1. Species Extinctions rising, experts warn ‘Red List’ grows to 16,306 animals and plants seen as threatened International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

2. Webquest Objective: Objective: To assess the conservation status of six species. Total of three questions

3. Webquest Directions: Visit the link http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14703890/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14703890/ 1.Identify the Habitat, Threats, Population, and Status of the following organisms: –Tinostoma smaragditis –Atelopus varius –Ursus maritimus –Three more organisms of your interest 2.Identify two corrective measures required to protect each of the above six organisms.

4. http://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedLis t/redlistcatsenglish.pdf (virus free pdf file)http://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedLis t/redlistcatsenglish.pdf (virus free pdf file)http://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedLis t/redlistcatsenglish.pdfhttp://intranet.iucn.org/webfiles/doc/SSC/RedLis t/redlistcatsenglish.pdf 3. Identify the differences between the following criteria ExtinctionExtinction ThreatenedThreatened Critically EndangeredCritically Endangered EndangeredEndangered VulnerableVulnerable Near ThreatenedNear Threatened Least concernedLeast concerned

5. Gallery Photos

6. Western Lowland Gorilla

7. Sumatran Orangutan

8. Eastern Chimpanzee

9. Yangtze River Dolphin

10. Speke’s Gazelle

11. Mauritius Parakeet

12. Egyptian Vulture

13. White-headed Vulture

14. Gharial

15. Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake

16. Humphead Parrotfuish

17. Banggai Cardinal Fish

18. Floreana Coral

19. Galapagos Coral

20. Wellington’s Solitary Coral

21. Galapagos Kelp

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