Assignment 1: Slide 1

  1. Page 1, Step 2b: Conservation Conversation Vocab presentation
  2. Right click on this link to save the Conservation Conversation Project Template
  3. Follow the directions in the Bluebook to save this template to your folder

Assignment 2: Slides 2-4

  1. Page 2, Step 1b: Visit Environmentality: Our First Conservationist
  2. Page 2, Step 1c: Visit Environmentality Index to watch the video of Walt Disney talking about conservation
  3. Page 2, Step 1d: Visit Conservation Initiatives to explore this page.
    • From the white column in the center, click and link to read the articles about the reforesting project in Los Angeles, rescue center for gorillas in East Africa, the PSA (public service announcement) for amphibians, ocean awareness, Lumiere in the Tour de Turtles marathon, and the new baby elephant at Animal Kingdom. Your directions tell you to pick one to write a summary about.
    • If none of this six projects interest you, click the link 2008 DWCF Projects to read through a 16-page list of conservation projects.
    • After your summary is written, there are some interesting videos to watch. From the green column at the right, click to watch Kermit's video about the Year of the Frog and to watch the loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings.
  4. Page 2, Step 1e: Read through these Web sites for suggestions on how you can conserve

Assignment 3: Slide 5

  1. Which animal will you research? African Elephant
    • Disney Movie: Jungle Book
    • Character's name: Colonel Hathi
  2. Fill out your Unit 6 Notes Worksheet, page 3, using your notes and five-paragraph report from the True-Life Adventure, African Lion
  3. Use the following Web sites to find any other needed information
  4. Save this Disney picture of the African Elephant
  5. Watch the Capital Letter presentation
  6. Do you need help writing a summary for this movie/character? Visit the Disney Movie Listing to link to a Wikipedia article about the movie

Assignment 4: Slide 6

  1. Which animal will you research?
    • Computers 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, and 28: Common name: Green Sea Turtle
    • Computers 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, and 29: Common name: Great Hornbill
      • Disney Movie: Lion King
      • Character's name: Zazu
    • Computers 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, and 30: Common name: Allegheny Ant
  2. Follow the directions in the Bluebook to save two pictures of your animal, to complete your research about this animal, and to prepare Slide 6 in Microsoft PowerPoint

Assignment 5: Slide 7

  1. Which animal will you research? Choose a fish from Finding Nemo or a mammal from Lion King
    • Visit the Finding Nemo Photo Gallery and Research Links Web site if you choose:
      • Bloat the Pufferfish
      • Dory the Regal Blue Tang
      • Bruce the Great White Shark
      • Nemo the Clownfish
      • Gil the Moorish Idolfish
    • Visit the Lion King Photo Gallery and Research Links Web site if you choose:
      • Pumba the Warthog
      • Rafiki the Mandrill
      • Shenzi the Hyena
      • Simba the African Lion
      • Timon the Meerkat
  2. Follow the directions in the Bluebook to save two pictures of your animal, to complete your research about this animal, and to prepare Slide 7 in Microsoft PowerPoint

Assignment 6: Slide 8

  1. Which plant will you research?
    • Computers 1, 7, 13, 19, and 25: Dusty Miller used on topiaries
    • Computers 2, 8, 14, 20, and 26: Impatiens used on flower towers
    • Computers 3, 9, 15, 21, and 27: Mandevilla used on floral swags of pirate ship
    • Computers 4, 10, 16, 22, and 28: Muscadine Grapevines used as ropes on pirate ship
    • Computers 5, 11, 17, 23, and 29: Saw Palmetto used as planks on pirate ship
    • Computers 6, 12, 18, 24, and 30: Tillandsia used on Tinker Belle topiary
  2. Visit the Plant Poster Photo Gallery and Research Links Web site
  3. Follow the directions in the Bluebook to save one picture of your plant, to complete your research about this plant, and to prepare Slide 8 in Microsoft PowerPoint
  4. Watch the Paragraph presentation for writing tips

Due Dates

  • Conservation Conversation project: Due on the 15th day after starting
  • Numeric Keyboarding assignments: Due after Conservation Converstion project has been completed
  • Work at your own speed

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