Process

**Process for your exploration!!**

1. Use the links provided below to gather information on Mountain Gorillas. These are reliable, educational resources and will aid in your quest to find out what is happening to the Gorillas.

** A. All about Mountain Gorillas ** http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/mountaingorilla

** B. Issues for Gorillas ** http://www.wcs.org/saving-wildlife/great-apes/mountain-gorilla.aspx

** C. Where are the Gorillas going and where are they coming from? ** http://gorillafund.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=769&gclid=CMupusCWyKwCFacEQAodo34jrA

** D. Information and Possible Threats to Mountain Gorilla Populations ** http://www.yog2009.org/index.php?view=article&catid=46%3Agorillaspecies&id=70%3Amgspeciesinfo&option=com_content&Itemid=70

** E. Helping Endangered Species! ** http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/

2. Document all of your findings from the websites that you found crucial information from. Use the data table template provided (found in the Task section).

3. Remember to cite where you retrieved each piece of information from. Here is a link that will help you properly format your APA style citations.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Attached is a word document that you can use to keep track of your citations:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">**Poster** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">4. After filling out your data table and citing your sources, create a poster presenting the information you have found. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The poster must include: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">a. A Title <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">b. At least one picture of a Mountain Gorilla (you may put more pictures of location or any of your factors as well!) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">c. Name the factors and explain how they are contributing to the possible extinction of Mountain Gorillas. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">d. Name the factors that are not having an effect on Mountain Gorillas. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">e. List and describe the steps and tasks we as humans can take to protect and preserve the Mountain Gorilla population. (be sure to have at least 3 solutions to helping the endangered Gorillas) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">f. Have a reference list on the back of your poster citing all of your sources in APA format.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">**Presentation** <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">5. You will give a brief presentation to the class explaining your findings and solutions to the Mountain Gorilla extinction. When presenting, you must: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">a. Have you or your partner hold the poster on display for the class to see. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">b. Explain what factors your group found that were influencing the possible extinction of Mountain Gorillas of Uganda, Africa. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">c. Explain what factors your group found that had virtually no effect on Gorilla populations in Uganda, Africa <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">d. Explain what solutions and suggestions you and your partner have found that will help protect this endangered species and remove them from the pathway toward extinction. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">