Caring for Wildlife in Communities (CWICNET)

Objective 1: Make a Poster

Using the two databases selected as on line resources at the bottom of this page you are to find an endangered animal that you would like to work towards saving.  Create a colourful, interesting, and informative poster that could be placed in parks, schools, and communities to draw attention to environmental issues and your animal’s threat of extinction and what they can do to help conserve it.

Before you can create the posters, you will need to develop a better understanding of the threat to endangered species, particularly the problems, causes, potential solutions, and potentially disastrous effects to the world and humanity if this species were to die off and leave the world forever.  To begin this As part of this process, you will have to fill out an Endangered Species Profilet sheet on the animal and present it with your completed poster to the class. 

When all posters are finished, the class can decide whether to post them in the community. These profiles should include basic information about the animal, important facts and statistics about its status, and recommendations on effective ways to get the world’s attention about this dying species.

This objective is based on the American Association of Science 'Save Our Animals' project.