Objectives Students learn about an endangered wetland animal's life cycle and habitat. Students learn about an animal preservation project.
Students use nonfiction text to answer literal and inferential questions.
These questions will expand their thinking about how habitat and animal life cycles are interdependent. Students will read clues on the Photo Gallery Worksheet to help them find various photos, read their captions, and answer questions about them. This will give students a glimpse of a whooping crane's birth and development process. Assessment Check answers on the worksheets. This site focuses on the San Francisco Bay Area wetlands, gives information about various bird species, and has recent articles about wetland conservation.