Проект "The Red Book Of Ukraine. The world Of Animals"

You’re invited to the project presentation

“The Animals in the Red Book

of Ukraine”

The participants: 6 formers

Teacher:  G.I.Kuznietsova 

You are welcome!

Have a good time with us!

Theme:  The animals of the Red Book of

                               Ukraine  

Objectives:

• to become aware of the animal world on the territory of Ukraine
• to get acquaintance with the animal world in the reserve Askania Nova
• to broaden pupils’ outlook and extend knowledge about the animals on the list of the Red Book of Ukraine
• to bring up the will to protect the environment
• to teach students to do projects, to improve skills to carry out the research work, to select the necessary  material, to use the reference literature, the Internet, the encyclopedias, vocabularies
• to develop and form fair attitude to the environment
• to practice Vocabulary ‘Animals’

Participants:     6 Formers

Leader:            Kuznietsova Galyna Ivanivna,

                        English language teacher

The List of Thematic Words

Nouns:

animal  wild life   fauna   environment  deforestation  forest fires   floods  danger scientists  species  animal skins  fur habitat extinction

Adjectives:

beautiful   wonderful   marvelous  picturesque endangered  extinct   rare   valuable  natural extinct   amazing   vast   huge

Verbs:

to protect   to keep   to save   to look after   to breed   to feed  to found   to spread   to attract   to admire   to enjoy   to surround  to hunt  to destroy   to disappear,   to pollute

Quotations

• The greatness of the nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated

                     Mahatma Gandhi

• Either people or dogs have one desire  -  to be loved
• To understand whether animals have a soul, you need to have a soul.

                                                                                             Albert Schweitzer

• Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we can’t eat money

                                                                            American Indian, the 21^st century

• Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

      George Eliot

• Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened .

      Anatole France

• An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.         

                                                                                            Martin Buber

• I believe in animal rights, and high among them is the right to the gentle stroke of a human hand.                                                                                                      

                                                                                            Robert Brault

• If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.

                                                          Chief Seattle of the Suquamish Tribe,

                                                          letter to President Franklin Pierce

Proverbs

• The last straw breaks the camel’s back.
• There is a black sheep in every flock.
• When the cat is away, the mice will play.
• A lion sleeps in the heart of every courageous person.
• A good horse cannot be of a bad color.
• A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.
• A crane standing among a flock of chickens.
• A clever rabbit will create three holes to its den.
• A champion bull begins from birth.
• A cat may look at a king.   
• A cat in gloves catches no mice.   
• A camel standing among a flock of sheep.   
• A black hen lays a white egg.
• A bird never flew on one wing.

THE LIST OF ANIMALS IN THE RED BOOK OF UKRAINE

The procedure of the presentation

slide 1

Teacher:  Dear children, guests, teachers!

    You’re welcome to the world of wild animals. We’d like to present you the animals,

     that are endangered, vulnerable or extinct in the world and on the territory of Ukraine.

    It’s a great pity but every year approximately 150 species of animals in the world are 

    extinct.

    At our English lessons we discussed this problem and we wanted to know more about

    the wild life of Ukraine. That’s why we started our project in September.

slide 2  So, our project is called “The animals in the Red Book of Ukraine”.

Teacher: What are the objectives of our project?

slide 3    (list of objectives)

Teacher:  While working on this project the pupils learned a lot of new thematic words.

      What are they? Let’s read them.

slide 4  (list of thematic words)

Teacher: While working at the project the pupils got acquaintance with some quotations of famous 

                people about nature, about interrelations of a human and animals. What are they?

slide 5   (quotations)

Pupil 1     The greatness of the nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

                 To understand whether animals have a soul, you need to have a soul.

Pupil 2    An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.         

                I believe in animal rights, and high among them is the right to the gentle stroke

               of  a human hand. 

Teacher: There are some interesting proverbs about animal world.

slide 6  (proverbs)

Pupil 3      A lion sleeps in the heart of every courageous person.

           A good horse cannot be of a bad color.

           A champion bull begins from birth.

                 A bird never flew on one wing.

Teacher:  Do you know any general information about Ukrainian fauna?

Pupil 4    I have some information.

slide 7     The animal world of Ukraine is exciting because of its territory, and the territory of

               Ukraine is fantastic because of its fauna zones: vast forests, great steppes, magnificent

                mountains and picturesque natural water pools. These natural zones give home for more

                than 45 000 species of animals.

                The most common predators are wolves, foxes, wildcats, martens, deer, wild pigs

                and elks.               

Teacher:  Is it really that almost every day, in some parts of the world a species of plant or animal

                 becomes extinct, it dies out and disappears for ever?

Pupil 5   It’s a great pity but it is horrible reality. Wildlife is in danger.

Video film: Extinct animals

Pupil 6:  Every day there are more and more animals and plants which are in danger of extinction.

               Their natural habitats are destroyed by human activity. Land is cleared of forests for

              farming  or housing.   During the last 400 years, more than 300 mammals and bird species

              have died out.

              You will never see the white wolf, the elephant bird, the dodo and other wild animals.

  Isn’t it terrible?

Pupil 7:  There is some more information that can make people in the world think about our future

              and the animal world.

slide 8

1. The giant panda is in danger because it eats only the bamboo plants, which are cut down by

      the farmers.

2. Pandas are also killed for their fur to make rugs.
3. Elephants are killed for their ivory tusks which are used to make ornaments or necklaces.
4. Blue whales are hunted for food and oil.
5. Rhinos are now becoming extinct too because people destroy their habitat. They use their horns to make special medicine. But this medicine is not really important, it doesn’t help to save lives, it is more like cosmetics.
6. Polar bears are also in danger because of weather changes and warm temperature. Ice is melting and their habitat is slowly disappearing.

slide 9

Pupil 8

7. Lions and tigers have less and less space to live because of people’s activity.
8. Penguins are killed because of pollution caused by oil from ships.
9. Mountain gorillas are killed because their hands are used to make souvenirs.
10. Musk oxen are almost extinct because people use their musk to make perfume.
11. Arabian oryx is in danger because of its horns. They are used for ornaments.

Teacher: Isn’t it terrible, horrible? Shall people think about the environment?

Pupil 9     Certainly. One day people will think on this problem.

slide 10              The poem “Only when”

Teacher:  What is the way to save animals for future generations?

Pupil 10   …  to keep some of them in captivity. Captivity – when an animal is kept in a special

                place and can’t go where it wants.

Teacher:    What are the places where animals are not in danger but live safe?

slide 11 – 13

Pupil 11   Animals are not in danger at the Zoos, in Safari parks, in National parks

                and in National Reserves.

• Zoo – a place, usually in a city, where animals of many kinds are kept so that people can go to look at them.
• Safari park – an enclosed area of land where wild animals are kept, so that people can drive round to look at them.
• National Park – land, which is protected by a government because of its natural beauty, historical or scientific interest, and which people can visit. Animals are allowed to live freely.
• Nature Reserve – an area of land where wild animals and plants are protected.

Teacher:  Which of these places can be found in our country?

     Have you ever visited them?

Pupil 12   I have been only to the Zoo but I’d like to tell about Askania-Nova.

               It’s Ukrainian Wild Nature Reserve.

slide 14

In the19th century a German colony Ascania-Nova appeared in Tavria (now Cherkassk area) where one of the owners Baron Friedrich Eduardovich von Falz-Fein (1863-1920), who was fond of zoology from an early age, created a zoo and a botanical garden in the middle of the steppe. In 1887 he created the first artesian well in Southern Ukraine. The year after, the residents of the Baron’s zoo (bear, deer, roe, hare and 32 species of birds) were joined by such animals as three antelopes, some kangaroos and two ostriches Nandu.

Friedrich Falz - Fein, the great nature and animal lover created the steppe oasis – a “small paradise” that became a well-known shelter for animals all over the world.

 Only 5 more reserves of such kind exist in the world. A lot of animals and birds living in the reserve are on the list of the Red Book.

slide 15

Pupil 13

In 1919, Askania-Nova was proclaimed a national park. Here, you can see Saiga and Oryx antelopes, American bison and Andean llamas, Shetland ponies and Kudu antelope, African water buffalo and zebras. The pride of the reserve is herds of Przewalski’s horses. It is also a paradise for birds: swans, flamingos, larks, partridges and cranes – the total of 270 species of birds live here.

Travel there and see the unique collection of animals – 2,250 species from Africa, India, North and South America that feel comfortable.

Teacher:  A great number of endangered animals are included in the Red Book of Ukraine.

                 When did the Red Book of Ukraine appear?

slide 16

Pupil 14 

            The Red Book of Ukraine – annotated and illustrated list of rare animal species that are endangered in Ukraine, and which are to be protected.

The first Red Book on Ukrainian flora and fauna was published in 1980. The first edition contained a description of 85 species of animals.

The second edition of the Red Book was released in 1994 after Ukraine gained independence and it numbered 382 animal species.

In 2009 the third edition of the Red Book of Ukraine came out. It listed 542species.

The book also contains maps and photos (pictures) of plant and animal species included in it.

Teacher: What kinds of animals are in the Red Book?

slide 17    They are: mammals – 68 species , insects – 226 species, fish – 69 species, reptiles – 

                 11species.

Teacher: The pupils prepared information about animals from the Red Book of Ukraine.

                Let’s listen to them. (pupils’ presentations)

slides 18 – 33

Teacher: Are there any world organizations to protect animals?

slide 34

Pupil 15

Certainly there are. There are some International organizations which help animals all over the world.

RSPCA – the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a police force for animals. The RSPCA also provides a reserve for homeless animals and runs many animal hospitals.

WWF – the World Wildlife Fund is the most famous international organization which helps endangered species. The fund organizes events to protect animals that face extinction.

. The organization has over thirty years of experience and is very successful.

WSPA – the World Society for the Protection of Animals aims to prevent cruelty and mistreatment of animals or pets. It works forty years and has offices in over 70 countries. It protects mostly the lost cats and dogs.

Teacher: What must we do to save the wildlife in Ukraine?

slide 35

Pupils:        We must …

slide # 36   create National Parks to preserve animals which are on the brink of extinction

slide # 37   create animal reserves to keep and save animals that are on the list in the Red Book

          in order to increase their population

slide # 38   stop hunting and killing the animals because of their skin, meat and fur for food,

         for clothes or just for fun. Stop the cruelty, stop the abuse, stop the slaughter.

slide # 39   stop destruction of the habitat of animals

slide # 40   not  sale animals’ skin and fur, replace them with artificial kinds of things

slide # 41  open Zoos to preserve and save rare species of animals

Teacher: Our presentation of the project has come to its end. We hope it was interesting and useful.

                  The song “Kids saving Earth promise song    “

Slide 42

Thank you very much for your attention!