In honor of Earth Day and in efforts to raise awareness of the importance of the endangered species and the rain forests of the world, Señora Neto’s Spanish created posters and dioramas representing the significance of a great array of species.
About 47 Spanish students and eight French students participated in the project, some working in pairs and some working alone to create around 30 different projects. Señora Neto felt that the project provided students an engaging opportunity with insight into the global community. The project entailed researching the endangered species, plants and animals alike, of the Rainforests of Latin American, the islands, and the oceans. Students had to determine how important the species was, why it was endangered, and the importance and possible methods of saving it. Students then presented their projects, mostly posters with pictures depicting their species, and explained why the significance of the species in the class language.
Señora Neto felt this project was a very eye opening experience for the students, a sentiment students shared. Neto commented, “[the students] realized how we are all, globally, intertwined and what they learn in class affects them…these are not separate entities.” In a similar vein, Neto recently attended the Teaching the World Forum at Rutgers University and was pleased to see the popularity of overlapping subject material. The success of the project encouraged Neto to repeat something of the like next year with her students and to open up the idea of intertwined curriculum.
The students’ projects are on display in the front lobby showcase through the month of April.
Lauren Downs • May 1, 2014 at 6:11 pm
I really enjoyed working on this project. Not only did I learn about different animals and plants in the rainforest, but learned that the rainforest is very beneficial to the world. It’s home to many foods and products we use every day. I really hope people realize that deforestation is a big problem to all the species in the rainforest, and will want to help restore the rainforest.
Desta Johnson • May 1, 2014 at 3:35 pm
Este proyecto fue muy informativo y Me hizo darme cuenta de que hay muchos animales que necesitan ayuda debido a la conducta humana, y la deforestación. Cuando visité, Puerto Rico, tuve un gran tiempo, especialmente cuando fui a la selva tropical. Este proyecto me hizo motivados para ayudar a los animales y los árboles, ya que vale la pena preservar. Os esperamos a todos en las clases de lengua puede tomar parte en un proyecto como éste para que puedan aprender a cuidar el medioambiente. Si todo el mundo hace algo pequeño que hará un cambio y ayudar a la tierra.
Noah Humphreys • Apr 29, 2014 at 10:15 am
While I was unable to participate in this project due to illness, the students’ presentations were extremely informative regarding the state of various wildlife. Problems like poaching, deforestation, and poor waste management plague natural habitats from Quebec to Algeria, and I felt that these projects were extremely concise in how they communicated these issues compounded with ample statistics concerning various plants and animals. While some of the information may be grim, it’s still imperative that we learn and understand the extent to which our actions reflect upon the envirnment; it’s an omnipresent dilemma, so I think it’s wise that we study this problem at least to some extent.
Elyse Harris • Apr 29, 2014 at 9:30 am
While researching my country, Quebec, I found the importance of the plants and animals in our world and why we should save them. Quebec’s plants and animals not only affected Canada, but affected the United States and many other countries too. Without some of the plants and animals I researched, our ecosystems would be imbalanced and many species would become endangered because of just one. I also found that our pollution and industrialization was a main cause of species becoming endangered and can be prevented. Doing this project made me more aware of the plants and animals that are very important and need to be saved and I would like to become more involved in protecting and saving our earth.
Sean Purnell • Apr 29, 2014 at 9:30 am
I am one of the students who partook in this project, and I have to say it was a very beneficial experience. While in the midst of working on my project I learned a lot about the wild life in Senegal, Africa. I learned things about the endangered species of that country that I never even knew before. This project showed me how important it is for the people of the world to unite and come together to fight for the survival of animal life.
Will Moss • Apr 29, 2014 at 9:28 am
I think that this project was both interesting and fun. Not only did it show you the importance of endangered animals but you also got a feel for the animals in all of these foreign countries. The project gave me an opportunity to see wild life outside of the United States. For example, I did the project on Algeria. Before doing this project, I had no idea about the wild life in Algeria. It is cool because you get to learn about the importance of these animals and how they help out the other animals and wildlife around it. I definitely reccomend this project for the future classes in not only french but other languages as well.
Juliana Lopez • Apr 29, 2014 at 9:25 am
I believe that this project showed my partner and I the ups and downs of animal species in Alps Mountains. We learned how to save these species from dangerous people. Anyone and everyone hurts and kills these endangered animals and don’t know about them and their species. It is very sad to hear about animals, flys, and flowers dying. Their natures babys and shouldn’t die, everything is beautiful. We can help and save these species by getting a shelter for them and not make there habitat and danger zone. This was a great project to work on in my behalf and it really gives others ideas of whats going on, on the other side of the world.
Mia Raho • Apr 29, 2014 at 9:24 am
I thought this project was a great way for my partner and I to learn about the endangered species in Alberta. Researching these plants and animals really helped raise our awareness about how the human race is destroying our ecosystem. Additionally, we learned about ways to conserve and protect these species from endangerment or extinction. This project was the perfect way to celebrate Earth Day.
Keon Hunter • Apr 29, 2014 at 9:22 am
I think this was a fantastic project that gave students a chance to explore new places and cultures. I learned a lot about the french alps and even more about other french countries from other students presentations. overall i think this was an amazing idea for a class project and look forward to having mor projects like these