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Activity
Curated OER

African Savanna Habitat Diorama Craft

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Set the stage for a unit or lesson on the African savanna by creating a cute habitat diorama. Cheetahs, lions, zebras, and elephants are all present in a shoe-box-sized craft that requires your learners to color, cut, and paste. These...
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Lesson Plan
Lee & Low Books

First Come the Zebra Teacher’s Guide

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Accompany a reading of First Come the Zebra written and illustrated by Lynne Barasch with a teacher's guide equipped with before reading, vocabulary, and after reading activities. Additional social studies, science, music, art, math, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ruminating on the Digestive System

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Young scholars compare the digestive systems of the buffalo and of the zebra, diagram their systems, and compare their lengths. In this digestive system lesson plan, students learn about their diets as well.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Africa Zebra Adjectives Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this parts of a sentence worksheet, students use adjectives to describe a zebra. Students write six adjectives for the zebra and write a sentence using each of those six adjectives.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

African Animal Farm

For Students Pre-K - K
In this Language Arts worksheet, learners read the names of five African animals. Students complete five sentences by filling in the correct animal. Learners also draw their favorite African animal.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Quiz: African Animals

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will respond to questions pertaining to African animals. Students will answer ten questions consisting of true/false, and multiple choice.
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Printables
PreKinders

On Safari

For Teachers Pre-K - K
What kinds of animals would you see on safari? Hop in your jeep and watch this presentation, which is full of pictures of safari animals such as elephants, lions, and zebras. Each slide starts with the same line for kids to read, making...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

African Animals - Practice Counting

For Students K - 1st
In this African animals worksheet, students count pictures of zebras and circle or color the correct number. Students count in sequence to five.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

African Animal Word Search Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word search worksheet, students find and circle the names of the African animals within the word search puzzle. Students find the following words: giraffe, elephant, gazelle, wildebeest, cheetah, hippopotamus, impala, lion,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shadow Know-How: African Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this fill in the blank worksheet, students list the names of eleven different African animals by analyzing their outlines in shadow pictures.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

African Savannah

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners are read two African fairy tales. Using the text, they create a map and key for each region mentioned. They compare and contrast the various communities and discover how geographic features affect how people live.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Counting Worksheet -- African Animals

For Students K - 2nd
Students look at 4 pictures of animals associated with Africa, count how many animals are in each box, and write that number on the lines provided. A good, basic counting and number practice learning exercise.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animals of the African Savannahs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create and describe a new animal that live on the savannah following the characteristics of savannah wildlife discussed in the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
California Academy of Science

Poetic Reflections

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Poetry is a wonderful way to explore language, express topical understanding, and incite creative thinking. After a trip to the local natural history museum (or zoo), learners write an acrostic or a cinquain poem describing one of their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Color Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this color me worksheet, students color and illustrate four common African mammals: Thomson's Gazelle, giraffe and zebra and Patas monkey.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why Celebrate Black History Month

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study about the culture, heritage, family, church, and politics of the African-American and why we honor their accomplishments. Then they make class presentations. This is a very meaningful lesson on an important part of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Africa: Animals of the African Savannahs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore animals of the savannah. In this science lesson, students discuss the characteristics of animals that live on the savannah. Students create an animal that would be able to live on the savannah.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Africa: Its People And Places

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students plan a pretend trip to the African continent choosing from several prominent places such as the Nile Delta, Mount Kilimanjaro or the Sahara Desert . In small groups, they form transportation, accommodation, packing, itinerary...
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Organizer
Curated OER

What is Your Favorite Savanna Animal?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this savanna animals graphic organizer worksheet, students use the form to gather information about African elephants, black mamba, mongoose, emu, zebra, lion, anteater, antelope, and giraffe.
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Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Animals

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this animal exercises online worksheet, students choose the correct word from a drop down menu in each of 10 sentences to name the animal. They fill in the blanks in 10 sentences based on the description of an animal and complete a...
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PPT
ARKive

Darwin and Natural Selection

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
A presentation on Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection could be a good addition to your biology class. It provides general information about how animals adapt to their surroundings, as well as how organisms create more...
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Gestation and Longevity

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Is the gestation length of an animal a predictor of the average life expectancy of that animal? Learners analyze similar data for more than 50 different animals. They choose a data display and draw conclusions from their graphs.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animals of Madagascar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are each assigned an animal from Madagascar. They research their animal and design a picture book about their animal. Students design a cover page, back page, bibliography page and the title page. Their book will contain...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Africa Savanna

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars discuss the different biomes of Africa. They create a list of biomes of Africa. They color code a map of the biomes of Africa. They research interesting facts about Africa.