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Field Report
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Track the Fossa
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Join Us/E-mail
Welcome to the Classroom Resources section for the NOVA/PBS
Online Adventure, The Wilds of Madagascar. This live adventure
follows a team of scientists as they track the island's most
elusive creatures.
In the first half of the three-week journey, we'll enter the
otherworldly landscape of the Ankarana reserve, where we'll
join ecologist Luke Dollar in trapping and radio-collaring the
fossa [pronounced "FOO-sa"], a cat-like carnivore. The goal is
both increased scientific knowledge and improved conservation
prospects for these predators perched at the top of the food
chain. We'll also search for crocs in caverns, rivers, and
mangrove forests.
In the second half of the expedition, we'll go from the dry,
tropical Ankarana to the dense rainforest of Marojejy, where
we'll meet up with primatologist Patricia Wright. She'll
attempt to capture, measure, weigh, blood-sample, and release
the silky sifaka, a ghostly, all-white lemur that is
perilously close to extinction.
We invite you and your students to follow along with us on
this adventure, which begins Thursday, May 18, 2000, and runs
for about three weeks. During that time, here's what you can
expect:
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continual availability of the
companion Web site
that includes photos, QuickTime VRs, audio clips,
articles, and activities about the adventure. Use this Web
site to send e-mail to expedition members.
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constant updates from the field through
Dispatches, regular reports chronicling the team's most recent
activities.
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a way to receive continued updates on the team's progress.
By signing up for our special
teacher's listserve, you can receive the latest information on the team's
movement without visiting the Web site.
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these Classroom Resources. This section will provide you
with:
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Site at a Glance—summary information that details the Web
site's features, their type (interview, article,
activity), and their grade-level appropriateness.
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Lesson Plans—four printable lesson plans investigate topics
of geography, animal adaptation, ecosystem study, and
population dynamics.
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Related Resources—books, articles, and Web sites for further
exploration about Madagascar.
For Your Students:
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Field Report—a section that allows students to use
photographs, audio clips, and text to create their own
summary of the adventure's events.
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Track the Fossa (Hot Science)—an activity that explores how radio tracking
works.
We hope you and your students will join us as we explore this
1,000-mile-long island off southeast Africa that is home to
thousands of plants and animals found nowhere else on
Earth.
Regards,
Karen Hartley
Project Director
NOVA Online Teachers
e-mail: Karen_Hartley at wgbh dot org
Photo: Jacinth O'Donnell/Survival Anglia.
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