Determine how the shrimp avoid predation by kokanee. Kokanee rely on their vision to locate the mysis shrimp. Have each student choose an endangered species for study. If students do not have access, students should access the information with the teacher or teacher-librarian, and print information about some of the species so that this local information is available for class research. In groups, compare individual food chains and see which of the chains can be linked to create a food web.
Individuals can move from group to group until they find where they can link to form a web.
Inform students that they will be collecting additional information about endangered species in the Thompson-Okanagan region in order to create an electronic encyclopedia. PC image files can be saved with any of the following file extensions and inserted into a Word or Wordperfect document. These files can be loaded on to the hard drive of a school computer and formatted into an electronic encyclopedia. This would be a wonderful project to display during Education Week or Parents' Night. Art for the drawings, Language Arts for the writing and editing, Computer Science for the actual inputting and scanning.