CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS -GRADE 4 The BC Ministry of Education encourages cross-curricular studies. One of these cross-curricular areas is Environment and Sustainability and one of the theme studies identified by the Ministry is Endangered Species. Personal Planning (Career Development): Arrange for your visitors (scientists, naturalists, museum personnel, etc.) to share information about their careers. Write thank you letters to these visitors. Make a scrapbook of pictures of all the different careers involved in the study of endangered species. Art: Make your own endangered species using the ideas in Barbara Reid's Playing with Plasticine. Use Joan Irvine's Pop-Ups to create your favourite animal in paper form. Photographs of student art can be published on the Internet; join The Wild Ones. Language Arts: Write build-up books for each habitat, puzzle books, list poems and origin stories; use McCrackens' Themes book on Animals as a teaching guide.   Social Studies: Check out the website for Eagle Ridge Elementary School. Students can become "Earth Warriors" -- people who care about endangered animals! Image Credit: photo of Showy Phlox by Steve Cannings   this section sponsored by: Industry Canada