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Friday is Endangered Species Day

May 13, 2019
Students from O.L. Smith Middle School in Dearborn, MI, illustrate endangered species and highlight facts about their habitats and the threats they face.

Photo: Stephen Kade

I wanted to inform my students to create awareness about the species of shark and other ocean inhabitants that are threatened and endangered. I also wanted them to learn science about the animals and incorporate some of that data into their art to make their images more impactful to those that see them. We want to compile related projects together until later in the year for our annual Night of the Arts- NOAA Edition.
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