{"id":185,"date":"2019-04-08T14:43:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T18:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ellsmith\/?p=185"},"modified":"2019-04-10T14:07:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T18:07:47","slug":"endangered-species-project-in-7th-grade-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/ellsmith\/2019\/04\/08\/endangered-species-project-in-7th-grade-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Endangered Species Project in 7th grade Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research teams (of three students)\u00a0 choose a <\/span>threatened \/ endangered species<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Research Scientists for the federal government, students conducted research to educate themselves about an animal’s habitat, reproduction, future, history, appearance\/ behavior, enemies and survival.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each team member chose between the following roles: \u00a0Ecologist, Zoologist and Conservationist and completed the individual background research. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Teams worked to form a lobbyist group that developed a 5 minute persuasive plan of recovery to get their animal off the threatened \/ endangered species list using an Infographic Slide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, the lobbyist group prepared and presented the information to Congress (Ms. Bitar and Ms. Hammoud) who selected the endangered animal that will be financially sponsored.<\/span><\/p>\n

One team, consisting of Maya Othman, Max Polster, and Taylor Snow were selected to virtually adopt “Jimmy the Wombat” due to their in depth research on the Common Wombats endangered species status and ecological factors that contributed to their population decline. Here’s a picture of “Jimmy” and his new adopted parents (who are welcome to visit him at the Australian Zoo if they are ever in the neighborhood).<\/p>\n

Here are the NGSS and CCSS covered in this Project.<\/p>\n