WebQuest+and+Decide

**__Introduction __**
With the financial crisis, health care, and earthquake relief dominating the news, many people are forgetting that hundreds of animal species are going extinct! What can we do? Well, we're going to help. We are going to raise money to adopt a threatened species and learn a thing or two in the process.

**__WebQuest __**
Below are the five animal species that we must choose from. In this first phase, you will gather facts about the animal and organize it into a persuasive speech. We will have templates and lessons in class to help you. Once everyone shares their information, we will have a class vote and decide upon which animal to adopt.

**__Get Started __**
Choose the animal below that you would like us to adopt. Visit its links to find out information about the threatened species. Then use your te mplate from class to collect useful information to use in your speech.

Critically Endangered ||
 *  [[image:http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/images/groups/adoptions/large-tiger-photo.jpg width="168" height="107"]]

Endangered || Critically Endangered ||  Endangered || Near-Threatened || Link about Endangered Species
 * =Tiger= || =Hippopotamus= || =Sea Turtle= || =Panda= || =Platypus= ||
 * Link 1 || Link 1 || Link 1 || Link 1 || Link 1 ||
 * Link 2 || Link 2 || Link 2 || Link 2 || Link 2 ||
 * Link 3 || Link 3 || Link 3 || Link 3 || Link 3 ||
 * Link 4 || Link 4 || Link 4 || Link 4 || Link 4 ||

**__Organize Your Essay __**
Using the lessons from class, organize your information and write a persuasive paragraph to convince your classmates that we should adopt your animal. Remember, your audience is the class.

__Vote __
We will read all of the essays in class and take a class vote. Once decided upon, we will move on to Phase 2.

=And the winner is...= = = = = = = = = = = = =

= = = = =... the Sea Turtle!!!=