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Part I. Online Databases (for CMS students only) 1. Go to the EBSCO database and click on Middle School. Make sure MiddleSearch Plus is checked. Click Enter. We are going to do a keyword search. Make sure the full text box is checked. In the search box, type endangered species AND trade (the AND means that all words will be searched for.) Click Search. a. How many results were found? _____________ In the result list, look for the article "Soft, Warm, and Illegal." You may have to click on page 2 of the results to find it. Answer the following: b. What is a shahtoosh? ______________________________________________________________ c. How much does one cost? __________________________________________________________ d. Why is it called "King of Wool?" _____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ e. What animal does the wool come from? ______________________________________________ f. How is the wool harvested? __________________________________________________________ g. How many of these animals are left in Tibet? _________________________________________ Click on Result List. 2. Choose another article from the result list, click on the article and answer the following. a. Title of article ______________________________________________________________________ b. Magazine _________________________________________________ Date ___________________ c. Author(s) ___________________________________________________________________________ d. What is the article about? ___________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________  Part II. World Book Online (for CMS students only) 1. Go to World Book Online .
a. The chief reasons that species become endangered include: 1. _________________________________________________________________
a.What is poaching? _______________________________________________________________ b. For hundreds of years in England, poaching the king's ________________ was a crime punishable by ________________________. c. Today, penalties for poaching include ______________________________________________ and ____________________________________________. Part III. Cascade's Online Catalog Let's see if you can find things in Cascade's online catalog . You can do a quick search on this page or click Search the library for more choices. For this search, click Search the library. Do a title search for the book The Wonders of Tigers. 1. a. Who is the author? _______________________________________________ b. What is the call number? _________________________________ c. What is the copyright date? _______________________________ Do a subject search for endangered species. 2. a. How many subjects deal with endangered species? ________________ b. How many titles are listed under the subject Endangered Species-United States? ___________ c. Give the title of a book listed under the subject Endangered Species-United States. ____________________________________________________________________________ d. Is this book checked in or out? ___________ Do a keyword search for endangered species. 3. How many total titles does this keyword search find? _________ Hint: Look above the word Title in the list of books. Part IV. Internet Now it's time to surf the World Wide Web for more info on endangered species. 1. Let's start with Word Central and find out what some words mean. Look up species and look at the second definition. a. Species: a category of living things that ranks below a genus, is made up of ______________________________________________________________________________, and is identified by a two-part scientific name. b. Look up range (noun) and look at definition 3b. Range: the place where _______________________________________________________ 2. Let's go to an exhibit on endangered animals at the Museum of Natural History . Click on glossary in the left frame. Find the following words in the glossary in the right frame. a. Fauna: ____________________________________________________________ b. Flora: ____________________________________________________________ c. Habitat: the ________________________________ in which specified organisms live.
d. What is the length of the Komodo Dragon? ____________________________________ e. How much does it weigh? ___________________________________________________ f. What is the current range of the Komodo Dragon? ____________________________
g. The okapi is a relative of the _______________________________________ and has _______________________________________________________ on its legs and hindquarters and a ___________________________________ coat that blends well into the light and shadows of the forest. 3. Go to Global Awareness Project
a. How many species are on the endangered list in Oregon? _______________
b. The average size of the adult spotted owl is ____________________ tall and it has a wing span of around ___________________________.
c. How many pairs of spotted owls are left in Oregon? _______________________ d. What is their main predator? _______________________
e. Where is the American crocodile mainly found? ______________________________________ f. How does it differ from the American alligator? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Let's go to SeaWorld ! a. What kind of animal is pictured on this first page? Hint: Click on the hyperlink below the picture. ______________________________________________________
b. About ____________ of rhino deaths occur due to poaching for the rhino's horn. The horn is used to make ______________________ and to make traditional oriental ______________________. c. How many black rhinos do experts estimate are left in the wild? _________________ 5. Now we are off to Florida to take a look at the gentle manatee . a. Description: Large, _____________________________ body that tapers to a _______________________________ tail. b. Size: Average _______________________ long, weighing around 1,000 lbs. c. Behavior: Most of the time is spent ____________________________________ (100-150 lbs. per day), resting, and traveling. Click here to see a great manatee picture . 6. Let's spend some time at the Oregon Zoo .
a. Name two ways you can tell the difference between an African elephant and an Asian elephant? 1. _______________________________________________________________________ b. Why is the Asian elephant endangered? ________________________________________________________________ 7. Now we are off to the Kids' Planet . Scroll down and under Asia, click on snow leopard. a. How many snow leopards are left in the wild? __________________________________________ b.The snow leopard is found in the high mountains of ___________________________________. c. Why is the snow leopard endangered? _________________________________________________ 8. Let's check out an article about Northwest salmon . a. How many species of Northwest salmon were added to the Endangered Species List on March 15, 1999? _________________ b. Cities affected by the listing include ________________________ and ______________________. c. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) attributed the listing to such factors as _____________________ and __________________________________ projects that degrade watershed and stream conditions critical to salmon survival, ________________________________, ___________________________, _______________construction and operation, and certain hatchery practices. 9. The Galapagos Islands are known for their unique variety of animals, like the Galapagos tortoise. Let's go to The Big Zoo and find out some basic facts about this fascinating animal. a. How much can a Galapagos tortoise weigh? ______________________ b. How fast do they go? _____________________________ c. How many tortoises were on the islands when the Spanish explorers came? __________________________________ How many are left today? _______________________ 10. Now let's go to Virtual Galapagos to see the Galapagos tortoises in their natural habitat.
a. When did Captain Cook give the queen the tortoise? ___________________ b. When did the tortoise die? _____________________ WOW!
11.If endangered animals are not saved, then they may become extinct like the dodo. Let's find out what happened to the dodo at the American Museum of Natural History a. When was the dodo first sighted? ___________________ b.What was its range? ______________________________________________________________ c. How long after its discovery did it become extinct? __________________________ d. What were two primary causes of the dodo's extinction? _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________
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