Awesome
Library
The Awesome Library organizes many carefully reviewed K-12
education resources for teachers, students, parents, and
librarians. It includes a search engine, lists, lesson plans,
news and papers from all over the world.
Endangered
Animals of the World
"The purpose of this project is to allow students from
all over the world a chance to help foster knowledge and
appreciation for the plight of the many thousands of endangered
animals of the Earth. Students will gain valuable skills
for researching, collaborating and telecommunicating while
sharing their information with people around the world.
ES2000
- Endangered Species of the Next Millennium
This site "illustrates WHAT Endangered Species means,
WHY the Endangered Species list gets longer each year and
HOW [humans] can help to save Endangered Species."
Includes species profiles, images and interactive quiz's.
A Think Quest finalist.
Green
Kids Guide to Threatened Species
Ways that kids can help to prevent species decline. From
Environment Australia.
Gulf of Maine
Aquarium - All About Turtles
A Tale of Two Turtles, Turtle Parts, turtle facts, activities,
and projects for students (K-4 grade).
Junior
Fish and Wildlife Biologists
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife's page for kids. Activities,
resources and games related to endangered species, as well
as a page for teachers.
Kids
Nest
Kids resources for wild birds from A BirdsWorld.com, with
activities, information on birds of North America, live
bird-cams, and other educational resources.
Kids Planet -- Defenders
of Wildlife
Site features fact sheets on numerous endangered and threatened
species, interactive games and activities, teacher's curriculum
guide and extensive wolf information.
Kiwi Conservation Club
Developed for children to provide information on conservation
and environment issues in New Zealand. Also has resource
links for teachers.
Mexican Grey Wolf
Kids' Site
Fact sheets and wolf quiz to test your knowledge.
NMFS: Kids'
and Teachers' Corner
This National Marine Fisheries Service's site has information
and activities on threatened and endangered marine species,
ways that kids can get involved in conservation efforts,
an educators' guide and links to a multitude of other sites
for kids and teachers.
NOAA - Sustainable
Seas Expeditions
Along with daily mission logs, the SSE Web site offers a
calendar of scheduled Web chats and Student Summits, facts
about the research investigations and the innovative technology
used, detailed maps and a photo gallery of the habitats
and the inhabitants unique to each site, and a special education
section.
Planet Ark
The Planet Ark site hosts a daily 'World Environment News'
service from the Reuters News Agency. It also has nearly
6,000 environmental news stories that kids and teachers
can search by topic and offers a daily environmental news
e-mail service.
School
World Internet Education
The SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project is designed so
that member schools are able to display the reports of students
participating in the project. While not designed as a research
site, SchoolWorld does ask that students take care in their
research and the accuracy of their information.
The
Endangered Species and Nature of the World
The purpose of this ongoing project is to allow students
from all over the world a chance to help foster knowledge
and appreciation for the plight of endangered species and
nature areas of the earth.
The Wild
Ones - Student Pages
Find out what other students are the world are doing to
protect endangered species. On line newsletter.
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An
area devoted especially to young people who want to make
a difference in the world!
Many
schools support CFTWI through adopting one of our animals.
Children's fundraising efforts are welcomed (with the involvement
of an adult of course) and all fundraising efforts are acknowledged
with individual fundraising certificates.
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Some
won't make much money but will take minimal effort and might
be lots of fun. Here are a few painless ways to raise funds.
Badges,
caps and t-shirts can often be sourced for a fraction of
their resale cost and in quantity produce valuable revenue.
Car boot sale. A down market fete if you like. Charge for
pitches on the school play ground. Run in conjunction with
a fete to get more people in.
Fetes. A major revenue generator. Ask parents to donate
time and goods, run raffles, possibly involve commercial
elements such as Bouncey Castles and Rides.
Auction of Promises. Try to get people to donate a promise
of their time, use of their belongings, or to donate a gift.
You can even ask people to donate themselves and auction
them as 'slaves for the day'
Bring a pound to school/work. Simply ask all your colleagues/class
mates to bring just a pound to work/school in aid of the
charity.
Cricket Match Have a knockout contest and charge people
to join a team. Charge admission to all your spectators
and sell refreshments
Dinner dance Have a good band and good food and charge a
good price. Organise a raffle and/or an auction
Expert Seminar. Use an expert or well known personality
who is prepared to donate their time to give a talk or performance.
Charge admission, have a break to sell refreshments and
an auction of a signed book or autograph.
Gladiators. Have a school fun day and charge student/teachers
teams to take part in a competition Gladiator-style knockout
league.
Halloween Ball. Sell tickets to a fancy dress Halloween
Ball.
Just a Minute. Have a sponsored game show with - no repeating,
hesitating or deviating.
Karaoke Evening. Ask a local pub/or use the school hall
to host one and charge people to get in or to take part.
Lunch Money. Ask all your friends to bring in sandwiches
for their lunch and donate the money saved to the charity.
Masked Ball. Everybody wears a mask of their choice. Have
a competition to guess who's who.
Night in for the charity. Stay in for an evening and donate
the money saved to the charity
Publicity. Send a press release to all your local papers
asking for sponsorship from the charitable event that you
are arranging.
Quiz Night. Challenge different departments or classes to
a friendly quiz, with prizes for the best team, most inventive
answer, wooden spoon etc.
Sponsored Event. Swim, slim, walk - ask your colleagues
and friends to raise sponsorship money for you in a fun
way.
Treasure Hunt. A challenging and fun way to raise big money.
Leave clue in places around the chosen game area, have a
nominal prize and donate the entry money.
Theatre/Show. Round up your talented friends and tread the
boards, charging for admission of course.
Theme Party. Themed evening with fundraising top of the
menu of course.
University Challenge. Collect together teams of teachers
who attended universities in particular counties/areas and
hold a challenge to see which team comes top.
Your own Lottery. Works exactly the same way as the National
Lottery only you have a better chance of winning!
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