation:

http://www.awf.org/section/wildlife/gallery

 

Animal Fact Guide:

http://www.animalfactguide.com/animals.php

National Parks Conservation Association:

http://www.npca.org/wildlife_protection/wildlife_facts/

 

The Wild Ones:

http://www.thewildones.org/animal.html

 

 

Select Endangered Species

Amphibians

California Red-Legged Frog:

http://www.californiaherps.com/frogs/pages/r.draytonii.html

http://www.edf.org/documents/3733_Species_CA%20Frog.pdf

 

Birds

Whooping Crane:

http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Birds/Whooping-Crane.aspx

 

California Condor:

http://www.peregrinefund.org/explore_raptors/vultures/cacondor.html

 

Owls:

http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/birds/info/Owl.shtml

http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Spottedowlprintout.shtml

 

Kirtland’s Warbler:

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-32591--,00.html

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Kirtlands_Warbler/id

 

     Insects

American Burying Beetle:

http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Oklahoma/beetle1.htm

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered/insects/abb_fact.html

 

        Mammals

            Armadillo:

http://www.earthsendangered.com/profile-11.html

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/armadillo.html

 

Gray Bat: 

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/mammals/grbat_fc.html

http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/oklahoma/graybat.htm

 

Bactrian Camel:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Camelus_bactrianus.html

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bactrian-camel/

 

Chinese River Dolphin:

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/cetaceans/chineseriverdolphin.htm

 

         Primates         

            Golden Lion Tamarin:

http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/golden_lion_tamarin

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/EndangeredSpecies/GLTProgram/Learn/

 

Reptiles

American Crocodile:

http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/crocodile.php

           Black Caiman:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Melanosuchus_niger.html

 

 

Worksheets/Additional Resources

 

7^th Science Database Pathfinder

Works Cited Sheet

Sample Works Cited File

Assignment Notes Packet