Environmental & Natural Resources II Honors

Environmental & Natural Resources II Honors NC Wildlife Identification Cards Project

Students will create a set of index cards to help them correctly identify and understand various North Carolina wildlife species. Students will investigate three categories of NC Wildlife, including: North Carolina Fish, North Carolina Birds, and other North Carolina Animals (mammals/insects/amphibians). Each card will have two sides. Side one will have a color picture of the organism. Side two will have the common and the Latin name of the organism in addition to the following five identifying factors: Habitat, Diet, General Description, Role Played in the Ecosystem, Agricultural Impact.

North Carolina Fish North Carolina Birds North Carolina Animals American Eel Great Horned Owl Black Bear American Shad Wild Turkey Eastern Chipmunk Black Crappie Red Shouldered Hawk Golden Garden Spider Bluegill Northern Bobwhite Quail Mink Brook Trout Mourning Dove Monarch Butterfly Carolina Madtom Black Duck Northern Flying Squirrel Catfish Canvasback Duck Raccoon Common Carp Mallard Duck Snapping Turtle Hickory Shad Snowy Egret Bat Largemouth Bass Canada Goose Beaver Pirate Perch Ruffed Grouse Bobcat Pumpkinseed Osprey Eastern Cougar Rainbow Trout Peregrine Falcon White-tailed Deer Redbreast Sunfish Northern Pintail Gray Fox Redear Sunfish Clapper Rail Red Fox Robust Redhorse American Wigeon Groundhog Smallmouth Bass American Woodcock Muskrat Spotted Bass Red-cockaded Woodpecker Nutria Striped Bass Eastern Whip-poor-whill Virginia Opossum Tangerine Darter Bobolink American River Otter Walleye Eastern Bluebird Striped Skunk White Catfish Scarlet Tanager Fox Squirrel White Crappie Northern Cardinal Southern Flying Squirrel White Perch American Crow Red Wolf Yellow Perch Bald Eagle Southern Leopard Frog The instructor will determine a date to have the Wildlife Identification Cards finalized, but it is suggested that the cards be completed sometime during the fourth quarter to ensure that all organisms have been covered in class.

DUE DATE OF WILDLIFE IDENTIFICATION CARDS:

Wildlife Identification Rubric 5 4 3 2 1 Side One: Picture is in color, Picture is somewhat Picture is somewhat Picture is not in Picture is not in focused, and focused and focused and does color but is focused color and does not Picture of documents the documents the not document the and documents the document the Organism organism. organism. organism well. organism well. organism well. Side Two: The Latin name has The Latin and the The Latin and the The Latin and/or the The Latin and/or the Genus common name of the common name of the common name is common name is Name of capitalized and the organism are organism or either misspelled. The only partially Organism species lowercased correctly spelled but misspelled or the Latin name is not written. and it is italicized. there is italicization name is not written written in a formal The common name lacking or Genus is in a formal manner. manner. is also written. All is not capitalized. correctly spelled. Side Two: There are five There are at least There are at least There are at least There is at least one identifying four identifying three identifying two identifying identifying Factors of characteristics for characteristics for characteristics for characteristics for characteristic for Identification each organism. each organism. each organism. each organism. each organism. These include habitat, diet, general description, role- played in the ecosystem, and agricultural impact. Professionalis Index cards are done Almost all index The index cards are The index cards are The index cards are at grade level and cards are done at not at grade level. messy and have a unclean and little m have a quality grade level and have The cards are somewhat rough effort has been put appearance. There a professional lacking cleanliness. appearance. forth to make them are clean edges and appearance with appear professional. all cards are typed clean writing. or written in clean ink. Totals Overall Score (multiply totals by 5)=