Format
1. Explore the different levels of threatened species using images, video and discussion
2. Meet two to four animal guests at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo.
3. Participant interaction with facilitator using a variety of options such as the chat feature, polls, live discussion, question/answer session, etc.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
1. Differentiate between the levels of threatened species including Vulnerable, Endangered and Critically Engangered
2. Learn why its important to save endangered species.
3. Discover the human impant on animal survival.
4. Learn what institutions like the Rosamond Gifford Zoo are doing to aid in saving species from extinction.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
3-LS4-4: Ecosysystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
3-LS4-1: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
3-LS4-4: Biodiversity and Humans
5-LS2-1: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
5-ESS3-1: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
MS-LS2-1/MS-LS2-2: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
MS-LS2-4: Ecosystem Dynamics, Fucntioning, and Resilience
MS-ESS3-3: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
HS-LS2-1/HS-LS2-2: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
HS-LS2-2/HS-LS2-6/HS-LS2-7: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
HS-LS4-6: Biodiversity and Humans