Activity 5:  In Balance (GLEs:  1, 2, 12, 22, 72)

CC: Students will choose a plant or animal, native to Louisiana that is considered threatened or endangered.  See website at the LA Dept of Wildlife & Fisheries (LWLF) available at http://www.wlf.state.la.us/apps/netgear/index.asp?cn=lawlf&pid=693.   (* This is an original link from the Comprehensive Curriculum which has been changed. Other links are provided below.)  Using multimedia resources, the students will explore the habitats and any adaptations that caused or might cause the organism to become endangered and also which might help it to recover, if it has. Based on available information and resources, students will predict what human activities or actions will impact the population of the animal in question. Students will draw conclusions about the consequences of these actions and conditions for the organism.

*When you go to the LDWF site you have to click on the Experience Wildlife tab at the top of the page to get to the endangered & threatened page.

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/

US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species
http://www.fws.gov/southeastlouisiana/species.htm

ESA - Endangered & Threatened Species
http://www.nesarc.org/last.htm

USGS Status of Listed Species and Recovery Plan Development
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/wildlife/recoprog/states/species/marghemb.htm

Eco-Pros Environmental Education on the Web
http://www.eco-pros.com/endangeredspecies.htm

CC:  Based on available information and resources, students will predict what human activities or actions will impact the population of the animal in question.

Flow Chart

Cycle Chart