1. Article Title: Opinion: People are causing a mass extinction on Earth; some try to stop it
304 and 303

2. Visual Pre-research Google Image search “extinct”.
What do you observe?
Why do you think Ember is missing all animals?

3. Locate the article on the weebly: Opinion: People are causing a mass extinction on Earth; some try to stop it

4. Quick Summary – 5 sentences
A mass extinction is ____________________________________ _____________________________________________________. Humans have changed the Earth over the past 200,000 years by________________________________________ ________________________________________________. (create one sentence to summarize the “animals threatened or endangered” section) (create one sentence to summarize the “conservation can work” section) Humans can avoid a sixth mass extinction by ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________.

5. Complete your research
Quick Summary: 3-5 sentences in your own words.
Facts/Statistics/Data: Copy 2 from the article.
Example: The average American produces 4.3 pounds of trash each day.
Terms:
Further Research Question: What are you curious about now?
Term
Definition
Picture OR Describe what you see on Google images

6. Article Title: Yosemite's bear problem tackled with education
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7. Visual Pre-research
Google Image search “state park” and “Canadian wilderness”.
What do you observe?
Select the picture that you feel is most like the place Brian currently is?

8. Locate the article on the weebly: Yosemite's bear problem tackled with education

9. Quick Summary
Bears at Yosemite National Park used to _________________________________________________. Now ______________________________________________. Before the 1970s, people used to _________________________________________________. Park officials now do these four things to fix the bear problem: ________________________________________________, _______________________________________________ and ________________________________________________. You can see that the changes are working because _________________________________________________.

10. Complete your research
Quick Summary: 3-5 sentences in your own words.
Facts/Statistics/Data: Copy 2 from the article.
Example: The average American produces 4.3 pounds of trash each day.
Terms:
Further Research Question: What are you curious about now?
Term
Definition
Picture OR Describe what you see on Google images

11. Article Title: Factory Farming: Chickens
300 and 301

12. Visual Pre-research Google Image search “factory farm””.
What does factory farming appear to be?
What animals are factory farmed?

13. Locate the article on the weebly: Factory Farming: Chickens

14. Quick Summary – 5 sentences
Chickens are generally raised on farms for ___________ and __________. Female chickens are more valuable because __________________________ therefore ________________________________________________. Living conditions for egg chickens typically include _________________________________________. Chickens raised for meat face poor conditions such as_______________________________________________ ________________________________________________. Factory farming is unnatural for the chicken’s body because__________________________________________ _________________________________________________.

15. Complete your research
Quick Summary: 3-5 sentences in your own words.
Facts/Statistics/Data: Copy 2 from the article.
Example: The average American produces 4.3 pounds of trash each day.
Terms:
Further Research Question: What are you curious about now?
Term
Definition
Picture OR Describe what you see on Google images