“Operation Wildlife Protection” A PRR Service Learning Project

We’ve been learning about wildlife! For over two months we’ve been learning about wildlife, in our backyards, in Missouri, and in other parts of the world.

How did get our information? Let’s see as group if you can names any of the 9 sources where PRR got information about wildlife in AM or PM PRR: 1. Xplore Magazine – wildlife magazine by the Mo. Dept of Conservation 2. Guest Speaker Mr. Matthew from the Audubon Center – bald eagle expert 3. Guest Speaker Miss Ashley from the Endangered Wolf Center 4. Guest Speaker Miss Casey from the Wildlife Rescue Center – animal medical care and backyard wildlife expert 5. Field Trip to Columbia Bottoms to learn about Misouri wildlife from Miss Nicki – Naturalist for Mo. Dept. of Conservation 6. Watching eagle webcams about Larry and Lucy and Einstein and Elsie. 7. Reading library books about animals 8. Watching the “Born to Be Wild” dvd about baby orphaned African elephants and baby Orangutans 9. Scholastic News Online – various animal stories

New Vocabulary Words We learned about some new words that relate to wildlife. Which words can you summarize their meaning? Wildlife Habitat Eco-system Extinct Endangered Conservation Population and Community Orphan Food Chain DDT Eaglet Life Cycle Survival Prey Migration Mammal Amphibian Reptile

Think About It: Wildlife’s Survival 1.What conclusions can we make about problems wildlife face in trying to survive? 2.How can we as citizens of Missouri help wildlife? 3.How can we help others learn about problems Missouri wildlife faces? 4.Why should we help Missouri wildlife?

Service Learning The Big Idea The “Big Idea” in service learning is to: 1. Identify a big problem in our world 2. Learn about the problem 3. Think about ways to help solve the problem 4. Take action and work as a group to help solve the problem

One Idea! What if PRR wrote and published a book about Wildlife Protection to share with our families, friends, teachers and classmates? What are some ideas we could include in the “Operation Wildlife” Protection Book? How might this book help wildlife in Missouri?

Operation Wildlife We Need Everyone’s Help If PRR was to write and publish a book about protecting wildlife in Missouri and the World, everyone in PRR could help make a page for the book. Some PRR kids might make more than one page!

Here is a sample of what a page might look like:

Plan for this page: 1. a picture of the animal – photo from a website or a drawing by the student 2. some facts about the animal 3. how humans can protect this animal 4. Sources – where you got your information

Now it’s Your Turn! 1. Choose a wildlife animal to create a page about for our book 2. Research about this animal: use library books, wildlife magazines, and educational websites to get information and interesting facts 3. Choose a photo or create a drawing of your animal 4. Make a sloppy copy of your wildlife page 5. Go to the Computer Lab and create your wildlife page on the computer

We Can Publish our Book Pages in Power Point! 1. Open a new Power Point 2. Choose a layout for the page 3. Orientate the book page – Landscape or Portrait – we all must do this the same way for the group book! 4. Insert animal photos, drawings, your writing about your animal 5. Save your file 6. Let you PRR teacher make a copy of your file on the PRR Flash Drive

After PRR’s Operation Wildlife Book is Published….. Who could you show this book to to teach others about wildlife once it is printed?

PRR’s Operation Wildlife Book What is the “Big Idea” of this PRR’s Operation Wildlife book? Just think, after people read our book about protecting wildlife in Missouri and the World, PRR’s work might influence others to protect wildlife too! Think how many animals this will save, many even from become extinct!! Remember the Red Wolf!! They still live today!!