Public Service

ANIMAL Public Service Announcement!

Due Date: ______

Assignment: In pairs or trios, create a Public Service Announcement/Commercial that tries to drum up public support for solving a problem concerning animal species somewhere on Earth.  Each partnership/group will be assigned one of the following categories to work on: Endangered Species, Threatened Species, Extinct Species or Invasive Species.  You will also be assigned a continent to focus your animal search in. This will ensure that as a class, we’ll span the whole globe and learn about species we have never heard of before.  Once you have chosen an animal, you will sign up for it in class- no APES class will have two groups working on the same animal.  THREE Multiple choice questions (include answers!) are to be emailed to me from one person in each group for a student-made quiz on the animals presented.

Project Format:  Can be visual recording, audio recording, or live skit, but all group members must be in the performance. Feel free to get your friends/family involved also!  No matter what your target audience is, your announcement must be INFORMATIVE and ENTERTAINING.  Creativity is key! Think outside the box! Make it interesting so people want to watch/listen to it. More “Bill Nye”, less “Ms. Zornow :o)”.  Alternative formats must be pre-approved by Ms. Zornow. You will present your project to the class as part of your grade.  You must have your project on a flash drive or disk on the date it is due- no “computer” malfunctions will be accepted :o( Must Haves for ALL Projects:  Name of species (common and scientific)  Illustration / Picture of species  Description of species (place of origin, size, reproduction, etc)  Habitat (preferred abiotic conditions/limiting factors)  Niche of species (producer, primary consumer, etc.)  Description of the problem (extinction, endangered, threatened, invasive) Specific to Extinct Species o How it happened / what caused it o Importance of species (environmental and/or economic) Specific to Endangered or Threatened Species o Current status of your species (Endangered/Threatened) and when was it placed on the Endangered/Threatened list o Reason species is in trouble o Current estimation of species population size in key areas o Importance of species (environmental and/or economic) . e.g. it is an important producer in its ecosystem; used to produce cancer medicine o How this problem is affecting biodiversity o What can be done to fix the problem Specific to Invasive Species o How it happened / what caused it o How & where this species is currently causing “trouble” o How this problem is affecting biodiversity in the invaded ecosystem o How does this species affect the economy of the new area o What can be done to fix the problem

ALL PROJECTS MUST HAVE A WORKS CITED PAGE!