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Studying animal terraforming - how animals shape and transform landscapes - is a fascinating and valuable topic for middle and high school students because it connects biology, ecology, and environmental science in a real-world context. From beavers building dams that create wetlands to earthworms enriching soil and elephants shaping entire ecosystems by knocking down trees, animals play a crucial role in shaping their environments. Understanding animal terraforming processes helps students see nature as an interconnected system and encourages critical thinking about conservation, climate change, and how human activities influence ecosystems. Plus, animal terraforming inspires curiosity about the natural world and potential careers in science, sustainability, and wildlife management. With his in mind, let’s engage with this fantastic learning resource!

This animal terraforming research project template (webquest) provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about animal terraforming. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this animal terraforming research project template (webquest) with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking. It gives a rich and supportive framework that can be tweaked as needed for students to support differentiation.

This animal terraforming research project template includes:

• Space for a one paragraph summary (that links to the 2 page science article also available on this topic - but does not have to).
• Students should produce a mathematical connection, an engineering / technology connection, 2 interesting facts / stats.
• 5 glossary terms they should fill in with their own words (which also links to the science article also available)
• 3 thought provoking questions (ie: critical thinking questions) they must answer.
• Finally, each template has 3 alternative thought provoking questions for younger students and 3 other alternative harder questions to extend high flying or older students. Giving you a total of 9 possible thought provoking questions that could be used with students to enhance their research and critical thinking.
• Further, I have added a 1 page - 20 point rubric to be used for either self-assessment or teacher assessment as you deem fit. I hope it helps support the learning even further!

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