Choose one of these animals to research and study:

California condor

Cougar

Frog (choose an endangered one)

Giant panda

Koala bear

Leopard

Red wolf

Sea turtle, or leatherback turtle

Spotted owl

Tiger

Or -- you might want to choose an animal from the biome it lives in, such as an endangered animal from the:

Continental Margin

Coniferous Forest

Deciduous Forest

Desert

Grassland or savannah

Lake and Pond

Ocean

Rain Forest

River and Stream

Seashore

Tundra

Wetland

Online Databases and Reference Material

EBSCO Host select Student Research Center. This site includes newspapers, magazines and reference material. The user name is: somerset and the password is: password.

http://search.ebscohost.com/

Marshall Cavendish Digital links to digital reference materials including information on different species and their habitats.

User name: somerset Password is: tigers

http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/mcdigitalhome

Internet Sites

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered Species Program

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/

World Wildlife Fund Organization click on Species and search for your animal

http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/index.html