Our science classes have become very concerned with the status of our various endangered species on this planet.  We have been brainstorming possible ways to bring attention to these animals and what could be done to save them.  Being inspired by March Madness and other similar online brackets one suggestion to bring awareness to this situation was to create a fun bracket system for all to "play" in.  Once brackets are setup by our students they would like each round decided by sending out polls.   We would like to see anyone involved use the internet to research each species and then answer our student designed polls.  By using this link from the World Wildlife Foundation,  individuals and/or classes around the world can investigate the proposed endangered animal species: http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory?direction=desc&sort=extinction_status   *Our class' intention is NOT to say that one species is any better or more deserving to survive than any other.  We would like to bring attention to all the species that have the unfortunate possibility of becoming extinct.  Feel free to not only research and vote for your favorite species but also make predictions for the bracket winners!  We hope this will be a fun and educational experience while bringing some needed attention to the struggling animals on our planet!  You can follow this site to make predictions and to see results.  Hover over the MATCH DETAILS and check out the attachments for each animal.  We implore you to research each animal BEFORE you vote your favorites or predict the brackets.  The attachments give overviews of animal, their threats, what is being done and what YOU CAN DO!!  You can also vote by using the forms we will post and share.  Feel free to share away through social media and any outlet as our classes would like to reach out around the world!   Our POLL FORMS  are posted HERE:    ROUND 4: http://goo.gl/forms/qkeitUOq86