Name ................................SCIENCE/LITERATURE

Can you think of a "Just So Story" by Rudyard Kipling which features?:

a mammal .....................................

a reptile .......................................

a bird .......................................

Story Title: .............................................................................

Can you think of an animal in one of the stories which is now endangered?

Name of animal ....................................................................

Story Title ............................................................................

Continent where the animal is found .............................

Reasons why it is now endangered ............................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Can you think of any changes which might help the survival of this animal in the future? ............................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Name ................................. MATHEMATICS/SCIENCE

Research the average weight of a kangaroo, a bilby, a numbat, a koala and an echidna.

Take some squared paper and make a graph to compare the weights of these animals.

Weight of kangaroo ..............................

Weight of bilby ....................................

Weight of numbat .................................

Weight of koala .....................................

Weight of echidna ................................

Then see if you can find out any other mathematical information about the animals which you could use to plot a graph.

Make notes here about the information you find, before plotting a graph:

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Are these animals carnivorous, herbivorous or omnivorous. Find out:

kangaroo ........................... bilby ......................................

numbat ............................... koala ....................................

echidna ..............................

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES Name ........................

Take a world map outline and find out the name of an animal from each continent which is considered to be endangered. Write down the name of the animal that you have chosen for the purposes of this study.

Continents with name of animal chosen:

Australia - endangered animal - ..................................

North America - endangered animal ..........................

South America - endangered animal ..........................

Africa - endangered animal ..........................................

Europe - endangered animal .........................................

Antarctica - endangered animal - ...............................

Asia - endangered animal - ...........................................

Draw a picture of the animals onto the outline of your map. Label each continent with the correct name.

Try to find out why each animal is endangered then write a paragraph to say whether any of the reasons are similar:

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...........................................................................................................Can you think of changes that can be made globally to improve the survival of living things on our planet (animals and plants):

Write down your ideas and opinions here:

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4. In Science lessons study endangered Western Australian animalss in relation to their status before they were endangered, the reaons for their endangered status and factors which may improve this status in the future(enclosure .........)

5. Each student specialises in researching one endangered animal using books, cd’s, the Internet, CALM publications, Zoo publications, booklets and cards (enclosure .............)

6. Each student extends their work into a cross curricular presentation (see enclosures ...)

7. Classwork extends from Science to all subject areas (see enclosures ............)

8. The work produced is displayed at the school Open Day, at Kanyana, this year at a public seminar on Endangered Skpecies on 8th August 1999 and through the media e.g. we are to be featured in the Kalamunda and Midland Reporter on week beginning Monday 2.7.99. , on radio