To: Journey North
From: Crane School
Rush-Henrietta Central School District
Dear Friends of Journey North,
We are the Crane School Journey North Research Team from Henrietta, New York (our names are Alyson, Colleen, Kristen, Luella, Steven, Tammy and Zach). We are in Mrs. LiPari's fifth grade. We worked with Mrs. Chislett to create a survey on endangered animals to find out which animals kids were concerned about and what was being done to help them. This is posted on the Journey North Web page called the Endangered Animal Survey
We received surveys from Illinois, British Columbia, Florida Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania. Here is what we learned from the returns:
In Vancouver Island the Vancouver Island Marmot and the Spotted Owl are endangered because of logging. Students from Cross Roads School in Victoria told us that the forests are now being protected to save these animals homes.
The River Otter and Illinois Chorus Frog are the favorites of James Hart Junior High in Homewood. These are endangered, but nature centers are purchasing land to preserve it and are educate kids on what to do to save the Otter and the Frog.
Oak Hall School in Gainesville, Florida told us that their favorite endangered species is the manatee. People have made the speed limits lower, so the boats will go slower to protect the the animals from being cut by motors.
In two states we heard from (New York and Missouri), kids are concerned about the Bald Eagle. Perhaps in Lee's Summit, Missouri this is because students got to see over 200 bald eagles in nesting site. Special nesting areas have been built to attract the eagles to keep them safe in the winter and to increase the population. In Roslyn, NY (and other places in the U.S) more safe nesting places are being created. Fines are being imposed on people who hurt the bald eagle.
In Lockhaven, Pennsylvania kids are concerned about the panther. There are laws against hunting and trapping the. Nesting pairs are encouraged to reproduce to increase the panther population.
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Research Team, Student Responses to the Process:
As a team we decided what problem we would investigate. We generated
questions and used criteria to rank them. The question that was
ranked the highest in terms of our interests, other kids interest and
whether it could be answered was the one we chose for our survey.
We learned about how to construct a good survey question.
It was exciting to have our survey on Journey North's Web page because more kids from places other than Henrietta could have access than had we just mailed it.
We used a lot of team work to do this project.
We learned a lot about different animals from different states and provinces.
We wished we had started even earlier to get more responses. Next time, we would attempt to send it to more people directly.
Sometimes research like this frustrating, but it is also fun because you get to work with friends, go on the Internet and learn new things.
We would all do this again because we learned more than we thought we would.
Mrs. Chislett and Students
Crane School
Rush-Henrietta Central School District
Lchislett@mail.rh.monroe.edu
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