Chamisa Earth Day Mascot Vote: The purpose of this project is to allow the Chamisa fourth grade students to research the Los Alamos, New Mexico animal species, write informative and persuasive paragraphs, and share their work with a real world audience. After the students have posted their animal reports, the Los Alamos community will be asked vote, using the information provided, for an animal from each species page to be the Earth Day representative for Chamisa Elementary.