I-Search+by+Ashley

//TThroWarning! this is a work-in-progress. When I remove this warning and all the other text in red, you can assume my work is finished and ready for assessment. // by Ashley Castro  // What I already know about my topic is that tigers are dying from hunting and that there are many other reasons why they are getting extinct. I also know that the tiger species are growing extinct because it used to be legal in India to hunt tigers and to sell their fur to foreign countries. Also It is only illegal to sell fur to the U.K so people could still sell the fur to other countries. I also know that the population of tigers drastically dropped between the 1960's and now. That is what I know about my topic. //  How many Tigers have died so far? What are the cause of tigers dying? What species of tigers are more extinct? What can we do to help tigers? Where do tigers originate from? What are people doing right now to help stop tiger extinction? What can we do to stop people that are harming tigers? Where are the most tigers dying? When is the time that most tigers died? Who is trying to stop people that are harming tigers?
 * Tiger Termination **
 * Part I--What I already know about my topic **
 * Part II--What I Want to Find Out **


 * Part III--The Search **

When I went to look for a book for this search I made sure that it had to be directly connected to tiger extinction and the facts that surround the topic. I went online to my library's website and typed in the words "Tiger Extinction" and the results were not so good. There were only two books related to my topic so I chose the one that I felt was most connected to my topic. The book I chose was "Of Tigers and Men:Entering the Age of Extinction." I chose this one because I felt is was very related to my topic of tiger extinction. It also answers a of of the questions I wanted to know. The questions I wanted to know that were answered were questions that I wanted to know in order to help me create my game. I learned a lot from my book. I learned that over the past 70 years that the population of tigers dropped from 400,000 to 4,000. These numbers made me curious to learn more about why they are getting extinct and is anybody helping them. To find out more I searched google.com and typed in "Who is Helping Endangered Tigers?" the results I found was a website about an organization called "Project Tiger." The website didn't give that much information on the actual project, so again I went to google. **"AFP: India Tiger Population Leass Than Half Earlier Estimate: Census "** p://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5izFPIU5oVjnnWgLhKC35ueSU0NIg This time I typed in "Project Tiger." This time one of the results was the main website for the organization which gave a lot of information on what the organization does, how you can help, and some of the facts about the extinction of tigers. I thought it was very useful and answered a lot of my questions.This organization is helping tigers a lot by making reserves for them to live in. This keeps them safe and protected from any harm.**"Home Page-Project Tiger"** [] After I did all my research, I investigated games. I played a couple games. The first game I investigated was Ayiti. This game made me think about the designers main goal of the game. When I first played this game it made me feel sad because my family died. But when I thought about I thought that the creators of this game probably didn't want their players to feel that. This helps me when I make my design because it tells me that when I create my game that I want to make sure that certain feelings and awareness comes out instead of others like in the game Ayiti.

( Working on Interview) Through this search, I learned a lot about tigers, their extinction and how people are trying to help. Tigers have lost three out of eight sub- species. The tiger population has decreased so much that it is half of what scientists estimated. Many tigers were being killed because people were hunting and trading tigers fur.This eventually became a law in India. Even though this is a law people still do it and the tiger population is decreasing more than ever. Their population went from 400,000 to only 4,000. There is an organization that is trying to save tigers. It's called Project tiger. This organization makes many reserves for tigers which might even bring up the population of tigers if possible. All the information that I gathered also helped figure out some information that could help me create my game that I will design. Also when I investigated games it told me a lot of what to do and what not to do when creating my game. **  //Cites:// **"Home Page-Project Tiger"** [] **Ives, Richard.** //**Of Tigers and Men; Entering the Age of Extinction**//**. 1996.**
 * Part IV--What I Learned
 * "AFP: India Tiger Population Leass Than Half Earlier Estimate: Census "** p://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5izFPIU5oVjnnWgLhKC35ueSU0NIg