Adopt an Island Project Description
The purpose of this project is to introduce students to the Channel Islands off the coast of California. This unique region, known as the " Galapagos of North America", became a national park in 1980. It is characterized by beauty and diversity. There are a total of eight islands in the Channel Islands. Students will work in pairs to research about these islands and to create power-point presentations to share with their classmates. Later in the trimester these power point presentations will help students plan for a theoretical oil spill off the coast of California.
Sources of information include web-links, CD-ROM, library books and maps from the Mapping an Ocean Sanctuary lessons that we have been working on in class. Students will collect first hand data about Catalina island while on our annual field trip.
Numerical Data to include is listed below - and can be found in the Jason handout - Surveying the Channel Islands.
Island Name |
area in square km | shortest distance to mainland in km | total native plants, birds and mammals | native plants | endemic plants | native birds | endemic birds | native land mammals | endemic land mammals |
| Santa Barbara | |||||||||
| Anacapa | |||||||||
| San Miguel | |||||||||
| San Nicolas | |||||||||
| San Clemente | |||||||||
| Santa Rosa | |||||||||
| Santa Cruz | |||||||||
| Santa Catalina |
Descriptive data to include is listed below:
Unique plantsUnique animalsHuman HistoryPresent day uses and available activities
Geology and geography
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