CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS Grades 2 - 3 The BC Ministry of Education encourages cross-curricular studies. One cross-curricular area identified is Environment and Sustainability and one of the theme studies suggested by the Ministry is Endangered Species. Personal Planning ( Career Development): Arrange for people who are involved with endangered species to share information about their careers. Write invitations to have them visit your classroom, prepare interview questions, write thank you letters. Art: Model your own endangered species in plasticine. Use Barbara Reid's Playing with Plasticine for some great ideas! Pay special attention to the features on each species -- eyes, beaks, claws etc. Make models of owls in papier maché. Create fingerprint art! Use an inked stamp pad and roll your finger or thumb on the pad, then press your finger on a paper to create an effective print. Use different sizes and different colours. Use a felt-tipped pen to add details. For additional information check Far-Out Fun!/Wildlife Alert!, Ed Emberley's thumbprint book or Fingerprint owls and other fantasies by Marjorie Katz. Photographs of student art work can be published on the Wild Ones site on the Internet. Language Arts: Write build-up books for each habitat, puzzle books, and list poems; use the McCracken book on Animals as a teaching guide. Social Studies: Become an "Earth Warrior" -- someone who cares about endangered animals! To do this, check out the website for Eagle Ridge Elementary School. Image Credit: sketch of Vivid Dancer by Hannah Nadel in Rare Invertebrates of the South Okanagan, Ministry of Environment, 1995. this section sponsored by: Industry Canada