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Research and Information Fluency: Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

 * 1) Plan strategies to guide inquiry
 * 2) Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media
 * 3) Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
 * 4) Process data and report results

Create a wiki page called ElephantsWolvescodename. Copy the information below, then paste to your page. Complete the work.

You've read the eBook Elephants Under Pressure and you've watched Assignment America.
 * 1) Which gave you more detailed and fact-based information about elephants and elephant society? Justify your answer with examples.
 * 2) Which was the most successful in helping you to understand animal relationships? Justify your answer with examples.

Watch the movie How Wolves Change Rivers.
 * 1) Write a summary of the scientific facts as presented in the video.
 * 2) Discuss how the photography and sound tract help to support the scientific information and help to develop a deeper understanding of factors that influence the ecology of the area.
 * 3) Who created this video? What is the producer's academic background for work? What is the source of the information?

Read Has the Reintroduction of Wolves Really Saved Yellowstone.
 * 1) Write a summary of the scientific facts as presented in the article.
 * 2) Compare and contrast the facts presented in the article with the facts presented in the video.
 * 3) Who wrote this article? What is the writer's academic background for work? What is the source of the information?

Write a prediction:
 * 1) How might controlling the migration of elephants impact the environment? Justify your answer.

Summary - Discuss the following: Why is important to understand
 * 1) Who created the message?
 * 2) What is the target audience?
 * 3) What creative techniques are used to attract attention?
 * 4) How might different people understand this message differently?
 * 5) What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message?
 * 6) Why is this message being sent?