8th Grade

Endangered Species Project

2010

Handouts - Copies of documents distributed in meetings and classes.

• Project Calendar (Excel spreadsheet)

• Project Overview (Word document)

• Science Trifold Pamphlet Requirements (Word document)

• History Notes Assignment Requirements (Word document)

• English Travelogue Requirements (Word document)

• English Travelogue Rubric (Excel spreadsheet)

• Computer Web Contact Requirements (Word document)

• Presentation Requirements (Word document)

     For more details about the project in particular classes, check MyBackpack!

Useful Lnks - Provided as a starting point; you should find other sites and sources on your own.

• IUCN Red List

• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

• Endangered Species International

• KidsPlanet.com Fact Sheets

• US Fish & Wildlife Endangered Species Page

• EndangeredSpecie.com

• Louisville Zoo

• Expedia

• Travelocity

• Mark Carwardine Website

• US Zoo Directory

• KCD Library

• Louisville Free Public Library

• Wikipedia (Wikipedia should NOT be used as an exclusive source, but you can find useful external links at the bottom of each page)

• Google

• Son of Citation Machine (for Works Cited lists and footnotes)

E-Mail Addresses - To contact teachers and/or submit your work.

• Visual aide and web contact submission - 8th.grade@kcd.org

• Mr. Bell - connor.bell@kcd.org

• Mrs. Brownlow - lydia.brownlow@kcd.org

• Mr. Miller - steve.miller@kcd.org

• Ms. Shartzer - sarah.shartzer@kcd.org

Goo(background image from solarenergydream.com)