kidcyberQuest :
Help Us! Some Endangered Animals of the World

Step 1
Find out about what these words mean: use a dictionary to look for themeanings or ask your teacher
endangered, vulnerable, extinct, habitat, life cycle, behaviours, mammal, marsupial, reptile
Step 2
Form a group of 6. Each person in the group will find out about a different endangered animal. Each animal comes from a different place in the world.
Choose your animal from this list:

Step 3
Find information to answer these questions about your chosen animal:
1. What does your chosen animal look like?
2. What country or countries does it live in and what is its habitat?
3. What are some of its habits and behaviour?
4. What does it eat?
5. What is its life cycle?
6. What are the dangers for this animal and why is it endangered?
Step 4
You will need a data chart to write down what you find out. Click here to get a data chart, and print as many as you need.
Click here to find information about bandicoots.
Click here to find information about the gorilla.
Click here to find information about the jaguar.
Click here to find information about the Komodo dragon.
Click here to find information about the giant panda.
Click here to find information about tigers.
Step 5
Now you are an expert about your animal! You will now make an illustrated book about your animal. You will need 8 sheets of paper. Write only on one side of each sheet. The back of each page is where you will illustrate.

Here's how to set out your book.
Page 1 of the book will be the list of contents, set out like this:
CONTENTS
What the animal looks like Page 3
Habitat Page 5
Food Page 6
Habits Page 7
Life Cycle Page 9
Why is this animal endangered? Page 10 Glossary Page 11

On page 2, draw a picture of the animal so that we can clearly see what it looks like.
On page 3, will write about what your animal looks like. Describe its size and shape, its colour, its covering and any other interesting things about how it looks.
On page 4, draw a picture of this animals (you can draw more than one) in its wild habitat.
On page 5, write about its habitat and the countries where the animal lives.
On page 6, write about its food and how it gets it. Draw pictures of some of its food.
On page 7, write about some of the animals habits or behaviour. Draw a picture to go with your sentences.
On page 8, draw a picture of the animal's babies.
On page 9, write about how the young animals are born and grow.
On page 10, write about why this animal is endangered.
On page 11, make a glossary. Write the following words in alphabetical order and write a meaning for each one. endangered, vulnerable, extinct, habitat, life cycle, mammal, marsupial, reptile.
You can also add other words you have used in the book.
Where you have spaces on the pages, you can draw other illustrations.
Make a cover for your book, with a title and your name as the author and illustrator.
Step 6 Presentation
After you have written and illustrated your book, you are going to pretend to be this animal. Talk to the class, telling them about yourself and showing your book.
Step 7
Do you think you did this project well? Print off a 'How did I do?' page here, fill it in and discuss it with your teacher.