ARKive School Museum What are endangered species and

ARKive School Museum What are endangered species and why are they endangered?

What is an ARKive School Museum? We are going to use the images and information on the ARKive website to help us create our School Museum. This school had an exhibit about the size of different endangered species in their museum.

What is an endangered species? Tiger Hawksbill turtle Yellow-eyed penguin Blue whale

Why do species become endangered? Habitat loss Hunting Golden-crowned sifaka Cape fox Pollution Black bear Can you think of any other reasons?

Lets look at the polar bear

Why is the polar bear endangered?

How can we share the story of the polar bear and other endangered species?

What is an ARKive School Museum? You could create masks of different endangered species to teach people about species they never knew existed! Why not create a giant world map and look at where different endangered species can be found? You could look at the size of different endangered species – how do you compare to a whale?

Turn a polar bear … STEP 1. Learn fun facts about the polar bear on ARKive and find out why it is endangered STEP 2. Create your own polar bear mask, using the template on ARKive into an exhibit! STEP 3. Write a poem, short story or act out a skit about saving the polar bear for your ARKive School Museum.

Let’s look at some other endangered species from around the world

More exhibit ideas Giraffe FACT: Giraffe’s use their long neck to eat leaves at the tops of trees. EXHIBIT: Draw and decorate a life-sized giraffe head and neck. Place markers on the wall at different heights. See what you can reach by yourself and what a giraffe can reach with its long neck. FACT: Less than 1 out of every 1, 000 turtle hatchlings survive to adulthood. EXHIBIT: Fill a box or jar with 1, 000 cotton balls and ask visitors to pull out the number of hatchlings (cotton balls) they think survive to adulthood. Share with them the real answer - just one! FACT: Birds and reptiles lay eggs of all different colors and sizes. EXHIBIT: Print a variety of pictures of egglaying animals along with a picture of the eggs they lay. Ask visitors to match up which eggs match which species and why. Green turtle Animal eggs

Now we are going to create our own ARKive School Museum! What endangered species would you like to learn more about?