The Five Kingdoms

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The Five Kingdoms

• Return Of The Living Dead

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Student Objectives

• Students will
• Brainstorm about endangered species.
• Probe the phenomena of endangered species that
  continue to survive beyond expectations by
  reading and discussing Extinction turns out to
  Be a Slow, Slow Process.
• Select an endangered species and create a
  PowerPoint presentation of your findings.
• Present findings to the class.

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Opening Activity

• Discussion What are some factors that result in
  a species becoming endangered or extinct?
• If possible give some examples of animals
  Florida Panther
• Blue Whale
• Students write in notebooks and then share their
  responses

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Extinction Turns Out to Be a Slow, Slow Process

• Students read article and answer the following
  questions
• In What ways have near-extinct species surprised
  scientists?
• Why have predictions of species extinction become
  an embarrassment to scientists?
• What is meant by the quote, To a species, a
  human lifetime is a little flicker.?
• What are some primary causes of extinction?
• What is the difficulty of using scientific data
  from previously extinct species to help with
  future predictions.

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Questions

• 6. What tools do scientists currently use to
  predict extinction rates?
• 7. Why are biologists and paleontologists
  describe as being at odds with each other?
• 8. What does the article describe as the central
  challenge to scientists who are investigating
  endangered species? What are the proposals to
  help with this challenge?

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HAND-OUT Endangered animal species of North
America

• Choose one of the following animal species.
• Using PowerPoint create an informational
  presentation on your species.
• Use the questions on the next slide to create you
  presentation.

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• What is the common habitat of your species?
• Where was this species located prior to
  endangerment?
• How has the habitat changed since it became
  endangered?
• What are some distinguishing characteristics or
  adaptations of this species?
• What are the known cause of reduction in the
  population of the species?
• What role have humans and development played in
  the reduction of this population?
• What role have humans played in attempting to
  save this species fro extinction?