1. Our Digital Field Guide Of the Skokie Lagoons By: Dylan, Nicholle, Carlos, Kevin, and Gillian Home

5. Map of Skokie Lagoons

10. Protist: Amoeba Scientific names: Amoeba Proteus Genus: Amoeba Species: A. Proteus Kingdom: Amoebozoa Phylum: Tubulinea Interesting Fact: This small protozoan uses tentacular protuberances called pseudopodia to move.

11. Fungi: Acremonium Scientific names: Acremonium alternatum Genus: Acremonium Species: A lternatum Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Interesting Fact: Many species of Acremonium are recognized as opportunistic pathogens of man and animals, causing mycetoma, onychomycosis, and hyalohyphomycosis.

12. Plant: Buckthorn Scientific name: Rhamnus cathartica Genus: Rhamnus Species: Cathartica Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Interesting Fact: They are native throughout the temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere, and also more locally in the subtropical Southern Hemisphere in parts of Africa and South America.

13. Invertebrate: Mosquitoes Scientific name: Anopheles gambiae Genus: Culicidae Species: Culiseta Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthopoda Interesting Fact: An adult female mosquito consumes about 5-millionths of a liter in a single blood meal.

14. Ave: Green Heron Scientific name: Butorides virescens Genus: Butorides Species: B. virescens Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Interesting Fact: A group of herons has many collective nouns, including a "battery", "hedge", "pose", "rookery", and "scattering" of herons."

15. Mammal: Gray Fox Scientific name: Urocyon cinereoargenteus Genus: Urocyon Species: Cinereoargenteus Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Interesting Fact: Gray fox are considered omnivores, therefore they eat a wide variety of foods. Small mammals, eggs, fruit, birds, insects, nuts, berries, and lizards are some of their food choices.

16. Fish: Largemouth Bass Scientific name: Micropterus salmoides Genus: Micropterus Species:Black Bass Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Interesting Fact: They were originally found only East of the Mississippi River and South of the Great Lakes in the continental United States .

17. Reptile: Turtle Scientific name: Testudines Genus: Terrapene Species: Terrapene ornata Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Interesting Fact: The first known turtles existed 200 million years ago.