2021-22 - Classification of Endangered Species: Opening Activity

2022 Classification of Endangered Species - Final Project 

According to the IUCN Red List website, "biodiversity is declining. Currently, there are more than 142,500 species on The IUCN Red List, with more than 40,000 species threatened with extinction, including 41% of amphibians, 37% of sharks and rays, 34% of conifers, 33% of reef building corals, 26% of mammals and 13% of birds." 

For this project, you will select an endangered species, characterized as "vulnerable" or worse by the IUCN Red List, research, and learn about your selected species in order to answer the following essential questions: 

• Why is this organism ecologically important? To successfully answer this question, you will need to justify why the organism needs to be protected. 
• What can we do to conserve this organism and its biome? To successfully answer this question, you will need to justify what needs to be done to protect the organism.