ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES Grades 2 - 3 Activity #1: Newspaper report Write a report for your school newspaper about an endangered species. Include drawings and a map which shows where the species lives in the Thompson-Okanagan region. Submit the reports to a local newspaper during National Wildlife Week. Activity #2: Field trip to the Museum Visit a museum in your community to see animals and birds on display. Check the Species Account Pages for each species to see what your local museum has to offer. Activity #3: Family field trip If you're out for a drive in the southern Okanagan, drive north of Osoyoos Lake on Black Sage Road, to the marked viewing site for burrowing owls. Activity #4: Visit with an owl Contact Bill Gilroy, Educational coordinator at the Kamloops Wildlife Park, PO Box 698, Kamloops, BC V2C 5L7 and make arrangements to visit with "Scout", the burrowing owl. Telephone: (604) 573-3215. Or, contact Sherry Klein at South Okanagan Rehab Centre for Owls of Box 1166, Oliver, BC V0H 1T0. Telephone: (606) 498-4251. She also has information on Mother Nature Presents...,nature talks and outings. (Eagle Bluff, RR #2, Oliver, BC V0H 1T0). Activity #5: Museum visitors Invite the Educational programmers from your local museum to come to your school. Examples of programming from the Kelowna Centennial Museum for primary students are "Owls -- Eyes of the Night" (Grades K - 4); "Birds of BC" (K-3); Small animals of BC" (K-3) and "Walk in the Woods" (K-3). Check the Species Account Pages for each species to see what your local museum has to offer. Activity #6: Owl pellets Order owl pellets from a scientific distributor and dissect them in the classroom. Use hand lens and microscopes and find out what owls eat! Available from Sirius Science & Nature, 975 - 2271 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna, BC (Orchard Park), or Acorn Naturalists (1-800-422-8886). Activity #7: Endangered Species bibliography Create a bibliography of resources about endangered species. Make certain to include a variety of media formats. Encourage students to review the resources, and publish their reports on the Internet via the Book Nook. Activity #8: Classroom Big Books Create Big Books about species in the Thompson-Okanagan region if you can't find publications, and add these titles to your bibliography. this section sponsored by: Industry Canada