| Endangered Planet | ||||||
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| Description | Goals and Objectives | Grade Level: | 3-5 | |||
| In this lesson, students visit the Planet Arkive Fact Files where they research endangered animals. They then take what they have learned and create a collection of placemarks (one per continent) that contain the name of the animal, where it lives and some facts they learned about the endangered animal. | The Learner will use the internet to research endangered animal species. The Learner will create a collection of placemarks using Google Earth to quantify their learning. |
Content Areas | Type: | |||
| Science Geography |
Student Controlled | |||||
| Duration | ||||||
| 1-2 hours | ||||||
| Skills Addressed | File Resources Available | Related Topics & Resources | ||||
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Reading Typing Software Navigation Multiple application utilization |
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Planet Arkive is a fantastic resource I was pointed to by MrBarrett from the Google Earth Community. The core site, www.arkive.org offers lesson plans, videos, photos, and so much more! | ||||
| Assessment | ||||||
| Completed Placemark Files | ||||||
| Notes about the Lesson | Non-Digital Materials Needed | Digital Materials Needed | ||||
| One surprising thing to me was the difficulty that the 8-9 year olds had transfering the flat map of earth on the Planet Arkive site to the round Google Earth (which is why I created the labels for the continents). Students seem to be quite engaged by the lesson and enjoy exploring the facts about the animals. | None | Computer capable of running Google Earth and a web browser at the same time. | ||||
| Created By: | David | Date: | 13:19:32 2006-4-26 | © 2006 GELessons.com |
Virus Scanned: | Yes or No |
| Ideas for Extensions: |
1. Have students make a placemark from every category of life-form per continent (amphibian, mammal, etc). 2. Have the student do a research paper on one of the animals in the placemarks. 3. Have students develop an action plan to help a local endangered species. |
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| Input and ideas from other teachers who have tried this lesson- Click Here | ||||||
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Earth .kmz Placemark Files Available
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