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The Mini Page — 2003 Activities

Protecting Our Wildlife

This week´s standards:

Students understand the distribution and patterns of ecosystems. (Geography: Physical Systems)

Students describe varying land forms and geographic features and explain their relationship within the ecosystem. (Social Studies: People, Places and Environment)

Activities:

1. Make a set of trading cards for animals native to your area. Draw a picture of the animal on the front of the card. Write three facts about the animal on the back of the card.

2. Describe an area near you that could become a wildlife refuge. What is the land like? What plants and animals would you find in your refuge?

3. Select a wildlife refuge you would like to visit from those shown in today´s Mini Page. Use the newspaper to find clothing and equipment you would need to visit that refuge. Explain your choices.

4. Read about the different animals that live in wildlife refuges. Then draw three large circles on a piece of paper. In one of the circles, list the names of animals that live on land in refuges. In another circle, write the names of animals that live in or near the water in refuges. In the third circle, write the names of animals that live on the land and in the sky in refuges.

5. Use reference books and the Internet to learn more about wildlife refuges. Select one wildlife refuge to investigate. Use these questions to guide your research: Where is the refuge located? What is the physical environment of the refuge? What plants and animals would you find there? When did the area become a wildlife refuge? What was the reason for selecting this refuge? Why do you think it´s important to have this particular refuge?

Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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