NEWS
FLASHINTRODUCTION:
NEWS
FLASH
According to reporter Rick, who is now live at Thurgood Marshall School, the cougar was sited at 7:58 pm at the school's playground by a mother and child playing outside. Mass hysteria has erupted as people in the development surrounding the school have fled into their homes and boarded all doors and windows to prevent the cougar from attacking.As persons trained by TRACKER BUTCH LEFEBVRE (La fay) in the art of cougar management, you have been chosen to share your knowledge and expertise with the local neighbors. Your help is needed immediately to put an end to the mass hysteria that threatens to invade this tiny community. Please read further to learn more about your mission.
THE TASK:Those roles are...
Your task is to put together a presentation that will put an end to the cougar fear that is raging through the neighborhood. You will accomplish this by gathering information and distributing that knowledge at a town council meeting next week at Marshall School.
Good luck fellow trackers. Go forth and gather the knowledge and materials you will need to make this mission a success. And remember the immortal words of cougar trackers everywhere! Live Long and Prosper and may the Cougar Force be with you!!!
THE PROCESS
To accomplish this task:
You will become a member of a team of 5.
You will be given a role.
| Artist | You will find pictures of cougars. |
| Dietitian | You will search for cougar food facts. |
| Tracker | You will locate evidence a cougar leaves behind. |
| Ecologist | You will search for cougar habitat facts. |
| Geographer | You will find out where cougars live. |
The cougar is an exciting mammal with many names. Some people call it a Puma and others call it a mountain lion. Click on the boxes below to see pictures of this animal in different settings.
1 2 3 DIETITIANS:
Have you ever thought about what a cougar eats? Many people believe that cougars love to eat meat. Do they? Click on the cougars below to find out.
1 2 3 TRACKERS:
As Tracker Butch explained, cougars are just like people in many ways. When people visit a place they always leave behind evidence that they have been there. Cougars leave evidence too. Your job is to find things left behind by the cougar.
1 2 3 ECOLOGISTS:
We live in neighborhoods with houses and trees. Do cougars live in neighborhoods too? Do they live in houses like we do? Your job is to find out what a Cougar's habitat is like. Remember that a habitat is the area around the cougar and includes things like food, shelter and space. Click on the cougars below to find out about cougar habitats.
EVALUATION:1 2 3 GEOGRAPHERS: The state of Delaware is in the northern part of the United States. There are cougars living here. Do cougars live anywhere else in the United States? To find out click on the cougars below.
1 2 3 EVERYONE:
Now that you have each acquired knowledge about cougars, you will get into your groups of 5 to design your presentations. You may use any type of idea that will help these neighbors to understand all that you have learned about the cougar. You might want to make a poster, a web of facts, commercial, a story or any idea that your group agrees on.
When
you finish your project, you might want to read
more about cougars. To do that just click on the links
Listed below.
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| Excellent Work!
You're a cougar whiz kid and expert tracker! |
Very Good Work!
You really know those cougar facts! |
Good Work!
Now go out there and teach those cougar facts! |
RESOURCES:
Games to play and More Cougar Sites to Visit
CONCLUSION:
Now that you have completed your cougar study, you have earned the official award of Master Cougar Tracker. Have fun and keep on tracking. May the cougar force be with you!Send any comments to us at lynneb@udel.edu or cnd54@aol.com
