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MS. SPILOS' PROJECTS

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Christmas Around the World
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1. Before finding out how your country celebrates Christmas, go to the following website and click on your country.
Kids World Travel Guide    
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2. Now Write down 5 interesting facts about your country.
Location-Where is it?
Population-How many people live there?
Climate-How cold or warm is it?
Activities for kids-What are 3 things kids like to do in your country?

3. Now go to the following website and add information about how your country celebrates Christmas.
 Christmas around the world

You can also go to World Book Encylopedia through Destiny and type in Christmas around the world.  Read up on some of the traditions.





THREATENED CANADIAN SPECIES

SOME OF THE SPECIES AT RISK IN BC, INCLUDE:
  • Southern resident killer whales
  • Fraser River sockeye salmon
  • Monarch butterfly
  • Northern spotted owl
  • Oregon spotted frog
  • American badger
  • Western toad
  • Mountain caribou
  • Vancouver Island marmot
  • Barn swallow
  • Tiger salamander

RESOURCES:

BOOKS:  USE the books provided (on the trolley) and the links below to take notes on your project.

DATABASES - available under the Home tab after you log into our online catalog:
  • World Book Student

WEBSITES include:
  • Badger  (BC Government)
  • Badger Hotline
  • Badgers in BC
  • Barn Swallow   (Hinterland Who's Who)
  • Barn Swallow   (BC) South Coast Conservation Program
  • Barn Swallow   (UBC)  (Information on Barn Swallow)
  • Barn Swallow - Species at Risk     (Government of Canada Gulf Islands National Park Reserve)
  • Biodiversity of BC - Species at Risk in BC  (UBC)  (Information on Oregon spotted frog)
  • Caribou  (BC Government links)
  • Caribou Conservation in BC (BC Government)
  • Caribou in BC (BC Government)
  • Caribou   (WWF)
  • Caribou (Mountain)    (Wildsight)
  • Fraser River Salmon - Big Bar Landslide  (BC Government)
  • Fraser River and its Salmon  (David Suzuki Foundation)
  • Frogs and Toads of BC's South Coast  - Facts  (BC) South Coast Conservation Program
  • Killer Whale  (Hinterland Who's Who)
  • Killer Whale - Raincoast Conservation Foundation - Southern Resident Killer Whales
  • Killer Whale - Orca and Salmon  (David Suzuki Foundation)
  • Killer Whale - ​Resident Killer Whales - Key Threats (Ocean Wise Research)
  • Monarch Butterfly  (Hinterland Who's Who)
  • Monarch Butterfly - Where are all the Monarchs?  (David Suzuki Foundation)
  • Northern Spotted Owl Recovery and Breeding Program  (BC Government)  
  • Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Program   (Langley, BC)
  • Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Program   (PDF)
  • Northern Spotted Owl  (Wilderness Committee)
  • Oregon Spotted Frog  (BC) South Coast Conservation Program
  • Oregon Spotted Frog  (Washington Fish and Wildlife)
  • Polar Bear Facts  (Canadian Geographic)
  • Polar Bear   (Hinterland Who's Who)
  • Polar Bear  (WWF)
  • Salamanders  (BC Government)
  • Science News for Students
    • American Badger
    • Killer Whales
    • Monarch Butterflies
  • Tiger Salamander   (BC Government)
  • Tiger Salamander - Facts   (BC Government)
  • Sockeye Salmon - Showdown over Salmon   (The Star newspaper - Vancouver)
  • Sockeye Salmon - 4.8 million sockeye salmon were expected at B.C.’s Fraser River — just 628,000 showed up  (The Star newspaper - Vancouver)
  • Vancouver Island Marmot   (BC Government)
  • Vancouver Island Marmot  (Marmot Recovery Foundation)
  • Vancouver Island Marmot  (University of Victoria)
  • Western Toad   (BC) South Coast Conservation Program​

WORKS  CITED
There are several possible MLA8 citation generators for your Works Cited list, such as,  easybib.com , BibMe , Citation Machine or Citefast.com. Select Manual Entry mode when using a citation generator as this will also teach you how to read a citation.
  • format your page using Times New Roman 12, double-spacing, hanging indents and alphabetical order  

WORLD BIOMES

BOOKS:  USE the books provided (on the trolley) and the links below to take notes on your project.

DATABASES - available under the Home tab after you log into our online catalog:
  • World Book Student

​WEBSITES include:
  • Boundless Biomes   (Arizona State University)
  • The World's Biomes  (University of California Museum of Paleontology at Berkeley)
  • ​World Biomes - Kids Do Ecology  (National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis - University of California at Santa Barbara)

CANADIAN CAPITAL CITIES

BOOKS:  USE the books provided (on the trolley) and the links below to take notes on your project.

DATABASES - available under the Home tab after you log into our online catalog:
  • Canadian Encyclopedia (search using the name of your capital city)
  • World Book Student (search using the name of your capital city)
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​WEBSITES include:
  • ​Capital Cities of Canada  (Thought.Co)
​WORKS  CITED
There are several possible MLA8 citation generators for your Works Cited list, such as,  easybib.com , BibMe , Citation Machine or Citefast.com. Select Manual Entry mode when using a citation generator as this will also teach you how to read a citation.
  • format your page using Times New Roman 12, double-spacing, hanging indents and alphabetical order