Endangered Species Research

There are a lot of skills that are needed in order to produce a really outstanding Wildlife Documentary. The first set of skills we are going to work on are focused on how we research. In order to begin writing about an endangered species, we need to become experts on our chosen animal first.

Use the following websites to learn about endangered species and help you decide on the animal that you and your Footprints Documentary Team will focus on over the next few weeks.

http://www.animalport.com/extinct-animals/Galapagos-Flightless-Cormorant.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_1610000/newsid_1614400/1614414.stm

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

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

http://www.arkive.org/?gclid=CJOfhNq8jKYCFY4f4QodHDp_pQ

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

ICT Session Monday 10th January 2011

Today I want you all to become Zoologists. Zooology is a science concerned with studying where animals live and how they adapt to their environment through physical and behavioural features. Use the following website to see the various ways animals have adapted to their environments.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/adaptations

When you have finished you can use these websites to design your own animals. You will need think of a name for your new creature, describe which environment it would be perfect for and why you have chosen specific features to help it survive here?

http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

http://www.switcheroozoo.com/zoo.htm

Footprints

'Leave Only Footprints'

What does this phrase mean to you?

A new year and a new theme for us to learn about. Our topic this term will be focusing on endangered species and the factors that effect this issue. We will also be looking at our planet and the environmental concerns we are facing. As a class we will look to make a difference at Forest Fields by raising the awareness of the children and staff on the carbon footprint generated by our school and how we can improve the way we recycle.