America's Most Wanted: Invasive Species Edition
Introduction
John Walsh has teamed up with Jason scientists to create a new TV show called America’s Most Wanted: Invasive Species series. You have been hired as a technical advisor and producer for the show. You must research 6 different invasive species (two of which need to be invading Illinois). You will complete case profiles on each species and then create a movie that will be aired next week on Channel 18 WKEHOE television. Video must include your face and your narration. Video must be saved in the .wmv or equivalent format to be saved and viewed on school computers. Below is everything that you will need to complete the task. Good Luck!
The Plaintiff's
In the document below you will find a list of native species that are negatively affected by the presences of the invader species. You will need to do a little research on the Plaintiff's to find out what habitats they call home and how they are affected by the Most Wanted.
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The Most Wanted List
In the document below you will find a list of the Most Wanted Invasive species. Do research on six of these organisms and complete a case profile for each. You will need to make sure that at least two of the Most Wanted have invaded Illinois.
most_wanted.pdf | |
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case_profile.pdf | |
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Resources
To Create video you may use programs such as Windows Movie Maker or any of the online movie making websites. Just make sure you can save the video to your flashdrive.
http://www.invasivespecies.gov/
http://www.issg.org/
http://www.nps.gov/plants/ALIEN/
http://biology.usgs.gov/invasive/
http://www.invasive.org/
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/invasive.html
http://www.hear.org/species/
http://www.protectyourwaters.net/
http://www.anstaskforce.gov/default.php
http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=221&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true
http://wric.ucdavis.edu/
http://wiki.bugwood.org/Invasipedia
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?contentOID=537038736&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&topChannelName=Dept&blockName=Environment/Invasive+Species/I+Want+To&context=dept&channelId=0&programId=0&entityName=Environment&deptM
http://www.issg.org/
http://www.nps.gov/plants/ALIEN/
http://biology.usgs.gov/invasive/
http://www.invasive.org/
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/invasive.html
http://www.hear.org/species/
http://www.protectyourwaters.net/
http://www.anstaskforce.gov/default.php
http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=221&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true
http://wric.ucdavis.edu/
http://wiki.bugwood.org/Invasipedia
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?contentOID=537038736&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&topChannelName=Dept&blockName=Environment/Invasive+Species/I+Want+To&context=dept&channelId=0&programId=0&entityName=Environment&deptM
Rubric
rubric.doc | |
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