Sharing The Planet in

Exhibition
Alaina, Claire, Kristina, and Charleson

Central Idea

Kristina's Individual Topic

South China Tiger

What is the South China Tiger? & How do they

function? (Kristina)

What causes the South China Tiger to become

endangered?
Cause
tree harvesting

Effect
habitat loss

What causes the South China Tiger to become

endangered?
Cause
poaching

Effect
fewer tigers

What causes the South China Tiger to become

endangered?
Cause

Effect

South China Tigers hunting

farm animals

Causes them to be hunted

as pests

How has the South China Tiger changed

over time?

The South China Tiger population 1950 and 1979

In the early 1950s the South China Tiger population of individuals was at the
4,000s
Over many years the South China Tigers were hunted as pests because they
hunted and stole farm animals.
In 1979 South China Tiger hunting was banned.
picture from
dreamtime.com

The South China Tiger population 1996 and now

In 1996 the South China Tiger population was estimated to be 30 to 80

individuals.
The South China Tiger has not been spotted for over 25 years.
The South China Tiger species is thought to be extinct in the wild!

My field trip to the Greater

Vancouver Zoo
( I did this about the Siberian Tiger )

Siberian Tiger Wonders

What does its stripes look like?
What does its ears look like?
What does it spend its time doing?
What is a similarity to it in the wild?

Answers to my 4 questions
1.It has thick stripes.
2.Its ears have white on the back.
3.It spends time beside the fence because it needs to guard and mark its territory
and it waits there for food.
4.Just like in the wild it marks the edge of its territory.

Survey
Questions and Answers

Charlesons Individual Topic

Great White Shark

What is a Great White Shark? & How does Great

White Sharks function?

What causes Great White Sharks to be endangered?

Cause

Effect
Less
Sharks

Shark
Finning

Shark
Trophies

Die

Sharks
Die

What causes Great White Sharks to be

endangered?
Cause

Pills
made by
Shark
Meat

Effect
Sharks
Die

How did Great White

Sharks change over time?

1970
There are less than 1000 Great White Sharks in
the world.

1990

There are less than 2000 Great White Sharks in

the world.

2015

There are about 3500 Great White Sharks in the

world.

Field Trip
Vancouver Aquarium

Questions I Had

How do sharks react when they see a bigger animal?

Why do people want shark fins?
Why do people sell shark fins on such low prices?
How do people get shark fins?

What I Learned

Great White Sharks try to eat predators that are bigger than them
Sharks can eat anything at anytime
Sharks never run away from another animal
People want shark fin to trade and make shark fin soup
People bring the sharks up from the water and use little knives to cut their fin
off

Survey Questions and Answers

Alainas Individual Topic

Northern Spotted Owl

What is a Northern Spotted Owl?

How does a Northern Spotted Owl
function?

What causes the Northern Spotted Owl to face

extinction?
Cause

Tree Harvesting

Effect

Habitat Loss

What causes the Northern Spotted Owl to face

extinction?
Cause

Deforestation

Effect

Fly Away From Home

How has the Northern Spotted Owl

changed over time?

My field trip at the Greater

Vancouver Zoo

Questions I had ...

1. Is it true that there is only about 10 Northern Spotted Owl left in
British Columbia?
2. Does the Northern Spotted Owl eat plants?
3. What kind of forests or trees does the Northern Spotted Owl live
in?
4. What kind of other prey does the Northern Spotted Owl eat except
for woodmice?
5. What are the Northern Spotted Owls predator?

What I learned
It is true that there is only about 10 and a bit more Northern
Spotted Owl left in British Columbia.
The Northern Spotted Owl eat Northern flying squirrels, Red Tree
Voles, it also consume birds, reptiles, and invertebrates.
Great Horned owls and Northern goshawks are predator of young
Northern Spotted Owl.
The Northern Spotted Owl likes to live in Douglas-fir trees in old
Grown forests.
The Northern Spotted Owl does not eat plants.

Claires Individual Topic

Amur Leopard

What is a Amur Leopard?

How does a Amur Leopard function?

What causes the Amur Leopard to become extinct?

Cause

Effect

Deforestation

Habitat Loss and Disturbs Ecosystem

What causes the Amur Leopard to become extinct?

Cause

Poaching

Effect

Less Amur Leopards

How has the Amur

Leopard Changed overtime?

1994

1994 is when the Amur Leopard first became endangered.

1996

Critically Endangered (CR)

1996

Critically Endangered (CR)

1994

Endangered (E)

1996

1996 is when the Amur Leopard became critically endangered.

2007

In 2007 WWF estimated a population of 27 to 34 Amur Leopards in SW

Russia.

2015

In the last decade the Amur Leopard population becomes bigger in Russia
with a total of 57 amur leopards!
Russia had 34 or 35 leopards in 2007 before 2015.

My field trip at the Greater

Vancouver Zoo

Questions I had
Why do people like leopard fur?
2. How do leopards survive?
3. How fast can a leopard run?
4. Why do some people want the leopard to go extinct?
1.

What I learned
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

People like the leopard fur because it's soft and pretty and very good at
keeping people warm.
The leopard lives in sub-Saharan Africa and China and Russia and other
places.
The leopard eats birds and other animals.
The Amur leopard can run 0 to 8 km/h (50 mph) in 3 seconds
Some leopards kill humans.
Full sprints lasts about 20 seconds for a leopard.
Leopards are about 35-72 kg
Leopards are about 44- 60 inches
The only reason the leopard stops sprinting is to recover and stop
overheating.

Survey Questions and Answers

Rings of Responsibility

Work Cited
http://www.defenders.org/northern-spotted-owl/basic-facts

"Why The Great White Shark Is Endangered?" Shark Facts and Information.

"6-Day Visa-Free Travel Coming to China This Week." Thatsmags.com The World, Seen From China. Web. 29 Jan. 2016.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/amur-leopard

Questions & Answers

Any Questions?