1. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
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2. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Supplemental Activity includes eight pages of information and six question and answer activities. Also included are links for video viewing. The Supplemental Activity is intended to enhance News-2-You and Unique (ULS) content.
Newspaper Overview
Topic: Endangered Animals
Some of the world’s animals are endangered; some animals have even disappeared forever.
Every continent on Earth has some endangered animals.
One endangered animal in North America is the Island Fox, on the Channel Islands in California.
Nature groups helped the Island Fox and now its numbers are growing again.
ULS Overview
Topic: Government
People share the world with each other and with animals.
Government leaders can make choices about the environment that are good and fair for all living things.
Some choices people have made have caused animals to become endangered.
Citizens have a responsibility to make good choices about many things in our country and world.
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3. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Every continent has endangered animals.
We listed a few of these in the newspaper.
Let’s learn more about some of these endangered animals. 2
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4. Animals become endangered for many reasons.
Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Animals become endangered for many reasons.
Sometimes many animals die because of disease.
Animals also die because of very bad weather, like hurricanes.
Some animals die because of things that people do, like polluting the places animals live.
People and other animals have also over-hunted some kinds of animals, and now there are few left.
Human pollution can hurt animals.
Let’s learn more about some of the endangered animals from different continents. 3
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5. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
The Black Rhinoceros comes from southern and eastern Africa.
Rhinoceroses are herbivores, which means they only eat plants.
They use their large horns to dig up roots and break branches.
The Black Rhinoceroses have been over-hunted because their horns are used for medicines and carvings.
Some kinds of rhinoceroses are completely gone and only a few are left of some other kinds.
Black Rhinoceros
How is a Black Rhinoceros like an elephant? How is it different? 4
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6. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Another endangered animal is the Humpback Whale.
The Humpback Whale is found in oceans around the world.
During the summer, this whale swims to the waters near Antarctica, where it eats the fish there.
Humpbacks are some of the largest living animals, 40 to 50 feet long.
The Humpback was once nearly gone because of hunting, but new laws helped bring them back.
Humpback Whale
What other animals live in the ocean? 5
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7. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
What could make animals endangered?
fresh air
clean water
pollution
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8. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
What could make animals endangered?
Try Again!
clean water
pollution
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9. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
What could make animals endangered?
Try Again!
fresh air
pollution
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10. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
What could make animals endangered?
pollution!
pollution
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11. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
What animal comes from Africa?
Black Rhinoceros
Polar Bear
Emperor Penguin
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12. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
What animal comes from Africa?
Try Again!
Black Rhinoceros
Emperor Penguin
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13. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
What animal comes from Africa?
Try Again!
Black Rhinoceros
Polar Bear
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14. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
What animal comes from Africa?
Black Rhinoceros!
Black Rhinoceros
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15. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Where does the Humpback Whale go
during the summer?
Antarctica
Asia
North America
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16. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Where does the Humpback Whale go
during the summer?
Try Again!
Antarctica
North America
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17. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Where does the Humpback Whale go
during the summer?
Try Again!
Antarctica
Asia
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18. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Where does the Humpback Whale go
during the summer?
Antarctica!
Antarctica
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19. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
The Short-necked Turtle is a very endangered reptile.
The small Short-necked Turtle lives in freshwater swamps in Australia.
Many swamps in Australia have been drained to make farmland, so the turtles have lost their homes.
Turtles are omnivores, meaning they eat other animals and also plants.
Scientists think there are only about 15 to 25 Short-necked Turtles left in Australia!
Short-necked Turtle
How would you feel if all these turtles were gone? 6
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20. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
The jaguar is the only “big cat” in South America.
Some jaguars also live in Mexico and other parts of Central America.
The jaguar is a carnivore, meaning it only eats the meat of animals that it hunts.
The spotted cats hunt many animals, such a deer, foxes and fish.
The jaguar used to live in the United States too, but people have hunted them until they were gone.
Jaguar
Have you ever seen a jaguar in a zoo? 7
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21. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Can people do something to help animals nearby? Yes!
Pick up trash tossed on the ground, along roads or on beaches. Animals could eat the trash and get sick.
Always throw trash in a trash can, not on the ground or in a lake.
Do not kill good insects, like spiders. They eat smaller bugs and are food for birds and other animals.
Plant trees. Trees provide homes and food for birds and small animals.
Plant a tree!
What would you like to do to help animals? 8
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22. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Where does the Short-necked Turtle live?
forest
ocean
swamp
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23. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Where does the Short-necked Turtle live?
Try Again!
ocean
swamp
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24. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Where does the Short-necked Turtle live?
Try Again!
forest
swamp
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25. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Where does the Short-necked Turtle live?
swamp!
swamp
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26. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Why are there no jaguars
in the United States?
disease
pollution
hunting
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27. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Why are there no jaguars
in the United States?
Try Again!
pollution
hunting
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28. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Why are there no jaguars
in the United States?
Try Again!
disease
hunting
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29. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Why are there no jaguars
in the United States?
hunting!
hunting
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30. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
How can you help animals near you?
cut trees
pick up trash
throw trash in lake
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31. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
How can you help animals near you?
Try Again!
pick up trash
throw trash in lake
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32. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
How can you help animals near you?
Try Again!
cut trees
pick up trash
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33. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
How can you help animals near you?
pick up trash!
pick up trash
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34. Visit the following links for expanded video content.
Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
Visit the following links for expanded video content.
Click on the video camera to learn about a program that brings rhinoceroses to Texas, to help them survive:
Click on the video camera to see a new baby Asian Elephant born at a zoo in Spain:
Note: Ads on some of these videos may not be appropriate for students. We try to avoid them; however, we can’t control materials that are added after our review. Preview all videos before in-class presentation. Show videos full-screen when possible.
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35. Endangered Animals April 1, 2013
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