Extinct or Endangered Animal Project

Extinct or Endangered Animal Project
❖Option 1: A five paragraph essay with a cover page
❖Option 2: A poster display (at least size 12 X 18)
❖Option 3: A PowerPoint presentation (minimum of 9 slides total)
*** BE CAREFUL ABOUT PLAGIARISM! IT IS ILLEGAL TO COPY/PASTE SOMEONE ELSE’S WORDS AND
PRETEND YOU WROTE THEM!!! ALWAYS WRITE YOUR PROJECTS IN YOUR OWN WORDS UNLESS USING
QUOTES OR STATING SPECIFICALLY WHERE IT CAME FROM! ***
Information that must be included for ALL projects:
❑ A title for your project (goes on the cover page if you choose essay)
❑ The scientific name (genus and species) and common name of your animal (goes on the cover
page if you choose essay)
❑ Pictures of your animal (goes on the cover page if you choose essay)
❑ Information about what it looked like (the size, color, fur, feathers, etc.)
❑ Invertebrate or Vertebrate characteristics of your species (Refer to Ch. 14 for ideas on what
to research)
❑ What Era and Period your species was from (including today if applicable)
❑ Where the species could be physically found on the planet
❑ The type of environment that your species lives in (arctic, rainforest, ocean, jungle, etc.)
❑ How is your animal ADAPTED to live where it did? (Ex: blend in with the snow, have sharp
claws for hunting, etc.)
❑ The food your animal ate or does eat
❑ Whether your animal gets eaten by another animal of some kind
❑ Names and pictures of ancestor animals that your animal evolved from
❑ Names and pictures of animals alive today that are related to your animal
❑ What caused the animal to become extinct or endangered
o IF EXTINCT: How could our world be different if the species was still around?
o If ENDANGERED: How could we save it? How many are left?
❑ Why did you pick this animal? Include any other interesting facts you would like to share that
don’t fit into the categories above.
❑ “Works Cited” meaning the websites and/or books that your information came from
o Must have at least three sources of information
These are just some examples, there are MANY more. You do NOT have to choose one from the list, you
may pick any endangered or extinct species.
Aders’ Duiker
African Elephant
African Wild Dog
(North) American Lion
Anoa
Asiatic Lion
Auk
Aye Aye
Baiji
Bald Eagle
Bengal Tiger
Black Footed Ferret
Blue Poison Frog
Bonobo
Bornean Orangutan
Brown Spider Monkey
Capromeryx
Cheetah
Chimpanzee
Coelacanth
Diana Monkey
Diademed Sifaka
Dire Wolf
Dodo bird
Dugong
Eastern Red Colobus
Elegant Frog
Fennec Fox
Fossa
Fruit Bat
Giant Armadillo
Giant Anteater
Giant Hispaniolan galliwasp
Giant Moa
Giant Otter
Giant Panda
Great Green Macaw
Golden Bellied Capuchin Monkey
Golden Lion Tamarin
Golden Mantella
Golden Poison Frog
Grizzly Bear
Haast’s Eagle
Harpy Eagle
Hirola
Honshu Wolf
Huia
Hyacinth Macaw
Iberian Lynx
Imperial Parrot
Indian Elephant
Indian Rhinoceros
Indian Wild Dog
Island Fox
Jaguar
Japanese River Otter
Javanese Langur
Javanese Rhinoceros
Kakapo
Komodo Dragon
Leopard
Leatherhead Turtle
Loggerhead Turtle
Mahogany Glider
Malayan/Sunda Pangolin
Maned Sloth
Mediterranean Monk Seal
Mexican axolotl
Mountain Gorilla
Mountain Tapir
Ocelot
Orinoco Crocodile
Panama Golden Frog
Passenger Pigeon
Philippine Eagle
Piping Plover
Plesiosaurus
Proboscis Monkey
Pronghorn Antelope
Pygmy Hippo
Pygmy Rabbit
Pygmy Sloth
Quagga
Rancho Grande Harlequin Frog
Rabbit Bandicoot
Red Panda
Red Rail
Russian Sturgeon
Saola
Sea Otter
Sei Whale
Sinosauropteryx
Sivatherium
Slow Loris
Smilodon
Snow Leopard
Spotted Handfish
Stegosauras
Stegoceras
Sumatran Orangutan
Sumatran Tiger
Takahe
Tasmanian Tiger
Vaquita
Whale Shark
Woolly Rhinoceros
Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle
Yellow Crested Cockatoo