1. Thriving, Threatened, Endangered, and Extinct Species
Hailey Thomas

2. Content Area: Science
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Summary: The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is for students to be aware of the animal species in North America.
Learning Objective: Given an animal species, the student will be able to list if the animal species is thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct with 90% accuracy.
Content Standard: GLE Classify organisms as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.
Accomplishment: Use a data chart or informational text to classify organisms as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.
SPI Investigate populations of different organisms and classify them as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.

3. What does this mean?
Animals are classified as one of these 4 categories. -Thriving- Animal species that have high population numbers. -Threatened- Animal species whose population numbers have decreased and are at risk of becoming endangered. -Endangered- Animal species in danger of extinction. Species have low numbers. -Extinct- Animal species no longer exist.

4. Facts
Kids’ Planet has a great website to find information on animal species in North America.
It would be great if you would take notes as you go.

5. What animal is endangered?
Deer
Sea Turtle
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Grizzly Bear

6. Incorrect!
Try again! Deer are a thriving species.

7. Incorrect!
Try again! Tyrannosaurus Rex are an extinct species.

8. Incorrect!
Try again! Grizzly Bears are a threatened species. They are close to endangered.

9. Correct!
You are correct! Sea Turtles are an endangered species.

10. An extinct species is high in numbers.
True
False

11. Incorrect!
Try again. A thriving species are high in numbers.

12. Correct!
False. Extinct species no longer exist. They are eliminated.

13. Conclusion
The students will be able to identify if an animal species is thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct. The students will be able to identify what thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct means.