In this project, we were assigned to create a news article in the perspective of an endangered Hawaiian Honeycreeper bird.
The article consisted of where we live, what we eat, how are habitat has changed, how many species of honeycreepers are alive, and so on. I chose to do my article on the Nihoa Finch.
The article consisted of where we live, what we eat, how are habitat has changed, how many species of honeycreepers are alive, and so on. I chose to do my article on the Nihoa Finch.
"Hey, I am a Nihoa Finch, apart of the hawaiian honeycreeper family. My scientific name is Telespiza Ultima. You can only find my friends and I on one island. I am endemic to the island of Nihoa, 250 miles northwest from Oahu. No humans live here! Only wildlife are welcome. I am about 6 inches in length and only weigh about 0.86 ounces. I have yellow and brown plumages all over my body. My friends and I have them in different places and patterns. Males tend to be more brighter yellow than us females. You can spot us by looking for our black legs, large feet, and a sturdy bill. Our bills are perfect for seed-eating. Besides seeds, our diet consists of a variety of things. Some of my favorites are, fruits, leaves, flowers, stems, seedlings, roots, carrion, invertebrates, and even eggs. My friends and I travel all around the steep-sided, rocky, and shrub-covered island of Nihoa. We are critically endangered species, there are only about 1 to 3 thousand of us left. Limiting factors for us are primarily weather, variations in food supply and availability of appropriate nest sites. Rats are also a big threat to my species. Millions of years ago many honeycreepers came to the hawaiian islands, including the Eurasian Rosefinch, one of our closest relatives! The honeycreepers went their separate ways and began filling in different niches. After some time, they began adapting in their new homes and became their own species. That's how I am here! All of us honeycreepers evolved dramatically. Obviously, our beaks are very different and even our diet changed! My ancestors found the Nihoa island and filled in that niche. We still strictly stay on Nihoa island, I've only ever been here and don't plan on flying elsewhere! No one I know has left the island however, some of our fossils have been found on different hawaiian islands!" www.canva.com/design/DAEXsQlLJOQ/lQucnG6awEYjXbfVnDDNXg/view?utm_content=DAEXsQlLJOQ&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink |
21st Century Skills
To complete this project, I used my informational skills to research data on the Nihoa Finch bird. I found articles, along with videos to expand my knowledge.
I am most proud of how neatly and well organized this news article turned out.
Researching and finding accurate data helped me to improve further on this skill.
The most difficult part was creating the article to our teacher's liking. But, after reading over the rubrik and fixing up my article, my teacher was pleased with the end result.
This can be applied to future learning because now I know how important it is to read and apply the teacher's rubrik to an assignment.
I am most proud of how neatly and well organized this news article turned out.
Researching and finding accurate data helped me to improve further on this skill.
The most difficult part was creating the article to our teacher's liking. But, after reading over the rubrik and fixing up my article, my teacher was pleased with the end result.
This can be applied to future learning because now I know how important it is to read and apply the teacher's rubrik to an assignment.